Rubric for Poetry Presentation with PowerPoint

Preparedness/Presentation / Zero Points
Preparedness / Fluency:
 Presenter seems to be making it up as he or she goes along.
 Presentation seems to wanderor presenter appears lost at times.
 The poemseems unpracticed; presenter stumbles over words.
Eye-contact: Presenter looks at slideshow, podium, or teacher, but not at audience.
Projection: Presenter’s voice is feeble. / 2 Points
Preparedness / Fluency: Presenter reads or recites the poem without stumbling, but he or she could work on rhythm, flow, or tone.
Eye-contact: Presenter may have some problems with eye-contact, but most of eye-contact is with the audience.
Projection: Presenter’s voice isusually loud and clear, butoccasionally feeble.
Fluency: Presenter repeats like, um, uh. / 4 Points
Preparedness / Fluency: Presenter reads or recites the poem without stumbling, has mastered the poem’s rhythm and flow, and uses an appropriate tone.
Eye-contact: Presenter looks at whole audience, not just the podium or the teacher.
Projection: Presenter’s voice is loud and clear; he or she seems to be in charge of the stage and audience.
Content / Zero Points
 Presentation fails to convince that the presenter has clearly understood the poem.
 Presentation lacks title slide or claims presenter is poet.
PowerPoint fails to cover technical points:
 # of Stanzas
 Lines per Stanza
 Syllables per line
 Rhyme: Scheme, internal, etc.
 Meter, Arrangement, etc
 Vocabulary / 2 Points
 Presentation shows that the presenter has some understanding of the poem.
 Presentation has a title slide that clearly lists both presenter and poet.
Presentation covers technical parts, but the following could be improved:
 # of Stanzas
 Lines per Stanza
 Syllable per line
 Rhyme: Scheme, internal, etc.
 Meter, Arrangement, etc
Vocabulary / 4 Points
 Presentation shows that the presenter has understood the poem.
 Presentation has a title slide that clearly lists both presenter and poet.
Presentation covers all technical parts well:
 # of Stanzas
 Lines per Stanza
 Syllable per line
 Rhyme: Scheme, internal, etc.
 Meter, Arrangement, etc
 Vocabulary
Accuracy / Zero Points
 The title, poet’s name, or poem’s title is misspelled
 Lines are rearranged or otherwise incorrect. / 2 Points
 Lines breaks of the poem have been changed from the original.
 The poem’s lines appear with bullets.
 Punctuation has been changed from the original. / 4 Points
 The poem appears accurately.
Legibility / Zero Points
More than one slide cannot easily be read from the back of the room because:
 There are too many words on slides (about 25 is good).
 The background interferes with the text.
 Font style or color interferes with easy reading.
 The size of font is too small for easy reading. / 2 Points
 One slide cannot easily be read from the back of the room.
 The legibility of more than one slide could be improved. / 4 Points
 All text in this presentation is easy to read from the back of the room.
Sound and Vision / Zero Points
 Effects are noisy or visually distracting
(overuse or inappropriate use of typewriter, crawl, laser, drive-by, etc.).
 Fonts and text colors are distracting.
 Backgrounds are distracting, inappropriate, or appear “cheap” (clipart etc.)
 The graphics, sounds, and/or animations are few or unrelated to the content. / 2 Points
Somegraphics, sounds and animation are poor in quality because:
 They do not best represent content.
 They are too large or small.
 They are poorly cropped or placed.
 They are inconsistent with each other (colors and styles change dramatically for no reason).
Slides include small, stretched pictures resulting in fuzziness.
Pictures are out of proportion (one-way stretch). / 4 Points
 Visuals create a constant tone or theme.
 Presentation shows creativity.
 Visuals are sharp (neither small and stretched pictures nor out of proportion).
 Graphics are well placed, appearing balanced with the slide’s text.
Participation as Audience Member /     

16=A+ 14=B+ 12=C+ 11=D+ 10=D-