Activity Overview
Movie posters are a fun way for students to boil down the most important aspects of a novel. After reading Long Way Down, 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.
To make this a class assignment, consider giving each student a different chapter or scene to focus on. When students complete their posters, they can be printed out and hung in the classroom. Students should be prepared to present on the choices they made during the creation process.
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Template and Class Instructions
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Objective: Create a movie poster for the book Long Way Down.
Student Instructions:
- Identify scenes, characters, items and /or animals appropriate to Long Way Down and arrange them artfully on the poster. You may choose to showcase a particular scene in the book or an overarching theme.
- Add the title and author of the book as well as a catchy slogan or introduction.
- 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.
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| 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. |
How To Help Students Incorporate the Critic’s Review in Their Movie Posters for “Long Way Down”
Discuss the Critic's Perspective
Begin the lecture by discussing what a critic review is and how it can be added to the movie posters to convince the audience to watch the movie. Students should comprehend the main points of the critic's review before adding it. This can include trying to understand the critic’s perspective first and then even adding their own analysis afterward.
Choose Powerful Statements
It is recommended that students choose quotations that are brief, powerful, and accurately convey the critic's favorable opinion of "Long Way Down." The best quotes to include are those that draw attention to the novel's advantages, distinctive features, or emotional impact.
Consider Themes and Central Ideas
Remind the students to select a critic review for their critic review that is reflective of the central ideas and themes present in the story. Explain to the students that a movie poster is made to grab the attention of the primary audience hence the review that the students are adding to the poster should also consider the type of audience that will be seeing the poster.
Choose From a Credible Source
Ask the students to perform research on sources that provide credible critic reviews. Tell the students to be cautious of sites that provide any sort of biased opinion or unauthentic data. Teachers can recommend some trustworthy sites to students and students can also perform their own research to make their movie posters seem more realistic.
Conclude and Discuss
Help the students wrap up the discussion on the critic’s review for the movie poster of Long Way Down. If students are interested, they can also explore other avenues and have further discussions on topics such as the significance of critic reviews in the movie industry and its relationship with literature, etc.
Frequently Asked Questions About Creating a Movie Poster for “Long Way Down”
How can students make sure the visuals on their posters catch the eye of viewers?
By utilizing a balanced arrangement, selecting complementary colors, and adding attention-grabbing visuals, students may guarantee an eye-catching poster. To help readers navigate the poster's elements, students can also think about the visual hierarchy. It is also important to consider the target audience when designing the movie poster as their preferences differ based on age, gender, and demographics.
Can students add their own thoughts about the book to the poster?
Of course! Students can creatively and succinctly incorporate any personal views or insights they may have regarding the novel on the poster. This can be done subtly with the help of visuals such as adding images that help convey their own ideas or giving brief taglines with correspond with their ideas.
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