THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
School of Information
Reader’s Advisory
Reflective Essay on One Book-One Read Event
5=excellent; 4=very good; 3=good; 2=weak; 1=poor; 0=no credit
HIGH MIDDLE LOW
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A. Content About the One Book-One Read Experience
Does the student:
1. Indicate the date of the event? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _______
2. Provide details on the event? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _______
3. Describe the audience? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _______
4. Indicate how the event was marketed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _______
5. Describe how the event was received by the audience? . . . ______ _______
B. Reflection
Does the student:
1. Explain how he/she prepared for the event? . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _______
2. Explain his/her contribution?
3. Does the student refer to any related course content that
may have assisted him/her in understand the service? . . . . ______ _______
3. Does the student refer to how she/he might/might not
provide a similar service in the future? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _______
4. Does the student reflect on what he/she learned about
reader’s advisory? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _______
5. Does the student refer to writings about reader’s advisory? ______ _______
6. Does the student reflect on:
A. the book selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _______
B. the invitations/announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _______
C. the website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _______
D. the reader’s advisory guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _______
E. the book discussion or event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _______
F. the marketing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _______
G. the event itself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______ _______
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C. Quality of Written Document:
1. Originality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
2. Effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
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D. Writing Style
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Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
Punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
Word choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
Word usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
Clarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
Does one idea logically follow another ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
Sentence variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
10. Are contractions spelled out? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
11. Does the student avoid “etc."? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
12. Does the student avoid weak connectives like “however”?_____
13. Cliches (not desirable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
14. Length (1250-1500 words) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
15. Neatness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
16. Are pages numbered, starting with page 1 of the essay? . . _____
17. Are section headings used?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
18. Does the student avoid using “which” when “that” is more
appropriate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
19. Is the text left justified only? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
20. Is the print dark enough to read? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
21. Is the text double spaced? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
22. Cite sources of direct quotations are included? . . . . . . . . . _____
23. Provide a citation to a style manual? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
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