Artwork will be graded heavily, and it must be original. Make an amazing book cover in minutes using placeits book cover maker. Design book covers with canvas free book cover maker. Included are 4 templates for different book reportsprojects. Ask questions, make comments or make a complaint or suggestion. Book cover maker design book cover online for free fotor. Teaching students to appreciate literature and analyze it critically is an important part of being a high school teacher. In some ways, by graeme simsion is a light, fun read for book clubs that need a break from heavy books. Customize your book cover design by typing in your book s name, changing the background, choosing a color scheme, and selecting your fonts. To find the right cover design, that most closely appeals to your readers, we created a database of professionally designed cover templates sorted by writing genres. On one side of the cover, come up with 10 song titles that represent characters, events, or settings in the book. Bulletin board or posters list the funniest jokes or riddles from books, or amazing facts. When you are finished with the folds, you will have what resembles a book jacket with inside flaps, a spine, and a front and back cover. Need a fun way to showcase your students knowledge.
Lets look and learn from 50 fascinating book cover designs. There is a cereal box book project, a flipbook project, award winning book project, and a book jacket project. The pdf is an actualsize document so you can see exactly how its. Write a onepage summary of the book for the back cover that will encourage others to read the book. Write a news article about an important event from the book. We will ask students to share their posters with the class. An eyecatching design can make the difference between a book that sells and one that stalls, so dont let your future bestseller get passed over due to a soso cover design.
Select 4 songs that would represent four scenes from the novel. Character instagram instagram is a popular social media platform that allows users to create magazinelike layouts of images, leave comments, and use hashtags to target key concepts and ideas from posts. Having students create a book project enables them to read the text and respond to it in creative ways. This template allows students to create a book jacket for. Explain that the class will be looking at numerous book covers and dust jackets so they can see what information is. Although book cover design is something youll usually want to leave to a professional, here are seven steps for creating a book cover, if the diy route seems best for you. Design a cover for the outside of your book jacket that includes the title of the book, the authors name, and your name. Canvas free book cover maker is ridiculously easy to use even for the novice or notsotechsavvy writer. Text to self is a great opportunity for students to become introspective. Put the title, author, and an illustration on the front cover.
The last book in the universe project 100 points as we continue to read the last book in the universe, you will begin creating your own booklet describing various elements of the novel. Wonder vocabulary list great for a wonder movie guide. Even though weve all been told since childhood to never judge a book by its cover, the fact is that book cover design does attract readers. Write something about the main character of the book. See you teacher for additional details, ideas and advice to do. Each month you will be assigned a book genre, and either a book project or book comprehension questions. Begin by brainstorming your ideas for the jacket summary. Its no easy feat to capture your books essence with a cover page. Youll notice a lot of our creative book report ideas revolve around food. Canvas book cover maker makes designing book covers amazingly simple even for nondesigners. Teaching kids how to make a book jacket how to adult. Activities to use for any novel study create dream explore.
Write a complete sentence describing the main idea for each chapter in your book. Book jacket create a book jacket for the book you read. As you complete you text, you will be asked to begin a project that brings the novel alive for other readers. In each panel, show what you consider to be the main event in that chapter. Summarize the book into a comic or story aimed for younger students or your classmates. Write a description of the setting and a short summary of the book. He is asking for a new cover depicting an exciting part of the story. Oct 29, 2019 erin collazo miller is a freelance book critic whose work has appeared regularly in the orlando sentinel. Choose a preset design and drag and drop your photos onto the template, or create your own template from scratch. A successfully designed book cover will convey the tone of your book, will whisper hints without giving it all away, and will excite readers into actually opening up the book and reading.
For this project use a 12 x 18 piece of construction paper. These 50 awesome book covers will inspire you learn. The illustration is creatively designed and relates to the book s theme. She and her family, along with four others, spent 25 months during world war ii in an annex of rooms. Authors guide for wonder and other resources wonder novel study guide. Write 510 questions that will give this character a chance to talk about the choices they faced.
Using a book from your home as an example, talk about what is included on the front cover, such as an image, the title of the book, the author and illustrators name. Find the novel headlines activity as part of the ultimate novel study bundle. Show students the books that you have gathered for this activity. Completing your book project for middle school doesnt have to be a chore, make it interesting and fun. Make a comic strip mini book of a chapter in your book. Front cover 12 cm book title 2 cm back cover 12 cm book blurb. As a language arts teacher, i have spent countless hours sitting in the book store hovering over pages of different novels in hopes of finding the perfect tales to engage my students and make them enthusiastic readers. Personalized rubrics for each one are created and a part of. A common assignment given to middle and elementary school students is to design a summarizing book cover. Many teachers are partial to this literature assignment because it contains elements of crafting, allowing more room for creativity, and provides students with a new way to summarize the plot and theme of a book. I strongly suggest that you look at an actual book jacket before you attempt this. Ive put a link below so you can download a pdf of this layout. Plot summary and teachers guide to wonder wonder book study guide freepdf authors guide for wonder and other resources wonder novel study guide songs and references in the book wonder.
It might surprise you just how many types of crafts you can. Book cover the author has decided to rerelease the book stone fox. From a text you have recently read create a family tree or network diagram that explains the relationship the. Aug 03, 2015 in a good novel, the main character must make some hard choices. Become an illustrator with this fun and creative project. Be sure to include all aspects of a book jackets such as author, publisher symbol, price, isbn code etc outsiders board game. Students create a book jacket showing their knowledge of story plot, setting, character, authors bio, and quotes. Clearly label your project topic when turning it in. In this project, each layer of this book report sandwich covers a different element of the book characters, setting, conflict, etc. Activities to use for any novel study each year i like to do a different novel study with my students.
Then, answer the questions as if you were the character. Another idea is to show her how to make a paper book cover out of a used paper bag or butcher paper to wrap around the actual book and design a new jacket for it 2. By the 5th of each month, you must turn in the book selection form signed by both you and your parents. Esol summer reading book jacket project the illustrated man by ray bradbury mr. Book title, author, a brief written description and illustrations must be included. Include artwork for the front and back, a summary for the inside front flap, and information about the author on the inside back flap. Design book cover for free with online templates adobe spark. Simsion does, however, give groups plenty to discuss about asperger syndrome, love, and relationships. Final posters are due on friday, february 7th, 2014.
In your groups, you will share you projects and discuss how it is connected to the text and the events of the holocaust. Summarize the plot in one article, cover the weather in another, do a feature story on. Draw and color a picture that is appropriate for your book. Book jacket report directions panel 1 outside cover. Make a book jacket project i absolutely love this idea and. Wonder please take a moment to choose a quote from the list, and begin a rough plan. Points for neatness and creativity will be included in your grade. Youve done the hard work and created an amazing book. Aug 31, 2018 although book cover design is something youll usually want to leave to a professional, here are seven steps for creating a book cover, if the diy route seems best for you. Draw and color the book cover, and place the book award ribbon on the cover. Record the pieces and if possible do voiceovers explaining what is happening in the novel during the piece of music and why you felt this piece of music fit the section of the novel. Project ideas for reading american federation of teachers.
Link your experience to no more than four situations that occurred within the text. Then fold each end of the paper in 3 12 inches to make the inside flaps of the book jacket. Create a new book jacket for the outsiders front and back create a new book jacket for the outsiders novel. Write about the decisions you would make if you were the main character in the book. Have them create a book jacket for their choiceindependent book. Write a brief caption for each panel that summarizes the action in your picture. The basics youll want to include a list and brief descriptions of the main characters and some of the supporting characters. Discuss the difference between a book cover the front of a book and a dust jacket paper covering found on a hardback book that is usually illustrated and includes front and back flaps, that protects the binding of the book from scratches. Make a book jacket for either your favorite book or one that you read and thought could be represented better. Draw a new picture for the front and create a new synopsis for the back. Book report write a 3 paragraph minimum book report about your book. Design a book cover in seconds with this tool placeit. A fun adaptation to this project is the book report cheeseburger. Put each panel on a separate page, and then bind the pages into a book.
May 28, 20 make a book jacket project i absolutely love this idea and i am having my 3rd graders begin it next week as an end of the year project. The projects are fun and educational, and students have many project options, from writing a. Thursday, august 18, 2011 2nd period for this book project, you will create a book jacket about the book you read with ms. Discuss with your child how the book jacket is used to entice the reader and give information about what the book is about. Tuck everlasting projects page middle school reading.
Normally in the development of the book design, the front cover is designed separately, and well before the rest of the jacket. Your book should include rules of the camp and advice from experienced campers. I also included a story map that can be used with these reports. See more ideas about book projects, teaching reading and 4th grade reading.
First step is to write the summary for the interior flap of the cover. Then select a piece of music that you think captures the feel or tone of each section. All the parts can be done in pieces and then assembled on the master template. Use these enrichment activities and internet resources to enhance teaching anne frank. Make sure it sells out by creating an awesome cover design. Comic book retell 35 major events from your book by drawing the action into comic book cells. Name about write this in your designed to be the publishing company. Book projectsreading miss kestels 5th grade website. Book jacket project, checklist and rubric by inspire dream. This year i chose the book, the city of ember because it fit in nicely with my science and social studies units light and sound for science and ancient civilizations for social studies. Tls is the leading manufacturer in highquality book jacket covers.
We proudly offer six different styles of covers, including center slit book jacket covers, multifit book jacket covers, open edge book jacket covers, polyjac book jacket covers, processor book jacket covers and profit book jacket covers. Write 510 quotes from the book that are important to understanding the story. Free book jacket layout template for diy selfpublishers. Write an epilogue that takes place 20 years after the end of the existing story. End of book projects graphic novel draw a picture for each of the 17 chapters in number the stars. Open fotor design feature, and select your book cover template. It should include the title, author, and an illustration. Be sure to include speech or captions in your comic cells.
It is probably best done in the form of a written recount. Fun and creative book report ideas for middle school. You may choose the book project format from the attached list. Remember, the purpose of a book cover is to attract buyers. Make sure your book jacket is original, different from the actual cover.
On the front cover, write the title and the author of your book. As you write your answers, talk about the events, thoughts, and feelings that surrounded. The illustration is creatively designed and relates to the books theme. Give a live report from a scene in your book as if you are there as it is happening. Using construction paper of whatever color you wish, design a book jacket that will be folded like the picture above.
Popplet is a mind mapping tool that allows you connect ideas together using images, text and drawings. Each major event will need at least 5 comic book cells. Dont toss old books when you decide to get a kindle or a nook, you can make fun crafts from them, to give as gifts or to decorate your home. Based upon a book you have just read, share a story about yourself that is related to an event or character that was in the book. Present your findings in a written report or on a poster board. Pick out 10 quotations from the book that relate to issues of racism, friendship, and freedom.
Summarize the plot in one article, cover the weather in another, do a feature story on one of the more interesting characters in another. This booklet wi ll be created by simply taking 3 sheets of 8. If you just want to do the front cover, you can cut a piece of poster board to book size or use a full sheet to create an oversized cover. I advise you to work on the project as you go, much of it can be completed prior to the end of the novel. Understanding of major themes in novel and symbols.
On the back of the book cover, explain why you are giving the award to the book. Explain that he will be designing a new book jacket. You can use this as an assessment of their book knowledge. Once your cover design is just right, hit the download button and use your new image to promote and advertise your newest book. Born on june 12, 1929, anne frank was a jewish girl and only years old when she was forced to go into hiding during the holocaust. We will have class time to work on our projects during the week. Roberts at edwards middle school, the illustrated man by ray bradbury. How to make a book jacket for a book report pen and the pad. Apr 20, 2020 a far cry from boring book reports, here are book projects that students can do to share what theyve read. Use light, small numbers to number the panels on the side that appears to be the outside of the book jacket from 1 to 5. Jun 15, 2015 a perennial favorite with educators, the giver has been widely taught in schools since its publication in 1993. Jun 22, 2011 explain that he will be designing a new book jacket. Book jacketthe jacket should give a brief summarybut not give away the ending.
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