Name: _______________________ Ms.

Mills English II and Honors English II Due Date: For the next book report, you will be creating a PowerPoint which will be shared with the rest of your class. Everyones PowerPoint will contain the following: Slide 1 - Name of book and Author and Prepared by Slide 2 - The main characters in the book are : Slide 3-5 Describe the protagonist, the antagonist, and one other important character. Slide 6 - Describe the setting (where and when) and why its important to the story. Slide 7-8 the book is about (Summary in short). Slide 9 The main idea of the book is.(theme) Slide 10 How do you feel about the way that the book ended (resolution)? Slide 11 - A little bit about the Author

You may choose your own design, color, pictures, music, voice, etc to add to your slides. You may also add extra slides if you think it necessary. Novice 10 Points Text Text is difficult to read. Too much text. Inappropriate fonts. Small font size. Background makes text difficult to read. Emergent 11 Points Overall readability is difficult. Too much text. Too many different fonts. Text is readable, but background is very distracting Skilled 13 Points Fonts are generally easy to read. Font size varies appropriately. Too much text. Text is readable, but background is slightly distracting. Expert 14 Points Easy to read. Font size varies appropriately. Text is appropriate length. Background makes text easy to read.

Background

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Most of the graphics are unrelated to content. Too many graphics on one page. Most of the graphics distract from the text. Images are poor quality. Too large or too small. Layout is cluttered, confusing. Poor use of spacing, headings and sub headings. Hard to read. Errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation or spelling distract from readability. 1

Some of the graphics are unrelated to content. Too many graphics on one page. Some of the graphics distract from the text. Images are poor quality. Too large or too small. Layout shows some structure. Cluttered, distracts from readability. Large gaps of space. Many errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation or spelling.

All graphics are related to content. All graphics are appropriate size and good quality. Graphics help audience understand the flow of content.

Uses horizontal and vertical space appropriately.

Slide Comments MechanicsWriting

1 or 2 errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation or spelling.

All graphics are related to content. All graphics are appropriate size and good quality. Graphics create an overall theme and make connections that helps the audience understand the concepts Pleasing to the eye. Appropriate use of headings and sub-headings. Appropriate use of white space. No errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation or spelling.

Layout

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