Digital+Book+Talks

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[|Children's Book Week]

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Students will select a character from a fiction book from the Media Center collection and use Voki to convey the character’s personality and story. Students will customize their voki’s appearance and voice to resemble the character and reveal enough of the story to make others want to read the featured book.

Objectives:

Using the book Cinder by Marissa Meyer, the Media Coordinator will demonstrate the use of Voki to create a short booktalk. ( [|__Cinder__]  voki) students will: 1.Analyze a character of their chosen book. 2.Portray the character creatively and concisely in appearance and in speech. 3. Write a brief summary of the plot.

Materials: 1. Voki 2. Laptop <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3.Microphone or other recording device. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Fiction book

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">from Learn NC lesson (see email folder) 7065 Voki Intro <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This assignment is designed to help you become familiar with the online tool "Voki". You will be graded on following directions and completing the assignment, not on assignment content. However, mastering this assignment will prepare you for the assignment at the end of this module which will be graded on content. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">!. Go to the Voki Web site <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2. Sign up for a free member account. (Do not use your full name or your NC Wise number as your user name.) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">3. Record and remember your user name and password SOMEWHERE. You will need to come back to it and "I don't remember my password" does not excuse you from an assignment. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4. Explore the site and then create a Voki personality for yourself. Use your personality to introduce yourself. (Do not use both your first and last name -- remember this is out there on the Web!). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5. Email me the link to your Voki.

=[|digital booktalk stuff]= Book displays with bookmarks and synopses should be complete.

Write script for digitial booktalk. Submit script for approval. Then film yourself or get a classmate to film you delivering the book talk.

Required Elements: You may like to see:[| How to Make a Book Talk for School] [|How to Write a Good Book Talk] [|How to Make a Book Talk] [|Book Talks Quick and Simple] = = Continue with your book talks 3 ways.
 * Author, title
 * Setting
 * Main characters
 * Climax
 * Theme
 * Why other students may or may not like this book.

Finish your bookmarks and put up your genre display.

Write the script for your digital booktalk. Save in pdf and attach to your page. =[|Book Display Suggestions]= [|Book Display LiveBinder]

=**Book Review and Book Display-**= Watch this: [|How to Make a Book Trailer] [|Printable instructions for book trailer] [|Squidoo Book Trailers] [|Stories from the Cloud] [|Book talk an elementary school book]

a) Look under the **Book** Tab in the **[|AHS Library Media Center LiveBinder]**on the main library page for more Book Talks and reviews. b) Formats may include: Word, Publisher, PowerPoint, Prezi or Glogster. **If you copy pictures or information,** c) Once created, put your reviews on your main page in the wiki.
 * 1) Create a review of one book in 3 different formats.** Get your book choice approved. Examples can be found at: [|teacher librarian ning].
 * your sites must be appropriately cited. __Failure to do so will result in a failing grade.__**

a) __After approval__, print them and cut them. Use them to create a book display of one of the following genres: historical fiction, biography, mystery, graphic novel, poetry or teen fiction. b) Include a **synopsis** of the 3 books in your display
 * 2) Create bookmarks and a book display for 3 books in one genre.**

a. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Be sure to include an eye-catching genre heading and some **realia** in your display. b. Post a picture of your display on your main page.

=video yourself talking about a book. Create a storyboard or write a script for your talk BEFORE you film.=
 * Coming up next:**

=[|Bookr]=

Go to the AHS LiveBinder. Look under the Book tab and find the book trailers. Watch them and begin to plan the books you want to make trailers for. 3 books, 3 different kinds of trailers. Watch this: [|How to Make a Book Trailer]

** Create a Book Shelf - Week of April 16 **


 * || ==**Create a shelf in one genre and create a display with __realia__ (see pictures below).**==
 * || ==**Create a shelf in one genre and create a display with __realia__ (see pictures below).**==

**Your display should include REALIA and THREE BOOKMARKS that you have made yourself. (ORIGINALITY COUNTS!)**
Have a better idea? Ask!
 * Select five books in the genre and **make a bookmark for three** of the books.
 * Save on your wiki page. We will print Friday. Here are examples from last year's assistants. More examples below.
 * Genre choices:**
 * 1) Action
 * 2) Adventure
 * 3) Romance*
 * 4) Chick Lit*
 * 5) Mystery
 * 6) Supernatural
 * 7) Science Fiction
 * 8) Steampunk
 * 9) Historical
 * 10) Urban

‍(*no more than one per period)
__Photograph your display and post it on your wiki page.__ Make a "poster" to celebrate School Library Month. Use PowerPoint. Save on your page. Due Wed., April 20. We will use the best slides on announcements next week, and print them all to put on display.

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