Planning a Book Trailer

1. Learner Analysis:

a. Age/Gender: 10-12-year-old - Females and Males

b. Cultural Background: 85% black, 10% white, 5% Asian
c. Educational Level: 6th Grade
d. Special Needs/Accommodations: Read Aloud
e. Specific Entry Skills: Able to read at least a 3rd-grade level.

Motivation – Keller’s ARCS Model

· Attention – I will grab the students’ attention by pictures of the protests currently happening,
images of kids by themselves on a playground, and song lyrics, and quotes at the intro and
ending about finding yourself and fitting in.
· Relevance – I will imbed relevance of this story as all the 6th graders are new to the school
and having to navigate how to fit in with a new group of friends and the importance of being able
to understand and bridge different cultures being important as that is what current protest are
about.
· Confidence – I will integrate confidence by asking students questions for them to think about
throughout the trailer to get them to think of the difficulties they are currently facing while trying
to fit in at middle school.
· Satisfaction – I will integrate satisfaction into the book trailer by having motivational quotes
from and pictures at the end of the trailer of kids of different backgrounds playing together and
helping each other.

2. Book Selection:
· Newbery Medal Book Awards- New Kid