This document provides a template and guidelines for creating a sliderocket presentation to summarize a book. It includes slides for setting, characters, conflict, theme, adjusting predictions, favorites, and recommendations. Students are instructed to provide strong details on each slide in complete sentences and make the presentation their best work with a high quality.

1. Title of Book
by (Author)
Picture of Your Book Goes Here
(Search under Google images)
Your Name & Hour Goes Here

2. ON EVERY SLIDE…
• Follow the template and your guidelines of
how to put your sliderocket together.
• Please provide STRONG information on
each slide, with complete sentences. THIS
presentation should be your BEST work.
High quality is what we are looking for.
(Delete this slide before you present your sliderocket.)

3. Setting
Definition: Where the story in your book takes place.
Sometimes the setting can change throughout your novel.
•The setting can include:
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Specific information about time and place = Boston, MA in 1809
Simply be descriptive = A lonely farmhouse on a dark night
An overall setting = A Midwestern town during the Depression
Specific settings = The courthouse
•Copy, paste, & complete this setting slide, each time the
setting changes. Have fun with colors, graphics, fonts, etc.
that are fitting to the setting(s) of your novel.

4. Characters
1. Provide a description of each of the main characters and
share a little of each character’s background. (5 details
per character)
2. Research these two words: Protagonist and Antagonist
3. Who is the protagonist and who is the antagonist in your
book?
4. Be sure each character is on it’s own slide (go down to
the bottom and click “new” to add a new slide).
• Have fun with colors, graphics, fonts, etc. that are fitting
to the personality of each character.
Be creative with this!

5. Conflict
Definition: In the beginning of the story,
when background information and the
problem are presented involving the main
character(s).
•Then main conflict in my book is
•Have fun with colors, graphics, fonts, etc.
that are fitting to the conflict in your story.

6. Theme
Definition: A moral, lesson, meaning,
message, or author's ideas about the the
content presented in the novel.
•Identify and describe at least 2 themes
from your book. Be careful and try your best
not to give away too much about your book
in case a fellow classmate is interested in
reading your book next. ; )
•What evidence supports this? Use specific
events, words, etc. from the book.

7. Adjusting My Prediction
• What did you originally think your book
was going to be about?
• How was your book different than your
initial prediction?

8. Favorites
• What was your favorite part(s) of the book
and why?

9. Recommendation?
• Would you recommend this book? Why or
why not?
• Who would you recommend it to? (What
kind of readers? Readers that like _____
books because…)
• Overall star rating (out of 5)?

10. Recommendation?
• Would you recommend this book? Why or
why not?
• Who would you recommend it to? (What
kind of readers? Readers that like _____
books because…)
• Overall star rating (out of 5)?