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Oral Book Report
ORAL BOOK REPORT
Each student is required to give ONE ORAL BOOK REPORT PER TRIMESTER! The book
must be from independent reading (not read in the classroom) and a novel (100 pages
or more) that is appropriate and at the middle school reading level.
PRESENTATION INFORMATION
1. BOOK TITLE
2. AUTHOR
3. LIST MAIN CHARACTERS AND DESCRIBE THEM
4. GIVE A DETAILED SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE STORY
5. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE BOOK AND WHY?
6. READ AN PARAGRAPH OR TWO FROM THE BOOK (NO MORE THAN ONE PAGE)
7. PROVIDE A VISUAL AIDE
VISUAL AIDE OPTIONS
1. Create your own book cover. Include the title, author, small summary (on
the front), and your rating of the book out of 5 stars. Be sure to include
an original visual (picture) and don’t copy the actual book cover.
2. Plot graph with illustrations. MUST HAVE PICTURES!
3. Diorama depicting a 3-D scene from the book
4. Student Idea! Just run the idea by me first.
80 Points Total
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BOOK TITLE
_____ / 3
AUTHOR
_____ / 2
SUMMARY
_____ / 20
MAIN
CHARACTERS
_____ / 5
FAVORITE
PART
_____ / 5
READ FROM
BOOK
_____ / 5
EYE
CONTACT
_____ / 5
VOICE
_____ / 5
ENTHUSIASM
_____ / 5
BODY
LANGUAGE
_____ / 5
Oral Book Report
ORAL BOOK REPORT RUBRIC
Speaker does not mention the title.
0
Speaker does not
mention the author.
0
Speaker does not
Speaker does not
give a complete
give a complete
summary of the
summary of the
book – includes
book – includes
very few details.
some details.
Speaker mentions the title.
3
Speaker mentions the author.
Speaker gives
a partial summary
of the book –
includes some
details.
2
Speaker gives a
complete
summary of the
book – includes
some details.
1
2
3 4
Speaker does not
list characters or
does not give
descriptions.
Speaker gives a
complete
summary of the
book – includes
several important
details.
17 18 19 20
Speaker gives a
list of all main
characters with
full descriptions.
5
6
7
8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16
Speaker gives a
Speaker gives a
Speaker gives a
list of most of the
list of all the
list of all the
main characters,
main characters,
main characters,
but no
but only describes
but only a vague
descriptions.
some of them.
description.
0
1
2
3
4
5
Speaker does not share his or her
Speaker shares his or her
Speaker shares his or her favorite
favorite part.
favorite part but does not
part with a full explanation why.
explain why.
0
2
5
Speaker does not read from the
Speaker reads a part from the
Speaker reads a part from the
book.
book, but it does not encourage
book that encourages others to
others to read this novel.
read this novel.
0
2
5
Speaker does not
Speaker rarely
Speaker looks at
Speaker looks at
Speaker looks at
look at audience
looks at audience
audience half the
audience most of
audience entire
time
the time
time
0
1
2
3
4
5
Very Difficult to
Difficult to hear
Somewhat hard to
Mostly easy to
Loud and clear,
hear and
or understand
hear or
hear or
easy to
understand
understand
understand
understand
1
Speaker sounds bored
2
1
Visual is hard to see, speaker
slouches and makes many
distracting movements
FLUENCY
_____ / 5
1
Speaker is distracted, laughing,
rushing, and/or has many
fillers.
VISIAL AIDE
_____ / 15
1
Visual aide does not meet
requirements, shows little
effort, is messy, or too small.
1
2
3
4
5
3
Speaker sounds somewhat
interested in book
3
Visual is occasionally hard to
see, speaker makes some
distracting movements.
3
Speaker is occasionally
distracted, has some pauses, is
slightly rushed, uses some
fillers.
3
Visual aide meets most of the
requirements, shows some
effort, and is neat.
6
7
8
9
10
TOTAL: _____ / 80 Points
4
5
Speaker shows great
enthusiasm for the book
5
Visual is always easy to see,
speaker has good posture,
makes no distracting
movements
5
Student is not distracted, no
pauses, well-paced, no fillers.
5
Visual aide meets all
requirements, shows great
effort, and is neat.
11
12
13
14
15