Coming soon to

a theater near you....

Your assignment is to create a book trailer for a book you’ll read

(and enjoy) over the next week or two. A book trailer is like a
movie trailer, but it promotes a book rather than a movie. It is
important to get the viewer excited about and interested in
reading the book, but it is also important to leave some
suspense....so don't tell the ending!

Attached is a calendar that will detail when we will be reading,

writing journal summaries, and working on our project in the
computer lab. While the majority of the project will be worked on
at school, you may have to complete some activities at home.
Proper planning is a must!

Your movie trailer will be presented to other students to peak

their interest in your book for summer reading. This is an
individual project, not a group one. We will be using our summaries
to create a storyboard. Our storyboards will assist us in the
flow of our trailers. Additionally, I’ll be providing assistance. We
will be using the computer program, Windows Moviemaker to
create our trailers. This will allow us to pull in clip art, still images,
video, text, and audio. If you desire to work on the project from
home or want to take your finished product home, consider
bringing a flash drive or CD to store it on.

Copyright The Owl Teacher

Book Trailer Project Rubric Name _______________________ # ___
CATEGORY High Performance (10) At or Above Average (7) At or below Average (4) Low performance (1)

The trailer flows reasonably The scenes from the trailer

The trailer flows very
The trailer flows smoothly but there are some are choppy and the
smoothly and captivates the
Presentation and holds the attention of transitions that need transitions seem abrupt.
attention of the audience. It
(Persuasion) the audience. The viewer is improvement in order for The viewer may be left
compels the viewer to read
left interested in the book. the viewer to be persuaded confused and not inclined
the book.
to read the book. to read the book

There is one key scene or An attempt has been made There is no scene in the
Key scenes or themes from
theme from the book to depict some aspect of trailer that suggests that
the book have been
Content represented in the trailer. the book, however from the the student has read the
creatively presented. These
(Storyline or plot) This makes the viewer content of the book has not book. The viewer also has
make the content of the
generally aware of the been made clear to the no idea of what the book is
book clear to the viewer.
content of the book. viewer. about.

An attempt was made to

Images create a distinct The images create an Little or no attempt has
use images that create an
atmosphere or tone that atmosphere or tone that been taken to use images to
Images atmosphere or tone but it
matches the different parts match some parts of the create an appropriate
needed more work. The
of the story. story atmosphere or tone.
choice of images is logical.
No attempt to match the
The voice and/or music The voice and/or music Tries to use pacing and
pace of the storytelling to
track is clean and fully track is occasionally too rhythm but it is often
Voice and/or Audio the storyline. The viewer
understandable. The pace fast/slow for the storyline. noticeable that it does not
(Soundtrack) was not engaged. The
fits the storyline. The The pacing is relatively fit the storyline. The viewer
music is inappropriate or
viewer is always engaged. engaging for the viewer. is not engaged consistently.
does not fit.
Editing demonstrates a full Editing demonstrates a Editing shows a lack of
Editing demonstrates a fair
working knowledge of the good working knowledge of understanding of the
knowledge of the software.
Video Editing software. Many effects the software. Some effects software. No special effects
Limited special effects were
were incorporated and used were incorporated and used were used in the making of
incorporated into the video.
effectively. effectively. the video.
Strong awareness of the An awareness of the Some awareness of
audience in the design. Can audience in the design. Can audience in the design.
Reflection Limited awareness of the
clearly explain why they explain why they chose the Some difficulty in explaining
(Awareness of needs and interests of the
chose the vocabulary, vocabulary, audio, and the choice of vocabulary,
Audience) target audience.
audio, and graphics to fit graphics to fit the target audio, and graphics for the
the target audience. audience. target audience.
A very exciting A good presentation that
A passable presentation. Flat presentation. Little or
presentation. It grabbed the used suspense, humor or
Presentation Some suspense, humor or no suspense, humor or
attention of the viewer with intrigue well and caught the
(Interest level) intrigue but no real “hook” intrigue to capture the
suspense, humor or intrigue attention of the viewer
present at the start. attention of the viewer.
from the beginning. from the beginning.
The length of the The length of the
The presentation was the The presentation was the
Presentation presentation was too presentation was too
right length to keep/get the right length to keep/get the
(Duration/length) long/short to keep/get long/short to keep/get
viewer involved. viewer involved.
attention of the viewer attention of the viewer.

The student demonstrates

The student does not
understanding of the book The student demonstrates The student demonstrates
demonstrate understanding
with detailed summaries understanding of the book adequate understanding of
Journal Entries of the book and/or does not
lending to important with detailed summaries. the book with very little
have all summaries
information of the book. All All summaries are included. important details.
completed.
summaries are included.

Copyright The Owl Teacher

 Windows Movie Maker Free Download:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/movie-maker

Credits

A Special Thank You!

Thank you for downloading this product! I hope you found this resource useful.

I know your time and money are important, so therefore I try to create
products that are worth both. Anytime you see something that could be
improved upon or any errors, please inform me, as I desire to do well. Feel free
to contact me if you have any questions, ideas, or concerns at
[email protected].

Keep an eye out for more resources that are free or reasonably priced, as I
am always creating new products!

You can also follow my blog at www.theowlteacher.com for lots of creative

instructional ideas and free downloads. By following me, you’ll get updated notices
about new ideas, products, and sales. My products are always 50% off the first
48 hours so follow me for those notifications!

Happy Teaching!

Copyright The Owl Teacher 2016. All rights reserved by author. Permission to
copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single
classroom use only. Not for public display.