End of Novel Project: Book Trailers – Common Core Aligned

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Getting students interested in novels can be daunting if students don’t enjoy reading, but this Book Trailer Project for middle school students will have them highly engaged and eager to get through the book so they can complete the activities at the end. This standards-based project will have students taking annotations, breaking down the plot structure, and working diligently on rewriting the novel similar to a summary but much more fun.

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Description

Getting students interested in novels can be daunting if students don’t enjoy reading, but this Book Trailer Project for middle school students will have them highly engaged and eager to get through the book so they can complete the activities at the end. This standards-based project will have students taking annotations, breaking down the plot structure, and working diligently on rewriting the novel similar to a summary but much more fun.

Why Movie Trailers?

  • Highly Engaging
  • Helps Students Read with a Purpose
  • Standards-Driven Task
  • Multiple Standards Covered
  • Creative Thinking = Higher Rigor
  • Memories for a Lifetime!

Product Includes:

  • Teacher Guide
  • Plot Structure Activity
  • Trailer Student Directions
  • Trailer Student Checklist
  • Scene Planner
  • Script Planning
  • Project Rubric
  • Project Citations Sheet
  • Student Peer Feedback Form
  • Student Project Reflection Form

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Standards

The following standards are addressed with this resource.

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting.
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources.

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