Literary Poster Project

Literary Poster Project Instructions

To demonstrate your understanding of the assigned text, you will create a Literary Poster Project. Your poster should visually capture the characters, themes, conflict, and setting of the novel through thoughtful design of text, imagery, and spatial layout. You will also turn in a written reflection that explains your choice of imagery, quotes, etc (due date same as poster). Think of your poster as a movie poster or a book cover. A movie poster or book cover often visually captures the setting, characters, conflict, and theme. Your poster will do the same, but it will also contain short quotes for the main characters and the theme. Do not use "stock images" from previous book covers and/or movie posters related to your book. Symbols should be objects, not ideas ("freedom" is not a symbol; a flag is a symbol of freedom). Your symbols can be from the novel (Scout's ham costume), or they can be any object from outside of the text (a scale to represent the theme of justice).

Poster must contain the following items:

-Title and Author of book

-1 original thematic statement (not from web resources)

-1 quote (from the book) that shows the theme

-1 symbol that represents the theme(s) found in the book

-1 symbol that represents each main character (minimum 5 characters)

-1 quote (from the book) exemplifying the main trait/personality of each main character (minimum 5)

-2 images that represent two different important settings found in the book

-1 symbol that represents an internal conflict present in the book

-1 symbol that represents an external conflict present in the book

*Use a different symbol for each requirement

*You may use ellipses to shorten your quotes.

Steps for Success:

Step 1: Complete the Literary Poster Project Planning Handout

Step 2: Create your poster using the "Poster Project" option under Adobe Express (sign up with your CDS email for full access). Download (or "send to Google Drive") when your poster is finished.

Step 3: Write your reflection using the provided MLA Sample Document and explain all highlighted items on the Rubric. You can copy and paste your explanations from your planning handout.

Step 4: Check your poster and reflection against the Literary Poster Project Rubric.