Lit.+Trip+Project

You are creating a movie in iMovie that will lead your viewer through your book.

Start by writing a summary of your book in your Evernote account.

Divide the plot summary like a timeline. You need at least 10 major events. It is fine to have a few more than 10, but 10 is the minimum. For the 10 plot events: Write down what happened, a significant quote with page number and the setting. It is fine to use a location more than once if more important events occurred there. (You will speak on the video to explain how the plot flows using your Google Earth images and text quotes.)

Each location must have a page number and text quote to go with it. If your book is set in a fictional place, use the climate and other descriptors from the text to decide on a real location for each. ex. "He moved slowly through the room as I held up my hand." (p.63)

Plot each of your locations in Google Earth. Watch the Google Earth Help Video to help answer your questions.

If you are choosing real locations for fictional settings, be sure to write a good description of why you chose the place you did in the notes section when you mark the spot in Google Earth.

Be sure to save your locations by taking screen shots in Google Earth.

Begin your iMovie with a strong summary of your book. Draw your reader in.

When you record your project, you will summarize and describe as you take your viewer through your book using the placemarks. If your book is fiction, you must also include an explanation of why you chose the real location to represent the fictional one.

Explain how the central theme runs through your book. Use at least three examples with text support (quotations from the text with page numbers) to support your explanation.

Include at least five vocabulary words from your book. Include the word you are unsure of with the sentence and page number. Explain what you think the word means. Also explain what clues make you think so as you do. Check yourself and include the dictionary definition that applies to the context.

Be sure to include your Bibliography at the end of your movie. Your Bibliography must be in alphabetical order by the first word in each citation. You may use EasyBib to help you create citations. Do not use emojis. Make sure your text, colors and music are appropriate for the theme, tone and mood of your book.