Oral Book Review
You are going to present an oral book review on the book your read independently. You will create a
presentation to go along with your 5 minute oral report which should include the items listed below.
1. Introduction
a. The name of the book
b. The name of the author
c. What type of book is it? ( a mystery , adventure , novel, science fiction, thriller,
fantasy etc).
d. Number of pages
e. The publisher
2.
body
a. The setting: where does the story take place? Is the setting important to the story?
Why?
b. Who are the main characters? Describe them briefly, their personality, their
behaviour, their relationships and how they change as a result of their experiences.
c.
3.
Give your listeners a taste of the plot, but don't tell the end.
Conclusion
a. What did you think of this book? Did you like / dislike it? Why? Explain.
b. Would you recommend this book?
Prepare an attractive Power Point presentation to show while or after you finish
talking.
You can show some pictures related to the setting of your book, create a poster
advertising the book or show a short scene from a movie based on the book you read.
Oral Presentation Grading Rubric
content
vocabulary
language
presentation
40
Shows a full
understanding of
the story and is
able to express it
clearly.
20
Correct use of
varied and rich
vocabulary
30
25
Shows a good understanding
of parts of the story.
20
15
. Does not seem to
understand the story
very well.
16
8
4
Limited or inappropriate
Vocabulary
25
Correct sentence
structure
Correct use of
tenses
15
Presentation is
very well
organized,
creative and
effective. Talks
for 5 minutes,
No text was used,
Speaks clearly.
Use of visual aid,
shows great
effort.
18
12
Correct use of appropriate
vocabulary.
A few errors of word form
and choice of words
12
Correct sentence structure
most of the time
Correct use of tenses most of
the time
8
Presentation is well
organized but not detailed
enough (talks for only 2
minutes)
Mostly spoken rather than
read from notes
8
4
Incorrect sentence
structure most of the
time.
Frequent tense mistakes
1
Presentation is
Disorganized, read
from notes.
No use of visual aid
.
11
Use of visual aid
4