1. Readers’ Showcase 2015
Information for Students

3. Your Task
Your task is to “showcase” one of your favorite books by designing either a tri-fold or a digital poster.

4. Categories 6-8 Individual 9-12 Fiction Group/Family Non-Fiction
Digital

5. Storyboard Components - Fiction
Title
Author
Publisher & Publishing Date
Setting (Where and When)
Characters (Who)
Plot (What Happens)
Conflict (What’s Wrong)
Solution (How it is Fixed)
Author’s Purpose (Why)
Theme Statement

6. Fiction Examples
The following slides are examples of completed storyboard projects.

7. Fiction Storyboards

16. Storyboard Components – Non- Fiction
Title
Author/Illustrator
Publisher/ Publishing Date
Predictions (Before and After Reading)
Brief Summary
Graphic Organizer to Capture Main Ideas
Connections (Text to Self, Text to Text, Text to World)
Author’s Purpose
Structure of Text/Genre
Follow-Up Questions to the Author

17. Non-Fiction Examples
The following slides are examples of completed storyboard projects.

18. Non-Fiction Storyboards

24. Digital Components
Digital posters can be created based on fiction or non-fiction texts and should reflect the same components

25. Digital Examples

26. Website You will find plenty of helpful information here including:
You will find plenty of helpful information here including:
A teacher/student handbook with planning pages, checklists, and a glossary of terms
Tutorials and tips for creating a multi-media poster using Glogster
Judging rubrics

27. Due Dates
All Readers’ Showcase projects are to be turned in to the homeroom teacher or ELA teacher by December 5, 2014.
School level judging should occur by December 19, 2014.
Winners’ names at the school level will be submitted to the EST-Ls by January 16, 2015.
District Showcase to be held February 20, 2015
Late Entries Will Not Be Accepted.

28. Last Word
We hope your project is creative, fun, and enjoyable.
Questions????