Obituary
You will pretend to be a writer for the obituary section of the newspaper. You will base
your obituary on the life of Mr. ten Boom.
Please read and follow the guidelines below very carefully.
The obituary should include the following:
 Name of the character
 Date of birth
 Date of death
 Age at the time of death
 Cause of death
 Education
 Occupation
 Major accomplishments/achievements
 Names of the character’s parents
 Names of the character’s closest surviving relatives
 Place of residence
 Place of funeral/burial
A Student Planning Sheet is provided to help you organize your presentation. (using this
is optional)
On the day of your presentation, you will turn in the following:
_____ 1. Your obituary
_____ 2. Your completed rubric
Your grade will be based on the Rubric. Please take time to review the rubric before
creating and presenting your obituary. Be sure to complete the rubric and bring it to
class with you the day of your presentation. .
Student Planning Sheet
Before writing the obituary, you will need to gather information about the deceased
character. Remember that the obituary can be for a character that is still living at the end
of the book. You can predict information that is not known, such as the character’s date
and cause of death.
Name of Deceased
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Age at the Time of Death
Cause of the Death
Education
Occupation
Major Accomplishments/Achievement
Names of the Character’s Parents
Names of the Character’s Closest
Surviving Relatives
Place of Residence
Place of Funeral/Burial
Name:_________________________
Obituary Rubric
Title of Novel:__________________________________________________________
Criteria
Obituary is about a specific character
from the novel.
Obituary does not include irrelevant
information or information about other
characters.
Obituary includes important information
about the character’s life and death.
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Date of birth
Date of death
Age at the time of death
Cause of death
Education
Occupation
Major accomplishments and/or
achievements
Name of character’s parents
Name of the character’s closest
surviving relatives
Places of residences
Place of funeral/burial
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Obituary includes accurate information
or logical predictions based on the text
of the story.
Tone of the obituary is appropriate.
Obituary is neat and easy to read and
typed.
Obituary does not contain spelling,
grammar, or punctuation mistakes.
The presentation has an introduction and a
conclusion. The conclusion includes, but is
not limited to, a rating (on a scale of 1-10)
of the book and an explanation as to why
he/she gave it that rating.
Possible Number
of Points
Student’s
Score
Mrs. Abel’s
Score
5
5
20
10
10
10
10
10
The presenter
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maintained eye-contact with the
audience
avoided saying um, like, well, I mean, . .
spoke at a nice rate (not too loud/ not
too slow)
spoke at a nice volume (not too loud /
not too soft)
had good posture, poise, and confidence
(did not sway, fidget, etc.)
Total Points:
20
100
Deductions (no name –10, no rubric –10, incomplete rubric –5)
Total Score:
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