BookTrailers

LessonPlanforGrade6-8,ELA
PreparedbyMrs.King&Ms.Miller

OVERVIEW&PURPOSE

Studentswillcomposestoryboardsandproduceamovietrailerbaseduponafiction
noveltheyhavereadduringtheirELALabclass.

EDUCATIONSTANDARDS

1. ELAGSE6RL7Compareandcontrasttheexperienceofreadingastory,drama,or
poemtolisteningtoorviewinganaudio,video,orliveversionofthetext,
includingcontrastingwhattheyseeandhearwhenreadingthetexttowhat
theyperceivewhentheylistenorwatch.
2. ELAGSE7RL7Compareandcontrastawrittenstory,drama,orpoemtoitsaudio,
filmed,staged,ormultimediaversion,analyzingtheeffectsoftechniquesunique
toeachmedium(e.g.,lighting,sound,color,orcamerafocusandanglesinafilm).
3. ELAGSE8RL7Analyzetheextenttowhichafilmedorliveproductionofastoryor
dramastaysfaithfultoordepartsfromthetextorscript,evaluatingthechoices
madebythedirectororactors.

ISTEStandards:

1. 1dStudentsunderstandthefundamentalconceptsoftechnologyoperations,
demonstratetheabilitytochoose,useandtroubleshootcurrenttechnologiesand
areabletotransfertheirknowledgetoexploreemergingtechnologies.
2. 2bStudentsengageinpositive,safe,legalandethicalbehaviorwhenusing
technology,includingsocialinteractionsonlineorwhenusingnetworkeddevices.
3. 2cStudentsdemonstrateanunderstandingofandrespectfortherightsand
obligationsofusingandsharingintellectualproperty.

ALAStandards:

1. 1.1.2Usepriorandbackgroundknowledgeascontextfornewlearning.
2. 1.2.1Displayinitiativeandengagementbyposingquestionsandinvestigatingthe

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 answersbeyondthecollectionofsuperficialfacts.
3. 1.3.1Respectcopyright/intellectualpropertyrightsofcreatorsandproducers.
4. 1.3.4Contributetotheexchangeofideaswithinthelearningcommunity.1.3.5Use
informationtechnologyresponsibly.
5. 2.1.3Usestrategiestodrawconclusionsfrominformationandapplyknowledgeto
curricularareas,realworldsituations,andfurtherinvestigations

OBJECTIVES

1. Tosummarizetheplotofastory.
2. Understandhowastoryboardworksandhowithelpsplanoutaudio/visual
components.
3. Createaplantoadvertisetheirbookchoicebeingcreatedintoamoviebycreating
abooktrailer.
4. Buildastoryboardbasedupontheirbooktrailerplan.
5. Produceabooktrailermovie.

MATERIALSNEEDED

1. Studentsnovelofchoice
2. Storyboardtemplate
3. Storyboardexample
4. SearchingForImagesGraphic
5. Computer/laptopwithMovieMakerinstalled&accesstoInternet
6. GradingRubric

TIMEFRAME

Totaltimeisapproximately3weeks,45minuteclassperiods.

ACTIVITY

StudentsinMs.MillersELALabclasshavereadavarietyofnovelsthroughouttheschool
year.Studentswillbeabletopicktheirfavoritenoveltousetocreateabooktrailermovie
about.

Ms.Miller

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Studentswillbeshownseveralmovietrailerexamplesofpopularfictiontitlesthathave
beenmadeintoamovie.Discussionofdifferentcomponentsofmovietrailers.
Discussionofwhatshouldbeincludedinabooktrailer.

Studentshavebeengiveninstructionsandguidelinesoncreatingastoryboard,shown
myexample,andhavebegunworkingontheirownplanofaction.Inordertoassist
theirstoryboardideas,studentswillperformimagesearchesfordifferentcomponentsto
includeintheirmovie.

Mrs.King:ImageSearching(45minutes)

Intro:Discussionaboutcopyrightandusingimagesontheweb.(5min)

Askquestionsincluding:

HowmanyofyouhaveusedGoogletosearchforapicture?
Whenyouneedimagesforaproject,whereisthefirstplaceyoustartlooking?
Didyouknowmostofthoseimagesarecopyrightedmaterials?
Cananyonedefinewhatcopyrightis?

Discussionofcopyright,publicdomainandCreativeCommons.

(ShowSearchingforImagesgraphic-sharedwithstudentsviaGoogleClassroom)

Demonstration:(20minutes)

DemonstratethefollowingtasksforsearchingGoogleImages:

Bolensearchcriteria(bassfishing,bass+fishing,bass-fishing)
Demonstratethe+publicdomain
SearchToolstosearchbycolor,imagetype(clipart?Image?)andhowtolimit
thesearchingusagerightscriteria.

DemonstratehowtoinsertanimageandsearchforoneinsideaGoogleAppusingeither
Insert-Image,ortheExplorefeature.

Demonstratehowtosearchthroughwww.creativecomons.comforimagesandmusic.

Showwww.pixabay.com&www.photosforclass.comforotherplacesforimage
searching.

Task1:(10min)

Havestudentschooseasearchtopicandthenperformsearchesbaseduponthedifferent

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criteriawehavediscussed.Theyshouldpayattentiontothenumberofresultstheyget
andthequalityoftheresults.

Discusstheirresults.Whatwerethebestsearchingoptionsforlocatingwhattheywere
lookingfor?

Task2:(10min)

AsIdemonstrateontheboard,studentsfollowontheirowncomputer:

1. CreateanewfolderintheirELAFolderontheirstudentdrive
2. NamenewfolderBookTrailerImages

Walkthroughhowtosaveimagestotheirfolderjustcreatedonstudentdrive.Images
willbeuploadedtoMovieMakerfromthislocation(demonstratedatalaterdate)

Ms.Miller

Studentswillcontinuetoworkoncompletionofstoryboard.Oncecompleted,students
willcomebacktothelabtolearnhowtouseMovieMaker.

Mrs.King

MovieMakerDemonstration(20minutes)

DemonstratethefollowingcomponentsforMovieMaker:

Howtoinsertimagesfromfoldercreatedlastsession
Howtoaddtext
Howtoaddtransitions
Howtotrim/extend
Howtofinalizeproject

Studentswillbeginworkingontheirbooktrailermovie.

Resources:

https://www.theedublogger.com/2017/01/20/copyright-fair-use-and-creative-commons/

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/blogbasics/copyright-and-fair-use/2/