Author Presentation
Oral Presentation Assignment
Due:______
Points:_10/5______
Assignment:
You must present some of your work orally in front of the class. This presentation should be professional and artistic. Remember your speech class. You need to project with good enunciation and volume, use inflection and tone to create mood, prepare and rehearse the pieces, read so you can look out at the audience. Your work does not need to be memorized, though you should be familiar enough with the work you aren’t looking at the page. You may either stand or sit on the stool during your reading. Your presentation must be between 5-7 minutes long. This means you may need to read several poems or a story and a poem (you need to practice reading your work aloud to make sure you make time.) You may cut from longer work, though your oral presentation must have a sense of “completeness” (don’t just read a paragraph or two—tell a story). When you present, you need to introduce your work by type (Rondeau, Dialogue Story) and title. You may offer a brief additional commentary about why you chose the piece or offer some other insight. DO NOT APOLOGIZE for your work.
Rubric:
1(C) / 3(B) / 5 (A)Professionalism / The text is unrehearsed. Frequent mistakes. Poor pronunciation and rhythm. / The text appears familiar to the reader. Few or no errors, though a lot of reading directly from the page / The reader is very familiar with the text and needs the page only as an occasional reminder. No mistakes or stumbling.
Artistry / The voice of the reader does nothing to heighten the meaning or the impact of the work. It may even detract from the work. / The reader reads reasonably well, though a lack of voice modulation and emotion make this more of a “read aloud” than a “Performance.” / The reader reads with emotion and passion. The voice modulation greatly contributes to the effect of the work.
Listenership:
For each day of poetry readings you will complete a rubric (use back of sheet) for three of the readers and add additional comments. You will be evaluated on your participation—you must complete one rubric for three readers each day—and merit. Essentially, your rubric scores need to fall within one standard deviation of the mean for that reader or your comments must clearly justify why you scored the reader as you did.
Reader: / 1(C) / 3(B) / 5 (A)Professionalism / The text is unrehearsed. Frequent mistakes. Poor pronunciation and rhythm. / The text appears familiar to the reader. Few or no errors, though a lot of reading directly from the page / The reader is very familiar with the text and needs the page only as an occasional reminder. No mistakes or stumbling.
Artistry / The voice of the reader does nothing to heighten the meaning or the impact of the work. It may even detract from the work. / The reader reads reasonably well, though a lack of voice modulation and emotion make this more of a “read aloud” than a “Performance.” / The reader reads with emotion and passion. The voice modulation greatly contributes to the effect of the work.
Reader: / 1(C) / 3(B) / 5 (A)
Professionalism / The text is unrehearsed. Frequent mistakes. Poor pronunciation and rhythm. / The text appears familiar to the reader. Few or no errors, though a lot of reading directly from the page / The reader is very familiar with the text and needs the page only as an occasional reminder. No mistakes or stumbling.
Artistry / The voice of the reader does nothing to heighten the meaning or the impact of the work. It may even detract from the work. / The reader reads reasonably well, though a lack of voice modulation and emotion make this more of a “read aloud” than a “Performance.” / The reader reads with emotion and passion. The voice modulation greatly contributes to the effect of the work.
Reader: / 1(C) / 3(B) / 5 (A)
Professionalism / The text is unrehearsed. Frequent mistakes. Poor pronunciation and rhythm. / The text appears familiar to the reader. Few or no errors, though a lot of reading directly from the page / The reader is very familiar with the text and needs the page only as an occasional reminder. No mistakes or stumbling.
Artistry / The voice of the reader does nothing to heighten the meaning or the impact of the work. It may even detract from the work. / The reader reads reasonably well, though a lack of voice modulation and emotion make this more of a “read aloud” than a “Performance.” / The reader reads with emotion and passion. The voice modulation greatly contributes to the effect of the work.
Reader: / 1(C) / 3(B) / 5 (A)
Professionalism / The text is unrehearsed. Frequent mistakes. Poor pronunciation and rhythm. / The text appears familiar to the reader. Few or no errors, though a lot of reading directly from the page / The reader is very familiar with the text and needs the page only as an occasional reminder. No mistakes or stumbling.
Artistry / The voice of the reader does nothing to heighten the meaning or the impact of the work. It may even detract from the work. / The reader reads reasonably well, though a lack of voice modulation and emotion make this more of a “read aloud” than a “Performance.” / The reader reads with emotion and passion. The voice modulation greatly contributes to the effect of the work.
Reader: / 1(C) / 3(B) / 5 (A)
Professionalism / The text is unrehearsed. Frequent mistakes. Poor pronunciation and rhythm. / The text appears familiar to the reader. Few or no errors, though a lot of reading directly from the page / The reader is very familiar with the text and needs the page only as an occasional reminder. No mistakes or stumbling.
Artistry / The voice of the reader does nothing to heighten the meaning or the impact of the work. It may even detract from the work. / The reader reads reasonably well, though a lack of voice modulation and emotion make this more of a “read aloud” than a “Performance.” / The reader reads with emotion and passion. The voice modulation greatly contributes to the effect of the work.