Dear Prep students,
For your weekend homework you will be preparing Presentations. We have read the story of ‘The Monkey’s
Paw. We have discussed how this is a famous Urban Legend.
For your weekend homework you will need to carry out research on an example of a famous Urban Legend
and present your findings in class. Your presentation must be 3-5 minutes long and a minimum of 15 slides.
You may find a list of available stories and legends on the QR code below. Please ensure that you are not
using the same story as anyone else in the group. You may work with a partner or individually for this
assignment. Be prepared to begin presenting on Monday, October 25th. See the grading rubric below.
Have fun with this and don’t get too scared 
URBAN LEGEND PRESENTATION RUBRIC
Name: ________________________
Date of Presentation: ____________
Title of Work: ___________________
Criteria
0-2
Organization
Content
Knowledge
Visuals
Mechanics
3-5
Points
6-8
9-10
Audience cannot
Audience has
Student presents info Student presents info
understand presentation difficulty following in logical sequence in logical, interesting
because there is no
presentation because which audience can sequence, audience
sequence of information. student jumps around.
follow.
can follow.
Student does not have
grasp of information;
cannot answer questions
about subject.
Student is
uncomfortable with
inform and is able to
answer only basic
questions.
Student is at ease
with content, but
fails to elaborate.
Student demonstrates
full knowledge (or
more) with
explanations and
elaboration.
Student occasionally
Student used visuals
used visuals that rarely Visuals related to
Student used no visuals.
to reinforce screen
support text and
text and presentation.
text and presentation.
presentation.
Student's presentation had Presentation had three
four or more spelling
misspellings,
and/or grammatical errors. grammatical errors.
Presentation has no
more than two
misspellings,
grammatical error
Presentation has no
misspellings or
grammatical errors.
Delivery
Student mumbles,
incorrectly pronounces,
and speaks too quietly for
students to hear.
Student incorrectly
Student's voice is
Student used clear
pronounces terms.
clear, pronounces
voice and correct,
Audience has
most words correctly.
pronunciation
difficulty hearing
Presentation
submitted on time
2 days late
1 day late
On time
Early
Presentation
presented on time
2+ days late
2 days late
1 day late
On time
# of slides
Less than 5
5+
10+
15+
Timing
Less than 1 min.
1-2 minutes
2-3 minutes
4+ minutes
Uniqueness of
Topic
Duplicate topic
May have been heard
Already discussed in
Very different (from
by some but not most
class
other cultures)
peopöe
Extras
props/music/etc.
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