Movie posters are a fun way for students to boil down the most important aspects of a novel. After reading The Wild Robot, students will create a movie poster that showcases the setting, characters and a chosen scene or overarching themes of the story. Students can include the title and author of the book, a catchy tagline, and a "critic's review" informing the audience why they should go to see the movie and briefly describing the compelling story.
To make this a class assignment, consider giving each student a different chapter or scene to focus on. When students complete their posters, they can be printed out and hung in the classroom. Students should be prepared to present on the choices they made during the creation process.
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Objective: Create a movie poster for the book The Wild Robot .
Student Instructions:
In order to clarify student thinking, lead a full class discussion on the story you have read, in order to ensure that students understand characters, setting, and theme.
Engage students in thinking about the project at hand by showing them some examples of movie posters from movies they have enjoyed.
Help students understand characters, setting, and theme for the story, which will make their movie poster much easier to create. These are the key elements that will be added to the poster.
Drawing helps to clarify thinking, and students will want to draw one of the major elements of the story to decorate their poster and make it focus on what the story is about.
In order to explain material in a new way, students need to call on their creativity. Adding information about characters, setting, and theme with some creative ideas related to movie-going will help students to understand the important points of a story.
Beyond just rote memorization and studying, drawing is a fantastic way for students to clarify their thinking on the given information, including the elements of a story. Being forced to draw what they have read and understand helps students to take learning to the next level.