In your mini-presentation, you are going to detail your progress with the project to your teacher and

classmates. You should prepare 3-5 slides (4-6 if in pairs) with the following information. In the case that you
are working in pairs, you and your partner should be very clear about who is giving the necessary examples for
the steps below.

1. Who is your role model? Give a little background information, but be sure to leave most of this for the
video essay itself. Remember that you can take the negative position and argue that someone is NOT a
role model. Eventually you are going to focus on two arguments that “prove” your position, but you don’t
want to give us spoilers, so you don’t have to explain your arguments. Talk about why you chose this
character/person. The introductory paragraph should be written in Week 5--if students are absent
during this class period, the grade for the presentation can be reduced.

2. What scandals/problems/character defects does your role model have? Make sure that there are
genuine reasons for people to think that the person you have chosen is not a good role model.
Remember that you hope to change your audience’s mind at the end of your video essay. Ideally you
should have two counterpoints--one for each argument that you are going to develop over the
semester.

3. What sources have you found? Show the articles and videos that you will be using to support your
arguments. You need at least 2 and no more than 4. Some sources should support your arguments, the
others your counterpoints.

4. Have students demonstrate how they’re using target grammar and vocabulary so far. Students may
highlight new vocabulary they have found in their sources.

5. You are being assessed on your speaking skills which include fluency, accuracy and pronunciation.

6. Remember to not use too much text on your slides. Presentation length is 3-5 (4-6 for pairs) minutes.
Follow the 6 X 7 Rule: 6 lines of text with 7 words per line (42 words total).

Rubric for Mini-Presentation

Criteria 5 4 3 2

Role Model Student provides Student provides Student may not Student does not
Background enough background some background have enough have background
Information and information to justify information to justify background information and
Counterpoint choice and has choice and has information to justify there are no
clear ideas for the some ideas for the choice and the counterpoints.
counterpoint. counterpoint. counterpoint is
unclear.

Sources Student has 2-4 Student has 2-4 Student has too few Student has no
appropriate sources sources but some or possibly all sources.
including may be inappropriate
newspaper articles, inappropriate sources including
review blogs and including newspaper articles,
videos. newspaper articles, review blogs and
review blogs and videos.
videos.

Grammar/Vocab Student is able to Student is able to Student may have Student is unable to
 ● Gerunds show 2 sentences show at least one only examples of show use of target
and with grammar example of a relative clauses or grammar or
infinitives examples and sentence with a only examples of vocabulary.
after several examples of relative clause and vocabulary, but not
certain course vocabulary. a few examples of both.
verbs course vocabulary.
● Relative
clauses

Speaking Skills: Student sounds Student sounds Student may not Student is not fluent
Fluency very fluent with high fluent with good always be fluent, and makes frequent
Accuracy accuracy and good accuracy and accurate or have accuracy and
Pronunciation pronunciation. No pronunciation. No good pronunciation. pronunciation
meaning is lost. meaning is lost. Some meaning can mistakes. Meaning
be lost. is lost.

Slides Slides are very Slides are Slides are Slides are not
interesting with an interesting with an interesting, but interesting and
appropriate amount appropriate amount have too much text. have too much text.
of text. of text.
Note: Grade can be reduced if students were absent from class the day the introduction was written.

Total points divided by 25

19/25 = 0.76 * 5 = 4.25 or 3.8

Or you can divide 76/20 for 3.8