Activity Overview
A fun way to modernize a high school level novel or play is to re-imagine them as they might unfold on social media. It's also a great way to assess how well students comprehended the story, themes, and characters as they read. In this activity, students will create profiles for key characters in a novel or play. Students may select one character to focus on or, if you would like to further this activity, students can create profiles for all of the key characters. This example uses the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, however, any story can be used!
The profiles and what is included on them should be drawn from the text itself, or from inferences students are able to make. They should include conversations and interactions through the form of private messaging, timeline posts, and more. To expand this activity into a group project, assign each student a character, and have them work with a small group to recreate the story.
An alternative to this assignment is to create and print out social media page worksheets for students to complete offline, or give them the choice if they'd like to create digitally or with pen and paper.
To find additional templates for this activity, please check out our social media page templates.
Template and Class Instructions
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Student Instructions
Due Date:
Objective:Create a social media profile for a character or characters of your choice from the play using a poster-sized storyboard!
- Click "Start Assignment" to use the template in the assignment.
- Identify important character traits and moments in the story.
- Create images, posts, & biographical information for your character of choice using appropriate scenes, items, and characters.
- Save and exit when you're done.
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Needs Improvement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Character Representation | The social media page depicts the character accurately through pictures and words. | Some images and words on the social media page accurately depict the character. | The images and words on the social media page do not accurately depict the character. |
| Artistic Depictions | The art chosen to depict the scenes are accurate to the work of literature. Time and care is taken to ensure that the scenes are neat, eye-catching, and creative. | The art chosen to depict the scenes should be accurate, but there may be some liberties taken that distract from the assignment. Scene constructions are neat, and meet basic expectations. | The art chosen to depict the scenes is too limited or incomplete. |
| English Conventions | Ideas are organized. There are few or no grammatical, mechanical, or spelling errors. | Ideas are mostly organized. There are some grammatical, mechanical, or spelling errors. | Storyboard text is difficult to understand. |
Activity Overview
A fun way to modernize a high school level novel or play is to re-imagine them as they might unfold on social media. It's also a great way to assess how well students comprehended the story, themes, and characters as they read. In this activity, students will create profiles for key characters in a novel or play. Students may select one character to focus on or, if you would like to further this activity, students can create profiles for all of the key characters. This example uses the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, however, any story can be used!
The profiles and what is included on them should be drawn from the text itself, or from inferences students are able to make. They should include conversations and interactions through the form of private messaging, timeline posts, and more. To expand this activity into a group project, assign each student a character, and have them work with a small group to recreate the story.
An alternative to this assignment is to create and print out social media page worksheets for students to complete offline, or give them the choice if they'd like to create digitally or with pen and paper.
To find additional templates for this activity, please check out our social media page templates.
Template and Class Instructions
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Student Instructions
Due Date:
Objective:Create a social media profile for a character or characters of your choice from the play using a poster-sized storyboard!
- Click "Start Assignment" to use the template in the assignment.
- Identify important character traits and moments in the story.
- Create images, posts, & biographical information for your character of choice using appropriate scenes, items, and characters.
- Save and exit when you're done.
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Needs Improvement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Character Representation | The social media page depicts the character accurately through pictures and words. | Some images and words on the social media page accurately depict the character. | The images and words on the social media page do not accurately depict the character. |
| Artistic Depictions | The art chosen to depict the scenes are accurate to the work of literature. Time and care is taken to ensure that the scenes are neat, eye-catching, and creative. | The art chosen to depict the scenes should be accurate, but there may be some liberties taken that distract from the assignment. Scene constructions are neat, and meet basic expectations. | The art chosen to depict the scenes is too limited or incomplete. |
| English Conventions | Ideas are organized. There are few or no grammatical, mechanical, or spelling errors. | Ideas are mostly organized. There are some grammatical, mechanical, or spelling errors. | Storyboard text is difficult to understand. |
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