Name:_____________________________________________ ELA Teacher:_______________________ Date:________________________
Pre AP R.I.F.T. Response: UTOPIAN/DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE BOOK TRAILER
6TH Six Weeks
Due by Friday, April 13, 2012
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Read and finish a BOOK FROM THE UTOPIAN/DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE list or a utopian/dystopian novel not on the list that I HAVE
APPROVED.
2. Upon FINISHING the book, complete a Technology-Based Book Trailer to advertise your book. (See Book Trailer Requirements below.)
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You may utilize any reliable technology-based software or online presentation tool. (Power Point, Movie-Maker, Prezi, Animoto,
Youtube, etc.)
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You will complete the Technology-Based presentation on your OWN.
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You may complete the project at home on your computer and save it to a portable memory stick drive or e-mail it to your ELA teacher.
AND/OR
You may attend tutorials in Mr. Commons’ computer lab in the mornings from 7:45-8:14 to complete your project and save it to a
portable memory stick drive or to your school T: drive account.
3. As soon as your book trailer is complete, tell your ELA teacher, and sign up to present your book talk to your ELA class or to a reading
homeroom class during that same week.
4. The LAST DAY TO SUBMIT YOUR BOOK TRAILER IS Friday,April 13.
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No late work will be accepted, so it is IMPORTANT THAT YOU KEEP UP WITH YOUR NIGHTLY READING and PLAN AND PREPARE
YOUR BOOK TRAILER THROUGHOUT THE READING OF YOUR BOOK.
Book Trailer Requirements
SLIDE 1
 Student’s Name, Teacher, and Class Period
 Title of the Book and the Author’s Name
 Genre of the Book (UTOPIAN OR DYSTOPIAN.)
 Illustration or Slide Background the Reflects the
Subject Matter or Theme of the Book
SLIDE 2
 2-5 Main Characters
 Setting
 Initiating Conflict (that is CENTRAL to the story’s plot
and that the main characters set out to solve by the
resolution)
 1-3 Images that Reflect these 3 Elements
SLIDE 3
 3 Events in the Rising Action (Complications that
keep the main characters from solving the problem
easily)
 1-3 Images that Reflect the Rising Action
SLIDE 4
 Close with a question that HINTS at the resolution but
does not entirely give it away—invites students to
read the book.
 Create a personally reflective Theme Statement that
encompasses the REAL LIFE MESSAGE you think
the author wants the reader to understand by the time
this story has come to a conclusion.
SLIDE 5
 COMPARE AT LEAST 3 ELEMENTS AND
CONTRAST AT LEAST 3 ELEMENTS OF THIS
BOOK TO THE GIVER
o THEMES, MAJOR EVENTS,
CHARACTERS, SETTING, INITIATING
CONFLICT, SYMBOLISM, AUTHOR’S
STYLE, ETC.
SLIDE 6
 Give your star rating (On a scale of 1-5).
 Explain at least 2 major influences that led your
decision for this rating.
 List at least 2 personality types who would enjoy
this book.
Utopian/Dystopian Comparison Book Trailer due by Friday, April 13.
You may check out one of the following books from the school or public library. These titles may also be ordered online (in e-book or
paper/hardback form) or purchased at book stores as well. If you’d like to read a summary for a particular book, go to
www.amazon.com and type in the book title. You may click on the book title to read a summary and reader reviews.)
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1984—George Orwell (parent permission—Pierce’s cart/school
library/public library)
Animal Farm--George Orwell (parent permission—Pierce’s
cart/school library/public library)
Brave New World--Aldous Huxley (parent permission--public
library/school library/Mrs. Pierce has 1 copy)
Fahrenheit 451--Ray Bradbury (parent permission—Pierce’s
cart/school library/public library)
The Uglies, Pretties, Extras, or Specials--Scott Westerfeld (school or
public library/Pierce)
Any of the Among the Hidden series--Margaret Haddix (Pierce’s cart,
school or public library)
Wrinkle in Time--Madeline L'Engle (Pierce has several copies/school
or public library)
Truesight--David Stahler (school or public library/Pierce)
Downsiders--Neil Schusterman (school or public library/Pierce)
Gathering Blue--Lois Lowry (school or public library/Pierce)
Everlost--Neil Schusterman (school or public library/Pierce)
Everwild--Neil Schusterman(school or public library/Pierce)
Unwind--Neil Schusterman(school or public library/Pierce)
Leviathan--Scott Westerfeld (school or public library)
The Maze Runner Series--James Dashner (school or public library)
The Boneshaker Series--Cherie Priest
The Risen Empire--Scott Westerfeld
The Lost Conspiracy--Francis Hardinge
The Carbon Diaries, 2015--Saci Loyd
Graceling--Kristin Cashore (Pierce’s cart, school or public library)
Beautiful Creatures--Kami Garcia
The Forest of Hands and Teeth--Carrie Ryan
The Hunger Games--Suzanne Collins
The House of the Scorpion--Nancy Farmer(Pierce’s cart, school or
public library)
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The Eye, The Ear, and the Arm—Nancy Farmer (Pierce’s cart,
school or public library)
The Boy Who Dared--Susan Campbell Bartoletti
City of Ember--Jeanne DuPrau (Pierce’s cart, school or public
library)
Clockwork Heart--Dru Pagliassotti
The Firestorm Trilogy--David Klass
The Inferior--Peadar O. Guilin
The Goodness Gene--Sonia Levitin
Gem X--Nicki Singer
Feed--MT Anderson
The Adoration of Jenna Fox--Mary Pearson
The Compound--SA Bodeen
The Ender's Game series--Orson Scott Card (Pierce’s cart, school or
public library)
Stolen Voices--Ellen Dee Davidson
Sharp North--Patrick Cave
The Secret Under My Skin--Janet Mcnaughton
Gone (or Hunger)--Michael A. Grant
Jurassic Park—Michael Crichton(parental permission--Pierce’s cart,
school or public library)
Life as We Knew It—Michelle Pheffer (Pierce’s cart, school or public
library)
You may know of or have researched other utopian/dystopian
literature titles. If you have another choice and can show me
support from the book summary or a book review that this book is
within the utopian/dystopian literature genre, I will consider allowing
you to read and report on your choice novel.