Rubric for PowerPoint Presentation—Biography Research



Rubric for PowerPoint Presentation—Biography Research

|Category |4 |3 |2 |1 |

|Background |Background does not take away from |Background does not take away from |Background does not take away from |Background makes it difficult to |

| |text or other graphics. Choice of |text or other graphics. Choice of |text or other graphics. Choice of |see text, competes with other |

| |background is appropriate for this |background could have been better |background does not fit the |graphics on the page or lacks a |

| |project/subject. |suited for the project/subject. |project/subject. |background. |

| | | | | |

|Text-Font choice & Formatting |Font, formats, and transitions |Font formats and transitions have |Font formatting and transitions |Font formatting and transitions |

| |(e.g. style, color, bold, italic) |been carefully planned to enhance |have been carefully planned to |makes it difficult to read the |

| |have been carefully planned to |readability. |complement the content. It may be |material. |

| |enhance readability and content. | |little hard to read. | |

| | | | | |

|Content—Accuracy |All content throughout the |Most of the content is accurate but |The content is generally accurate, |Content is typically confusing or |

|See hand-out for content |presentation is accurate. There |there is one piece of information |but one piece of information is |contains more than one factual |

|requirements |are no factual errors. |that might be inaccurate. |clearly flawed or inaccurate. |error. It is difficult to |

| | | | |understand the person’s life |

| | | | |information. |

|Spelling and grammar |Presentation has no misspellings or|Presentation has 1-2 misspellings or|Presentation has 3-4 misspellings |Presentation has more than 4 |

| |grammatical errors. |grammatical errors. |or grammatical errors. |grammatical and/or spelling errors.|

|Use of graphics |All graphics are attractive (size |A few graphics are not attractive |All graphics are attractive but few|Several graphics re unattractive |

| |and colors) and support the |but all support the theme/content of|do not seem to support the |AND take away from the content of |

| |theme/content of the presentation. |the presentation. |theme/content of the presentation. |the presentation. |

|Effectiveness/ |Project includes all material |Project includes most material |Project is missing more than two |Project is lacking several key |

|Organization |needed to gain a comfortable |needed to gain comfortable |key elements that impact the |elements and has inaccuracies. |

| |understanding of the person’s whole|understanding the person’s whole |understanding of the presentation. | |

| |life. |life. | | |

|Presentation |Student presented the material with|Student presented material but could|Student had many difficulties |Student was unable to complete |

|Eye contact, volume of voice, |confidence.. |have been more confident. |presenting material. |presentation before the class. |

|enthusiasm, and creativity | | | | |

Language Arts

Outline for Biography PowerPoint Presentation

I. Content Requirements (Order by your preference)

A. Title and byline

B. Introduction

C. Why did I choose this person?

D. Childhood (struggles, accomplishments, family)

E. Adolescence

F. Adulthood (career, family life, struggles, accomplishments

G. What positive contribution(s) has my person made?

H. What is the most interesting fact I learned from my research?

I. What have I accomplished or learned during this project?

II. Add a background that is appropriate

III. Fix your font and format it to make is easy to read

IV. Add transitions to your slides and/or information

V. Add graphics that complement the theme/topic

VI. Proofread your presentation

VII. Practice your presentation for your classroom presentation on your topic

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