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Book Talk Showdown

Friday, November 12, 2021

GUIDELINES

A book talk is a promotion of a book, not just a plot summary. This is NOT a book report! The purpose of this is to tell others about your book in such a way that it makes us, your audience, want to read this book. The requirements for this activity are as follows:

1. Tell the title, author, and genre of the book.
2. Give an overview of the setting.
3. Give an overview of the main character(s).
4. Provide a brief plot description, but don’t give away the ending.
5. Include teasers. Think about the trailers for movies—what makes you want to see a movie? They show you snippets of the best parts. You need to do this.
6. Read an excerpt from the book.
7. To whom would you recommend this book? Give a general description of the type of people who might like to read this book. For example, “I would recommend this book to young teens whose parents are getting a divorce because . . .”
8. Prepare and present a visual aid in addition to your book (which you must bring as well). This could be an object, a picture, a poster, or anything else that you think is important or appropriate for the presentation.

OBJECTIVE

As we celebrate the National Book Week in the last week of November, MHSS Library would like to develop the Love of Reading to its Students by having this activity.

MECHANICS OF THE CONTEST

1. All students are encouraged to participate in the elimination round for this is one of their activities in their English class in coordination of the Learning Resource Center.
2. The submitted outputs will serve as additional point credit in the performance tasks of the students. All students who will be able to submit their output will receive 10 additional points to their PeTa No. 1. While the selected representatives of each section which will be chosen from the elimination round will receive 15 additional points.
3. Participants will follow the requirements/guidelines in creating their videos.
4. Your video should be in MOV or MP4 file format and should be 1280 x 720 to get the best quality.
5. Videos should not exist for 20 minutes and should have a 10-minute talk time.
6. You may upload your video to this link, https://forms.office.com/r/XpBgD4aBmw on or before November 23, 2021
7. In case of technical difficulty in submitting the entry, take a photo as evidence. Notify Ms. Pua, our librarian. Once verified, the participant will be given 1 day to submit the entry.
8. All entries submitted beyond the deadline will not be considered.
9. Three winners will be announced on the culminating activity. Winners will receive the following incentives for their PeTa in English:
   

   1st - 30 Additional Points
   2nd - 25 Additional Points
   3rd - 20 Additional Points

10. Judging will be on Nov. 25, 2021, via online
11. Judges’ decision shall be considered final.

CRITERIA FOR JUDGING

1. Video presentation           20%
2. Mastery of the content          30%
3. Delivery               30%
4. Compliance with the instructions    20%
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