Activity Overview
A fun way for students to express their understanding of a story, its themes, and main characters, is to create a movie poster. As students read 1984, they may find certain themes or moments that stand out to them. Have students create a movie poster, complete with a title, casting, and an image that conveys important information from the story. When students complete their posters, they can be printed out and hung in the classroom.
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Template and Class Instructions
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Student Instructions
Create a movie poster that evokes the theme, story, and other relevant information about 1984.
- Click "Start Assignment".
- Create an image for your movie poster using appropriate scenes, characters, and items.
- Add any additional information, like a tagline, actors, directors, etc.
- Save and exit when you're done.
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Includes Title, Author, catchy slogan and a 1-3 sentence critic's review that accurately describes the story and why people should go to see the movie. | Missing one element of text. | Missing two or more elements of text. |
| Illustrations | Illustrations depict a scene or theme of the story with clear visuals including an appropriate scene, character, items, etc. | Illustrations depict a scene or theme from the story but are unclear or incomplete. | Illustrations do not depict a scene or theme from the story. |
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