Unleash the dramatic side of your readers! Create a book trailer using iMovie. Give students the opportunity to utilize their creative side using technology. What a great way to incorporate those CCSS ELA Speaking and Listening Standards with a twist!
No matter the student's age, book trailers can provide an extremely fun way to present, share, and expand children's knowledge of what others are reading. Once iMovie is figured out, making these trailers can be easy and very powerful.
I began having my students make book trailers last summer at our local library program. Students read a book of their choice, conferenced with me about the major highlights and "do not miss" sections of the book. We then planned pictures or moving backgrounds and taped short one to two sentence segments. The rest is in the editing. You can add as little or as much as you want.
Here are some samples of the ones my students have created.
No matter the student's age, book trailers can provide an extremely fun way to present, share, and expand children's knowledge of what others are reading. Once iMovie is figured out, making these trailers can be easy and very powerful.
I began having my students make book trailers last summer at our local library program. Students read a book of their choice, conferenced with me about the major highlights and "do not miss" sections of the book. We then planned pictures or moving backgrounds and taped short one to two sentence segments. The rest is in the editing. You can add as little or as much as you want.
Here are some samples of the ones my students have created.
There are numerous Youtube tutorials on how to use iMovie as well as articles. It took me very little time to learn how to use its features. You can also use other forms of movie maker software and apps such as Animoto, Windows Movie Maker 2012, Magisto, and many more.
Making these movies has motivated the most unmotivated of readers to pick up a good book and read. What better way to promote reading and children's literature?
I took it one step further and coupled the Book Trailer idea with award winning books to help students step "outside the box" when choosing a book to read. This tends to diminish the "aimless library wandering" or "whispering behind the book shelf" shanigans and encourages students to make the most of their library check out time.
We collected all of the award winning books in our elementary library, put them into a readbox (play on redbox) and displayed them in our library. We even put QR codes linking students to already created book trailers about these books. Students can immediately scan and watch a book trailer about the book before choosing it. When my students complete a book trailer, I make a QR code and place that code inside the book for others to view as well.
So...are you ready? Is it time for some Lights...Camera...Action in your classroom?
Enjoy!
Jenny
Making these movies has motivated the most unmotivated of readers to pick up a good book and read. What better way to promote reading and children's literature?
I took it one step further and coupled the Book Trailer idea with award winning books to help students step "outside the box" when choosing a book to read. This tends to diminish the "aimless library wandering" or "whispering behind the book shelf" shanigans and encourages students to make the most of their library check out time.
We collected all of the award winning books in our elementary library, put them into a readbox (play on redbox) and displayed them in our library. We even put QR codes linking students to already created book trailers about these books. Students can immediately scan and watch a book trailer about the book before choosing it. When my students complete a book trailer, I make a QR code and place that code inside the book for others to view as well.
So...are you ready? Is it time for some Lights...Camera...Action in your classroom?
Enjoy!
Jenny
Click on the image to find the kit.
(Our readbox and an example of a QR code)