A fun way for students to express their understanding of a story, its themes, and main characters, is to create a movie poster. As students read The Giver, they will start to see recurring imagery and themes. Have them create a movie poster, complete complete with a title, casting, and an image that conveys important information from the story.
When students complete their posters, they can be printed out and hung in the classroom and you can have a class discussion on why students chose to create the poster they did.
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Student Instructions
Create a movie poster that evokes the theme, story, and other relevant information about The Giver.
Choose movies that the majority of your students know about and discuss what goes into a movie poster. Mention elements like the title, the characters, and major things that happen in the novel. Pictures are also important.
Students will need to include big ideas on their posters. These include elements like characterization, theme, and conflict. Assist students and scaffold as needed.
One of the best parts of the poster project is leading a class discussion so that students can share the major ideas that they have put on the poster.
Imagery is the picture the author creates in the reader's head, and is based on the five senses. If you are able to see, taste, touch, feel, or smell something based on an author's description, that is imagery.
When students are asked to pair the information in a book down to a movie poster, they must get to the heart of the matter of theme, conflict, and characterization. Being succinct is a skill they must master, and creating a poster will help them to formulate their thoughts.
When students in the class create posters, they make for great discussion starters. Groups can present their poster to the class and share their ideas in a creative way.