Book+COverSR

Creativity and innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

 * 1) Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
 * 2) Create original works as a means of personal expression.


 * literary genre - a style of expressing yourself in writing

Background activity: On MyOn, view the covers of 3 different versions of the story of Goldilocks and the three bears.
 * Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks!
 * Goldilocks and the Three Bears
 * Goldilocks and the Three Bears


 * 1) What do the images on the cover tell you about the story in each of the books. What does the cover tell you about Goldilocks and the smallest bear in the books?
 * 2) Read the first 2 pages and the last 2 pages of each book. How are the relationships of the smallest bear and of Goldilocks different in each? Did your first impression of the book cover agree with your understanding of the story in each of the books?
 * 3) Which of the stories is closest to the original version of the story?

Assignment: Create a "book" cover for your science fiction story that you wrote for language arts. To plan ahead, think about: Pixlr.com Wiki page
 * Review the concepts: contrast, repetition, contrast, alignment. How will these help to create a story cover?
 * Review the idea of cropping and the "rule of thirds". How can you change the connotation of an image by cropping it?
 * Will there be a background image behind other layers and the title text?
 * What text will you need on the cover? What style font and what color will you use for the text? Where will the text be placed?
 * What style pictures would you need to use?
 * What size will pictures need to be compared to the text and background?
 * Draw your own images or use images from Flickr commons or from search.creativecommons.org or from National Geographic. Keep track of the source of the image for your wiki page.
 * 1) Upload the images to pixlr.com. Layer and manipulate the images as necessary. While you continue to work on a picture in pixlr.com, save it as a PXD layered image so you can work on it again later and still have the separate layers.
 * 2) Save the completed image as a .jpg so it becomes a flattened image, and o it can be uploaded to your wikispaces page.
 * 1) Upload your Book Cover document to your science fiction wiki page. Place the image below the text.

Sample student work for a similar assignment:
 * http://icsmedialiteracy.wikispaces.com/Narrative+and+Genre+MDC
 * http://icsmedialiteracy.wikispaces.com/Narrative+and+Genre+KC
 * http://icsmedialiteracy.wikispaces.com/Narrative+and+Genre+PK

Assessment Rubric: 32 points total) = 4 points || Proficient = 3 points || Developing = 2 points || Beginning = 1 point ||
 * || Advanced
 * Thematic Connection || All visual elements are connected to an overall theme and represent a deep understanding of the science fiction genre || Visual elements have an overall theme and represent a good understanding of the genre. || Visual elements generally follow a theme but only show a basic understanding of the genre. || Visual elements do not have a connecting theme and/or do not show an understanding of the genre. ||
 * Originality || Considerable amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive. || Some original thought, new ideas and insights. || Uses other people's ideas, but little evidence of original thinking. || Uses other people's ideas, but does not give credit. ||
 * Craftsmanship || Crafted with great care; Excellent use of contrast, alignment, repetition and proximity. || Crafted with care; Good use of contrast, alignment, repetition and proximity. || Appears a little messy. Little attention to use of contrast, alignment, repetition and proximity. || Looks hastily thrown together. ||
 * Presentation || Excellent use of color, font, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance element design. Eye-pleasing. || Good use of color, font, graphics effects, etc. to enhance element design. || Graphics, color, font, effects, etc. occasionally detract from content or are element present. || Elements are bland, with little effort to capture the audience. ||
 * Citizenship || Active links provided to all original sources of images used || Active links provided to most original sources of images used || Non-active links provided to all original sources of images used || No links provided ||
 * Conventions || No errors in spelling, grammar or punctuation. || 1-2 errors in spelling, grammar or punctuation. || 3-6 errors in spelling, grammar or punctuation. || Many errors in spelling, grammar or punctuation. ||