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| Level 1. | I retold the story and was able to answer questions about it. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ I spoke in a voice that could be heard by all those listening. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ I made eye contact with all those listening to my story. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ I listened attentively to the other children's book talks. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ |
| Level 2. | I retold the story and talked about the main ideas. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ I found an Internet site and information about the author and used it in my book talk. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ I was able to talk about another person's book talk and say why it was good. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ |
| Level 3. | I retold the story and was able to answer questions about it. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ I spoke in a voice that could be heard by all those listening. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ I made eye contact with all those listening to my story. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ I listened attentively to the other children's book talks. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ |
| Level 4. | I used posters and/or technology to enhance my book talk. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ I was able to discuss such things as bias and prejudice in the story and talk about the values the author was trying to convey. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ I was able to refute statements that were made about my book talk with considered responses that drew on the material from the story. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ I was able to discuss a peer's book talk and give a considered opposing view to the one presented in a respectful manner. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ I used physical materials that depicted settings, characters and events from the story to create discussion and enhance my book talk. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ |
| Level 5. | I created discussion on more controversial topics and considered values in my book talk. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ I used technology (e.g. PowerPoint, HyperStudio, my own website) to enhance my book talk. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ I discussed a peer's book talk critiquing the structure of the talk, e.g. opening and concluding statement, logical sequence of events. Comment: __________________________________________________________________ |
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| I presented my book talk clearly and confidently.
___________________________________________________________________________________ I prepared for my book talk by writing down the points I was going to discuss in a logical way and rehearsed it several times. ___________________________________________________________________________________ I related my book talk to the issues involved in the story, not just the story line, and added my ideas about how the author dealt with them. ___________________________________________________________________________________ I was able to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the characters. ___________________________________________________________________________________ I could make the book talk better by .... ___________________________________________________________________________________ |