Small Group Presentation Rubric on Edgar Allan Poe

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Understanding Understands Understands Understand the The team does
of Topic the topic in- the topic in- main points of not show an
depth and depth and the topic and adequate
presents their presents their presents those understanding
information information with ease. of the topic.
forcefully and with ease.
convincingly.
Mood and Tone Presents in- Presents clear Presents Understanding
depth understanding adequate of the ways
understanding of ways word understanding word choice and
of ways word choice and of ways word literary devices
choice and literary devices choice and affect the mood
literary devices affect the mood literary devices and tone of the
affect the mood and tone of the affect the mood story is not
and tone of the story. and tone of the evident.
story. story.
Plot Diagram Plot diagram is Plot diagram is Plot diagram is Plot diagram is
accurate and accurate but inaccurate or inaccurate and
complete. not fully incomplete. incomplete.
complete.
Summary Summary is Summary is Summary is Summary is
accurate and accurate but inaccurate or inaccurate and
complete. not fully incomplete. incomplete.
complete
Working with Almost always Usually listens Often listens to, Rarely listens
Others listens to, to, shares, shares with, to, shares with,
shares with, with, and and supports and supports
and supports supports the the efforts of the efforts of
the efforts of efforts of others, but others. Often is
others. Tries to others. Does sometimes is not a good
keep people not cause not a good team player.
working well "waves" in the team member.
together. group.
Presentation Team Team usually Team One or more
Style consistently uses gestures, sometimes uses members of the
uses gestures, eye contact, gestures, eye team had a
eye contact, tone of voice contact, tone of presentation
tone of voice and a level of voice, and a style that does
and a level of enthusiasm in a level of not keep the
enthusiasm in a way that keeps enthusiasm in a attention of the
way that keeps the attention of way that keeps audience.
the attention of the audience. the attention of
the audience. the audience.