Short Story Poster Project

Short Story Poster Project Instructions

To demonstrate your understanding of the short stories we have read this quarter (or summer reading), you will create a Literary Poster Project. Your poster should visually capture the characters, themes, conflict, and setting of the text through thoughtful design of text, imagery, and spatial layout. 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 text. 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 text

-1 original thematic statement (not from web resources)

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

-1 symbol (an image/object) that represents the theme(s) found in the text

-1 symbol (an image/object) that represents each main character (minimum 2 characters)

-1 quote (from the text) exemplifying the main trait/personality of each main character (minimum 2 characters)

-1 image that represents the setting found in the text

-1 symbol (an image/object) that represents an internal conflict present in the text

-1 symbol (an image/object) that represents an external conflict present in the text

*Use a different symbol for each requirement

*You may use ellipses to shorten your quotes. You do NOT need MLA Citations on your poster.

Steps for Success:

Step 1: Complete the Short Story 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; you must "create" an account first). Close all tabs and programs (games/apps) when using Adobe! Download the PDF (or "send to Google Drive") when your poster is finished and upload in to the assignment in Google Classroom.

Step 3: Check your poster against the Short Story Poster Project Rubric