This document provides guidance for students to create book trailers summarizing books they have read. It outlines the learning intentions, conventions of book reports, key steps to take in developing a book trailer including storyboarding events and choosing a digital tool to produce the trailer. Examples of both student-created and professional book trailers are shared. Guidance is given for the features to include in an effective book trailer like images, music, and credits.

2. Book Report – Book trailer
Learning Intention Success Criteria
0 To interpret a text
and explain how
language features,
images and
vocabulary are
used to represent
different ideas and
issues in a text
0 To know and
understand the
conventions of a
book report
0 To have begun
story board for the
book trailer

3. Book trailer key vocabulary
0 conventions (what are
some synonyms?)
0 interpret
0 ideas
0 issues
0 story board
0 language features e.g.
sentence structure,
nouns, verbs,
punctuation, etc.

4. GKR - Book Trailer
What does
the title tell
me?
What do I
predict the
text will be
about?
What can
the pictures
tell me?
What do I
already know
about this
topic?
What
words do
I expect
to see?
What
images come
to mind?
What will I
do as I
read?
0 Grab a piece of paper
and fold into quarters
0 Label the quarters –
words, images, sounds,
main ideas
0 Now watch the following
book trailer, recording
what you see and hear

6. Now we are going to look at
some book trailers created by
students …

7. GKR/Hook – Book trailer
Book trailer examples
by students
http://www.booktrailersf
orreaders.com/Home+Stu
dent+Book+Trailers
What does
the title tell
me?
What do I
predict the
text will be
about?
What can
the pictures
tell me?
What do I
already know
about this
topic?
What
words do
I expect
to see?
What
images come
to mind?
What will I
do as I
read?

8. GKR - Student made book
trailer

9. GKR - Student made book
trailer

10. GKR - Student made book
trailer

11. GKR - Student made book
trailer

12. GKR - Student made book
trailer

13. GKR - Student made book
trailer

14. GKR - Student made book
trailer

15. Now we are going to look at
some book trailers created by
professionals …

16. GKR/Hook – Book trailer
What does
the title tell
me?
What do I
predict the
text will be
about?
What can
the pictures
tell me?
What do I
already know
about this
topic?
What
words do
I expect
to see?
What
images come
to mind?
What will I
do as I
read?

17. GKR/Hook – Book trailer

18. GKR/Hook – Book trailer

19. GKR/Hook – Book trailer

20. GKR - Class Discussion
0 What did you like about the book trailers we watched?
0 What made a good/bad book trailer?
0 What features made you want to read the book?
0 What methods were used?
0 What language/advertising techniques were used?
0 How are they like/unlike movie trailers?

21. Why do we review books?
 One way to share a book you’ve read
 To let others know that you enjoyed, or didn’t
enjoy the book, and why
 Helps a person to make an informed choice

22. Conventions of a book report
0 Introduction
0 Body
0 Conclusion

23. Introduction
Grab the attention of the reader by:
 Introducing the main character, setting, etc.
 Including a quote from the book
 Telling something about the author
• Purpose for writing the book
• Intended audience
• From what point of view the story was written
 Telling the genre of the book
• fiction, nonfiction, mystery, romance, etc.

24. Body
 Give a summary of the plot.
 Include information about the setting and main
characters.
 You can include a hint about the ending, but don’t
give away the best part!
 Make the book sound as exciting and interesting as
possible!

25. Conclusion
 Leave the audience hanging so they feel compelled
to read the book to find out what happens

26. Steps to follow
0 Read book/story
0 Make a timeline of events
0 Convert timeline to a story board plan - condense
information into short, attention grabbing chunks
0 Choose a digital tool e.g. iMovie, Animoto, Movie
Maker
0 Produce media
0 Proofread and edit work – sound, voice over, text, and
images

27. Make a timeline of the story
0 Place the events of the
story in time order
0 Highlight the main
events you want to
include in your book
trailer

28. Make a story board

29. Digital Tool
0 What digital tool will you use? wevideo

30. Other features of a book
trailer
0 Visit
http://shsenglish8.weeb
ly.com/ to retrieve a list
of websites to assist you
with the following:
0 Images
0 Background music
0 Sound effects

31. Credits
0 Don’t forget to
include credits at
the end of your
book trailer

32. Things to remember
0 Aim for an attention grabbing beginning and/or end
0 Ensure the information included is in time order
0 Use images/music/sound effects that compliment the
story
0 Use persuasive/emotive vocabulary
0 Credits at the end

33. What are the some of
the features included
in a book trailer?
What learning
actions did you use
today?
What is your learning
goal for next lesson?

34. When your book
trailer is finished you
will complete a self
evaluation rubric