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Book Talk GuidelinesThere are three key elements to a good book
talk: the hook, the content, and
the cliffhanger. Your talk should be 3 5 minutes. Remember to
bring your book
to show on the day of your talk.
1. The Hook: Present something that will grab the
listenersattention:
Link the book to a articular mo!ie.
Read a gory " scary " funny section of the book.
#se ros, costumes, or sound effects.
$et the audience to articiate reeat " discuss key hrases,
title, etc.
Relate the e!ents or feelings in the book to current e!ents
orfeelings in the listeners% li!es.
2. The Content: Tell about the genre, characters, lot,
setting or theme in an interesting wa!:
&ro!ide facts " details from the no!el, then mo!e on to
something shocking or surrising.
'now a secret( Talk about it, but don%t re!eal it.
)oy dialogue to read or share as reader%s theatre.Tie the lot or
setting into a historical e!ent or time eriod.
$et into character: dress, act and"or seak like the main
character.
*how a great icture +esecially for nonfiction-.
Tell something interesting about the author.
". The Cli##hanger: $nd it with !our listeners wanting more:nd
your book talk lea!ing the audience wondering how the
no!el ends.
Lea!e them wanting more so that they will want to read the
book to find out what haens ne/t.
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%hen resenting, remember: organi&ation, e!e contact, #acial
and 'ocal
e(ression, bod! actions, 'olume, grammar, ronunciation, and
'ocabular!.Copyright 2011 J.Runde
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Book Talk )rgani&erBook:********************************
+uthor:******************************The Hook 0ow are you
lanning to hook your audience( 1hat information from the book
will you include( 0ow will you resent this information(
The Content This is 2T a retell. You need to include information
about the author,
genre, lot, setting, and characters. 0ow will you resent this
information( 0ow can you
make it more interesting than simly listing facts about the
book( 0ow will you organi4e this
information(
The Cli##hanger 0ow are you going to lea!e the audience wanting
more( 1hat information
will you gi!e the audience a taste6 of to make them feel they
7#*T go out and get the
book(
Presentation ue ate:****************** )oyright 89 ;.Runde
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Book Talk -ubricame:*******
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Book:********
*************** Criteria
/e'el 1 /e'el 2 /e'el " /e'el 0
ntroduction Little to nointroduction. iscussion
included genre,
lot, setting and
characters, with asatisfactory
amount of details.
*ome content was
read from a aer.
/cellent inclus
of content.
>iscussion inclu
genre, lot, set
and characterswith a thorough
amount of deta
)ontent was
resented in a
natural manner
not read from a
aer.
Cli##hanger Little to nocliffhanger.
&resentation ends
abrutly.
*ome e!idence of
cliffhanger. Too
much information
may ha!e beengi!en, or not
enough to make the
audience want to
read the book.
$ood cliffhanger
ending that makes
the audience want
to read the book.
)reati!e and un
cliffhanger end
that makes the
audience want tread the book.
oice @olume, e/ressionand enunciation are
not aroriate for
resentation.
@olume, e/ression
and enunciation are
sometimes
aroriate for
resentation.
@olume, e/ression
and enunciation are
aroriate for
resentation most
of the time.
@olume, e/res
and enunciation
aroriate for
resentation al
the time.
Grammar and
)rgani&ation
7any grammar
errors.&resentation has
limited flow of
organi4ation of
content.
*ome grammar
errors.&resentation has
some flow of
organi4ation of
content.
Aew grammar
errors.&resentation has
considerable flow
of organi4ation of
content.
2o grammar er
&resentation hae/cellent and
natural flow of
organi4ation of
content.
