Be sure to fill out the biographical graphic organizer handout provided to keep your thoughts organized. The information collected here will be useful when creating your new book jacket!
CLASS DISCUSSION:
How was she similar and different to teenagers of today?
ACTIVITY:
The Diary of Anne Frank Author Study: Book Jacket Procedure (4 days)
1. Class will discuss what elements are part of a book jacket, and what type of book jackets make a book seem interesting or attention grabbing.
2. Teacher will review instructions and discuss sample book jackets to give students an idea of what they will create.
3. Students will reflect on the content of Anne Frank’s journal entries and other online materials and brainstorm ideas for their book jacket.
4. Students will have access to paper, rulers, markers, colored pencils, and other art supplies
5. Students will use supplies to create a book jacket for The Diary of Anne Frank
6. Each jacket must include a front cover including the title, author, and cover art
7. Each jacket must include a back cover including two book reviews and the student’s name
8. Each jacket must include two inside flaps including a summary of the story and a brief biography and photograph of the author.
9. Students will present finished projects to the class
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Materials:
Scrap paper to brainstorm, or use this online book jacket generator to get an idea of what your final project will look like
Includes an illustration, title of the book, and author's name. Font and colors fit the emotional content of the book. The graphic illustrates some scene from the book.
Includes an illustration, title of the book, and author's name. The graphic illustrates some scene from the book.
Includes an illustration, title of the book, and author's name.
Does not include illustration, title, AND/OR author's name.
Back Cover
Includes two reviews of the book and student's name. Each review gives your opinion for a different aspect of the book.
Includes one review of the book and student's name. Review gives your opinion of one aspect of the book.
Includes one review of the book and student's name. Review is a mixture of fact and opinion.
Review AND/OR student's name is missing.
Inside Left (front) Flap
Summary is well-written and includes all aspects of the story. Paragraphs are well formed. It is clear the student read the book and understood it.
Summary includes all aspects of the story, but at least one paragraph is not well formed. It is clear the student read the book.
Includes a description of some of the things that happened in the story. lt appears the student read most of the book, but might not understand it.
Summary is too vague. Does not appear the student read or understood the book.
Inside Right (back) Flap
Includes a small photograph or drawing of the author, the author's name and a biography that includes at least three personal facts.
Includes the author's name and a biography that includes at least two personal facts.
Includes the author's name and a biography that includes a personal fact about the author.
Author's name AND/OR biography is missing.
Illustration(s)
Illustrations were creative, drawn and colored neatly and were a good size.
Illustrations were drawn and colored neatly and were a good size.
Illustrations were drawn and colored neatly, but some were too large or too small.
Illustrations were drawn and/or colored carelessly.
Neatness and Effort
The book jacket has no distracting errors, corrections or erasures and is easily read. It appears the student spent a lot of effort getting things just right.
The book jacket has almost no distracting errors, corrections or erasures and is easily read. It appears the student worked hard on it.
The book jacket is fairly readable but the quality is not too good on some parts. It looks like the student ran out of time or didn't take care of it.
Very messy and hard to read. It looks like the student threw it together at the last minute without much care.
Use of Time
Class time was used wisely. It is clear the student worked at home as well as at school.
Class time was used wisely. Student could have put in more time and effort outside of class.
Class time was not always used wisely, but student did do some additional work outside of class.
Class time was not used wisely and the student put in no additional effort.
Who was the young girl behind the diary of Anne Frank?
Find basic background information about Anne and the rest of the people hiding in the Secret Annex here:
Who was hiding in the Secret Annex?
Be sure to fill out the biographical graphic organizer handout provided to keep your thoughts organized. The information collected here will be useful when creating your new book jacket!
CLASS DISCUSSION:
How was she similar and different to teenagers of today?
ACTIVITY:
The Diary of Anne Frank Author Study: Book Jacket Procedure (4 days)
1. Class will discuss what elements are part of a book jacket, and what type of book jackets make a book seem interesting or attention grabbing.
2. Teacher will review instructions and discuss sample book jackets to give students an idea of what they will create.
3. Students will reflect on the content of Anne Frank’s journal entries and other online materials and brainstorm ideas for their book jacket.
4. Students will have access to paper, rulers, markers, colored pencils, and other art supplies
5. Students will use supplies to create a book jacket for The Diary of Anne Frank
6. Each jacket must include a front cover including the title, author, and cover art
7. Each jacket must include a back cover including two book reviews and the student’s name
8. Each jacket must include two inside flaps including a summary of the story and a brief biography and photograph of the author.
9. Students will present finished projects to the class
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Materials:
Scrap paper to brainstorm, or use this online book jacket generator to get an idea of what your final project will look like
Computers with Word for word processing
Printers
Craft paper
Markers, colored pencils, rulers, scissors, tape
Anne Frank Book Jacket Rubric