This website offers a printable book review template that can be used to guide students in writing book reviews. The template includes prompts for summarizing the book, identifying the main characters, and offering a personal opinion.

This rubric from ReadWriteThink can be used to evaluate student created book trailers and includes criteria for assessing the quality of the trailer's content, production value, and effectiveness in generating interest in the book.

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Looking to help students practice "reading" images for a variety of contextual meanings while engaging in content area study? This lesson uses images of the Boston Massacre to deepen students' comprehension of both the event and the effects of propaganda. Students begin by completing an anticipation guide to introduce them to Boston Massacre, propaganda, and British/colonial reactions to the massacre. They then complete an image analysis to make inferences about various images of the massacre. The culminating activity-a presentation about students' observations and inferences-demonstrates students' knowledge of the Boston Massacre and propaganda in a variety of ways. This lesson benefits English-language learners (ELLs) and struggling readers because it involves viewing images, participating in discussions, working with peers, and listening to a read-aloud that reinforces the lesson content and vocabulary.

A research article on the use of book trailers to promote reading in libraries. The article discusses the benefits of book trailers, provides examples of effective book trailers, and offers tips for creating book trailers that engage library patrons.

A video tutorial on creating book trailers, which provides an overview of the book trailer creation process and offers tips for selecting scenes and creating a compelling narrative.