Page | 1 Book Review Evaluation The following checklist will be used for your Book Review Presentation. Item Points [max] Points given Point System Within 5 minute timeframe 10 Unsatisfactory: 0-3...

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Book Review Evaluation

The following checklist will be used for your Book Review Presentation.
Item Points
[max]
Points
given
Point System
Within 5 minute
timeframe
10 Unsatisfactory: 0-3
Satisfactory: 4-7
Outstanding: 8-10

Greeting 10
Introduction 10
Three (3) take-aways 10
Recommendation 10
Slides (pictures/words) 10
Organization 10
Levels for each Item
Five (5) Minute Timeframe
Presentation is within 5 minutes: 10 points
More than 5 minutes: 5 points deducted for each additional minute
Greeting/Introduction
Unsatisfactory:
 Did not greet evaluating teacher or audience
 Did not greet using greeting of the day (i.e. “Hello all,” “Hey everybody”)
 Did not introduce self
 Did not state main topic/position or stated wrong main topic/position
Satisfactory:
 Greeted evaluating teacher or audience, but not both
 Used inco
ect greeting of the day (i.e. good morning when it’s afternoon)
 Did not state topic/position clearly (i.e. for advocacy
iefing, stated topic but
not position)
Outstanding:
 Greeted evaluating officer AND audience using co
ect ve
iage (Greeting of the
day, si
ma’am. Greeting of the day, ladies/gentlemen/students.)
 Introduced self (i.e. “My name is _____,” and today I’m talking about ____ )
 Clearly stated topic/position
Three (3) take-aways
Unsatisfactory
 Briefing had less than three main points
 Provided little or no information on main points
 Inco
ect level of detail given on each main point (i.e. each main point was too
detailed or too
oad)
 Inaccurate information given
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Satisfactory
 Provided some information on main points
 Appropriate level of detail given on 1-2 main points.
Outstanding
 Briefing had three main points (For advocacy
iefing: three or more)
 Provided robust information on main points
 Appropriate level of detail given on every main point (i.e. not too detailed or not
too
oad)

Recommendation
Unsatisfactory:
 Did not state the topic/position or stated the wrong topic/position
 Missed one or more main points and/or did not laundry list main points
 Re
iefed main points (i.e. student expanded main point summary significantly
to meet time requirement)
 Introduced new information that was not previously discussed in the
iefing
 Formal conclusion was not used (i.e. “That’s all I got!”)
Satisfactory:
 Topic/position not clearly stated
 Briefly expanded on some main points and/or laundry listed main points
 Inco
ectly stated or stated some of this statement: “This concludes my
iefing.
Are there any questions?”
Outstanding:
 Clearly stated main topic/position
Organization/Clarity
Unsatisfactory:
 Main points were not related to the purpose or each other
 Content order was not logical and distracted from flow
 Missed one or more transitions between main points (i.e. did not transition from
one main point to the next)
 Spent inappropriate time on each main point (i.e. too much time or not enough
time; i.e. spoke at length about last main point to make time)
Satisfactory:
 Organization and flow of information was adequate
 Used all mechanical transitions or combination of some creative and some
mechanical
 transitions between all main points. (i.e. mechanical transition:
next/now/secondly, we will discuss main point 2)
Outstanding:
 Skillfully related the main points to purpose and each other
 Organization aided audience’s understanding and retention
 Used creative transitions between all main points. (i.e. creative transition: We
discussed in main point 1 and it relates to main point 2…)
 Spent appropriate time on each main point; time spent discussing main point
allowed for
 sufficient/appropriate discussion of topic
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Communication
Unsatisfactory:
 Had significant problems with articulation and pronunciation
 Used excessive number of distracting vocalized pauses or filler words
 Used poor word choice that detracted from speaker’s credibility (i.e. use of
“stuff,”
“things,” etc.)
 Used any inco
ect spoken grammar that distracted from presentation or
credibility
 Spoke too loudly or softly
 Voice inflection was monotone
 Spoke at a rate consistently too slow or fast
 Did not come across as sincere
 Sounded unconfident
Satisfactory:
 Had minor problems with articulation and pronunciation
 Had some distracting vocalized pauses or used some filler words
 Used some voice inflection at some points throughout
 Spoke at rate too fast or slow at times, but not the entire
iefing
 Had wavering vocal confidence
Outstanding:
 Used good articulation and co
ect pronunciation
 Had few or no vocalized pauses
 Used appropriate word choice that added to the speaker’s credibility
 Used co
ect spoken grammar
 Spoke at an appropriate volume
 Used appropriate voice inflection throughout
 Spoke at a varied rate appropriately throughout
 Used dynamic emphasis to effectively and appropriately stress/de-emphasize
certain aspects of the presentation
 Came across as sincere
 Sounded confident throughout
Slides
Unsatisfactory:
 Slides distracted from presentation or did not match presentation (i.e. slide has
content different from what is being ve
ally
iefed)
 Slide(s) unreadable due to background and font color combination
 Used font or font size that was unreadable or unprofessional (i.e. Curlz, Comic
Sans, script, etc. should not be used)
 Did not use pictures or graphics
 Used pictures or graphics unrelated to content
 Used graphics/images of poor quality (i.e. pixelated or stretched
graphics/images)
 Had major e
ors on slides (i.e. inco
ect grammar, inconsistent
ulleting/font/font size/format)
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 Used distracting or unprofessional animations; animations detracted from
professionalism of presentation
 All or most slides were too empty or too crowded (i.e. not enough content on
the slide/distracting white space or unreadable because of too much
information)
 Bullets were too long and wordy (i.e. bullets were full sentences, paragraphs,
etc.)
Satisfactory:
 Slides aided presentation, but did not enhance presentation
 Had some readability issues with background and font color combination
 Font and/or font size created some readability issues at times throughout
presentation
 Used some graphics/images but all did not enhance presentation
 Had some e
ors on slides (i.e. some inco
ect grammar, inconsistent
ulleting/font/font size/format)
 Some slides were too empty or too crowded (i.e. not enough content on the
slide/distracting white space or unreadable because of too much information)
 Some bullets were concise (i.e. some bullets were appropriate length while
others were full sentences or paragraphs). Full quotations are allowed to be on
slides, regardless of length
Outstanding:
 Slides effectively enhanced presentation
 Used readable background and font color combination throughout
 Used readable, professional font and font size throughout (i.e. no Curlz, Comic
Sans, script, etc.)
 Graphics/images enhanced presentation; graphics/images related to point and
enhanced understanding of topic
 Used quality graphics/ images (i.e. not pixelated or stretched graphics/images)
 Had no e
ors in slideshow (i.e. co
ect grammar, consistent bulleting/font/font
size/format used throughout)
 Had proper amount of information on slides (i.e. amount of information
appropriate; number of bullets appropriate)
 All bullets were concise (i.e. no full sentences or paragraphs). Full quotations are
allowed to be on slides, regardless of length