Reel Reading
Updated: April 6, 2004
Working in teams, students develop an advertising campaign for a novel. Using PowerPoint or video-editing software, they create a movie "trailer" that covers intriguing elements of the plot and makes liberal and appropriate use of advertising and film techniques. Students also design a poster using a Publisher template to advertise the book.
“... I hoped that students would learn that the communication skills and messages we'd been analyzing all semester had real application.”
Jennifer Bradbury, Burlington-Edison High School
Objectives
| • | Read a novel and identify the main literary elements. |
| • | Write for a variety of purposes and audiences. |
| • | Work as effective, contributing members of a group. |
Learning Areas
| • | Media literacy (advertising, broadcasting, film) |
| • | Language arts |
Levels
Software
| • | Microsoft® Publisher |
| • | Microsoft PowerPoint |
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