Oral Presentations: English 330
Each student will be assigned one ten-to-fifteen minute oral presentation during the
semester. You should discuss what you feel are the significant aspects of the portions of
the reading you are responsible for, making sure to cite specific passages with page
numbers as examples (at least three). You should also discuss the critical reaction to his
or her work, using such reference book sources as Contemporary Literary Criticism, and
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, and such Miller Library computer databases as
Academic OneFile, Proquest, LexisNexis, Contemporary Authors, and the list of Ejournals available under Language and Literature (with the Literature-General category
being the best place to start). Make sure you acknowledge any source(s) used in your
presentation. You will then be responsible for providing questions and issues for class
discussion, although you will not be responsible for leading it. You will also be asked to
hand in a list of any sources you use. You can record your presentation via web-cam or
record a video. Your presentation will be posted in the class on Moodle. Presentations
will be due the week before the specific readings are assigned.
Oral Presentation Rubric:
Oral Presentation Rubric : Online English 330
Teacher Name: Mrs. Gramigna
Student Name:
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CATEGORY
Content- Textual
Examples
4
Shows a full
understanding of
the topic. Uses at
least 3 examples
from text.
3
Shows a good
understanding of
the topic. Uses 2
examples from
text.
2
Shows a good
understanding of
parts of the topic.
Uses 1 example
from text.
1
Does not seem to
understand the
topic very well.
Uses no examples
from text.
Stays on Topic
Stays on topic all
(100%) of the time.
Stays on topic
most (99-90%) of
the time.
Stays on topic
some (89%-75%)
of the time.
It was hard to tell
what the topic was.
Quality Video
Presentation
Speaks clearly and
distinctly all (10095%) the time, and
mispronounces no
words. The video is
good quality and
easy to
Speaks clearly and
distinctly all (10095%) the time, but
mispronounces
one word.The
video is decent
quality and fairly
Speaks clearly and
distinctly most ( 9485%) of the time.
Mispronounces no
more than one
word. Fair video
quality.
Often mumbles or
can not be
understood OR
mispronounces
more than one
word. Poor video
quality.
understand.
easy to
understand.
Content-Critical
Reaction
Cites many
reference book
sources providing
much critical
reaction.
Cites a few
reference book
sources providing
some critical
reaction.
Cites a reference
book source
providing little
critical reaction.
Cites no reference
book sources
providing no critical
reaction.
Content-Class
Discussion
Provides many
questions and
issues for class
discussion.
Provides some
questions and
issues for class
discussion.
Provides a limited
amount of
questions and
issues for class
discussion.
Provides no
questions and
issues for class
discussion.