World Literature Author Research Project

Grading Criteria for Oral Report

CONTENT  
  • Presentation has a focus or overriding idea.  It does more than just string facts together.                                                                                                                       0  2  4  6  8  10
  • The presentation has an introduction and concluding structure.  The introduction connects the presentation to the audience's interest or experience in some way.  The conclusion brings true closure (in contrast to mock closure -- e.g., "That's about it" or "That's all, folks.")                                                                                                                        0  2  4  6  8  10
  • Details in the presentation "add up" -- they connect to the focus and to each other.                                                                                                                             0  1  2  3  4  5
  • By answering the large question -- how has the author's work been influenced by its biographical, social, political, cultural and philosophical context? -- the speaker(s) gives(give) the audience a sense of how the material presented connects to the author's work.                                                                                                                              0  2  4  6  8  10
  • Information presented by the speaker is interesting to the audience.                0  1  2  3  4  5 
   
DELIVERY  
  • Audio-visual aid consists at least of print copies of the web pages developed by the presenter(s).                                                                                                               0  2  4  6  8  10
  • Presenter(s) speaks(speak) to audience rather than reading to them.            0  1  2  3  4  5
  • Presenter(s) is(are) prepared and organized.                                                       0  1  2  3  4  5
  • Presenter(s) speaks(speak) so as to be heard easily by the audience.             0  1  2  3  4  5
  • Presenter(s) delivers(deliver) presentation effectively, with a good tempo, lively inflection, eye contact.                                                                                                                        0  1  2  3  4  5

  • DISCUSSION / INTERACTION WITH CLASS
    • Presenter(s) involves the class effectively by raising questions which elicit discussion or by eliciting and moderating a response to the presentation.  Does the involvement include more than a few members of the class?  Does the enteraction reflect the audience's interest?                                                                                                                        0  2  4  6  8  10
    • Presenter(s) shows(show) preparation in class interaction.                               0  1  2  3  4  5
    • Presenter(s) shows(show) his(their) knowledge of their topic.                         0  1  2  3  4  5

    GRADING  SCALE                   A  =  81-90 
                                                          B  =  63-80  
                                                          C  =  45-62  
                                                          D  =  28-44 
                                                          F  =  10-27 
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