Language Arts Live Lesson 11/24/2020 Creating a Text Trailer Portfolio
Text Trailer: Choose a text you’ve read entirely or across multiple lessons. Create a multimedia presentation that makes the text appealing to other readers. • Product: a multimedia (written, visual, audio) presentation • Topic: any text you’ve read entirely or across multiple lessons • Audience: peers and adults • Purpose: promote a text in a fun way using different media • Length: 45 -90 seconds video or 4 -7 slides
What’s the Difference? Trailer Summary • Short video or slide presentation • Don’t give away ending or most exciting parts • Make audience want to read it • Matches tone of text • Tells the whole story without holding back any exciting details, surprises, or resolutions
Your Trailer Should Include Conflict: tense scenes, questions raised, problems that arise r’s e iew sv t lot e p g , ok: tion allenge o H en ch att stery, y • m wist t En att ticin bu rac g D t d t a et the on’t tten ails: wh give tion ole aw , sto ay ry
Formal Tone: the attitude of the text Informal Serious Humorous Mysterious Educational
Images Multimedia: Visual and Audio Components Video Music Sound Voice Recording
Title of Text: Conflict: Graphic Organizer/Outline for Text Trailer Important Details: Images/Audio/Video: Hook: