Book Talk/ Current Events Guidelines
Each student will bring in one book talk or current event article to
present to the class every other week on their assigned day.
The current events article must be about one of the following topics:
1. Election News
2. Kids
3. School/Education
4. Sports (only one per month, please)
5. Community
6. Computers/Science
7. Historical Findings
YOU MAY NOT BRING ANY ARTICLES THAT INCLUDE
MURDER, MAYHEM, OR VIOLENCE.
You may be asked to show your article and note cards to your teacher
for review on the morning of your presentation day. If the article is
unacceptable, you will have to prepare to present a new article the
following day. You may show your teacher your article before your
presentation day to get prior approval.
Presentation Guidelines:
1. You must have five paraphrased main points from the article.
Each main point should be written on a separate note card.
2. Your teacher may check your article and note cards on the
morning of your presentation.
3. Your presentation must be:
a. Audible (Can your audience hear you?)
b. Brief (Did you summarize your article with five main points?)
c. Clear (Can the audience understand what you are saying?
Are you pronouncing words clearly?)
4. You will maintain an audible voice level and will speak with
expression.
5. You will use fantastic body language. (No rocking back and forth, etc.)
6. You will have magnificent eye contact with the audience.
Book Talk/Current Events Schedule
Presentations will begin with
Week A on Tuesday, September 15th
Week B on Tuesday, September 22nd
Week A and Week B will alternate so that each student presents a
current event every other week.
Week A
Tuesday
Hayda Al-isterbadi
Anderson Avelar
Jacqueline Carachure
Abonza
Wednesday
Megan Cumes
Maya Eriksen
Hannah Gilfedder
Thursday
Tyler Hutton
Daliah Minkara
Tatiana Guzman Ramos
Friday
Erin Smith
Gustavo Torres
Week B
Julio Argueta Portillo
Nicholas Bratcher
Neha Chundru
Michelle Hinostroza Echaiz
Bardiya Gharipoor
Gabriel Herritt
George Khella Fayez
Sean Pandelides
Jacob Smith
Cadence Welch
*Do not plan these in your calendar too far ahead as dates may
change due to holidays and testing.
Name: ________________
Title of Article: _____________________
Current Events Grading Scale
4 = The student exceeds the standard for oral communication:
Audience can hear speaker at all times, speaker speaks clearly, high degree of eye
contact with audience, speaker uses inflection in voice, speaker expresses ideas
clearly, appropriate body language
3 = The student meets the standard for oral communication:
Audience can hear most of the time, moderate amount of eye contact with audience,
speaker expresses ideas clearly, appropriate body language
2 = The student is progressing toward the standard of oral communication:
Audience has difficulty hearing , low degree of eye contact with audience, looking at
visual most of the time, little inflection in voice, some ideas not clearly expressed
1 = The student is below standard for oral communication:
Audience has difficulty hearing, no eye contact with audience, looks at visuals all of
the time, low inflection in voice, ideas not clearly expressed
Grade: ____________________
Name: ________________
Date: __________________
Title of Article: _____________________