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Activity Overview
Template and Class Instructions
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Activity Overview


Movie posters are a dynamic and creative way for students to boil down the most important aspects of a novel. After reading a novel, poem or play, students will create a movie poster that showcases the setting, characters and a chosen scene or overarching themes of the story.. Students can include the title and author of the book, a catchy tagline, and a "critic's review" informing the audience why they should go to see the movie and briefly describing the compelling story. Students may also choose to feature the names of actors and actresses that they imagine would be a good fit to play the roles of the main characters. This example uses the award winning high school novel in verse, The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo, however, any story can be used!

For additional templates to add to this assignment, check out our movie poster templates!


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Template and Class Instructions

(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)



Due Date:

Objective: Create a movie poster for your book that highlights the most important aspects of the story.

Student Instructions:

  1. Identify scenes, characters, items and designs appropriate to the story and arrange them artfully on the poster. You may choose to showcase a particular scene in the book or an overarching theme.
  2. Add the title and author of the book as well as a catchy slogan or introduction.
  3. Add a "critic's review": one to three sentences describing why the audience should go to see this movie and what is compelling about the story.
  4. Save and exit when you're done.

Lesson Plan Reference

Common Core Standards
  • CCSS: RL.9-10.1 - Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
  • CCSS: RL.9-10.2 - Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text
  • CCSS: RL.9-10.3 - Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme
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Rubric

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Movie Poster
Pretend that your book is being made into a blockbuster movie! Create a Movie Poster that showcases the setting, character and a chosen scene or overarching theme of the story. Include the title and author of the book as well as a catchy slogan and a "critic's review" informing the audience why they should go to see the movie and briefly describing the story.
Proficient Emerging Beginning
Text
Includes Title, Author, catchy slogan and a 1-3 sentence critic's review that accurately describes the story and why people should go to see the movie.
Missing one element of text.
Missing two or more elements of text.
Illustrations
Illustrations depict a scene or theme of the story with clear visuals including an appropriate scene, character, items, etc.
Illustrations depict a scene or theme from the story but are unclear or incomplete.
Illustrations do not depict a scene or theme from the story.


Activity Overview


Movie posters are a dynamic and creative way for students to boil down the most important aspects of a novel. After reading a novel, poem or play, students will create a movie poster that showcases the setting, characters and a chosen scene or overarching themes of the story.. Students can include the title and author of the book, a catchy tagline, and a "critic's review" informing the audience why they should go to see the movie and briefly describing the compelling story. Students may also choose to feature the names of actors and actresses that they imagine would be a good fit to play the roles of the main characters. This example uses the award winning high school novel in verse, The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo, however, any story can be used!

For additional templates to add to this assignment, check out our movie poster templates!


Template and Class Instructions

(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)



Due Date:

Objective: Create a movie poster for your book that highlights the most important aspects of the story.

Student Instructions:

  1. Identify scenes, characters, items and designs appropriate to the story and arrange them artfully on the poster. You may choose to showcase a particular scene in the book or an overarching theme.
  2. Add the title and author of the book as well as a catchy slogan or introduction.
  3. Add a "critic's review": one to three sentences describing why the audience should go to see this movie and what is compelling about the story.
  4. Save and exit when you're done.

Lesson Plan Reference

Common Core Standards
  • CCSS: RL.9-10.1 - Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
  • CCSS: RL.9-10.2 - Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text
  • CCSS: RL.9-10.3 - Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme
Switch to: Common CoreArizonaCaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIowaKansasMarylandMassachusettsNebraskaNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioOklahomaPennsylvaniaUtah

Rubric

(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)


Movie Poster
Pretend that your book is being made into a blockbuster movie! Create a Movie Poster that showcases the setting, character and a chosen scene or overarching theme of the story. Include the title and author of the book as well as a catchy slogan and a "critic's review" informing the audience why they should go to see the movie and briefly describing the story.
Proficient Emerging Beginning
Text
Includes Title, Author, catchy slogan and a 1-3 sentence critic's review that accurately describes the story and why people should go to see the movie.
Missing one element of text.
Missing two or more elements of text.
Illustrations
Illustrations depict a scene or theme of the story with clear visuals including an appropriate scene, character, items, etc.
Illustrations depict a scene or theme from the story but are unclear or incomplete.
Illustrations do not depict a scene or theme from the story.





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