Your project grade will be based on your PowerPoint Presentation and the WebQuest Worksheets. Review the rubrics below to see the requirements.

Your PowerPoint Slideshow will have six slides. See the criteria for each slide below.
 

PowerPoint Presentation Criteria

	Excellent*      3 pts	Good job       2 pts	Fair              1 pt.	Incomplete       0 pt.
Cover Slide Includes your name, title of slide show, picture of author	Exciting first slide, includes all parts, no misspellings, really grabs your audiences attention!	Nice first slide, includes all the parts, well designed and easy to read.	Slide has some missing parts, a few misspellings	Missing or incomplete
Author Facts Slide This slide teaches the audience about who the author is - where born, how old, awards the author might have won, etc.	Includes all parts, appealing presentation	Includes basic information	Missing important details about the author	Missing or incomplete
Fun Facts Slide Share at least 3 interesting facts about your author	Includes interesting facts that no one else shared.	Shared interesting author facts	Had less than three interesting facts about your author.	Missing or incomplete
Summary of Book Slide Write a summary of the book that you read. It should include characters, setting, problem, and conclusion.	Includes all parts in an appealling way	Includes all parts	Missing some parts	Missing or incomplete
List of Other Books Slide List at least three other books the author has written.	Includes more than three books in an appealing way	Includes 3 other books	Less than three books or misspelled words	Missing or incomplete
Promote Your Author Slide Describe why other students should read books by your author. This will be like an advertisement to read books by your author!	Made me want to run to the library to get a book by your author!	Good reasons for reading books by your author	Could have had better reasons for me to read a book by your author.	Missing or incomplete
Presentation	An exciting presentation, easy to hear and understand	Spoke loudly and clearly.	Hard to hear and understand	Missing or incomplete

* An Excellent Rating means the work far exceeded teacher's requirements.
 
 

WebQuest Worksheets

	Excellent*	Good job	Fair	Incomplete
Story Map All details included in the story map.	Neat and accurate story map.	All details included.	Missing some details.	Missing or incomplete
Author Information Worksheet Researched author and gathered details	Gathered great and interesting facts. Went the extra step and gathered more info. than needed.	Gathered useful information.  Filled in most areas on worksheet.	Lots of missing information. Could have included more facts.	Missing or incomplete

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