Book Cover

Create a Cover for To Kill a Mockingbird (1 person)

Throughout the years, since its publishing date of 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird’s “book cover” has taken the shape of various artistic interpretations. For this project you will be designing your own cover for To Kill a Mockingbird. In your design you must include themes, elements or images of the novel. The cover must be relevant and creative in expressing the ideas of the novel. The cover can integrate a key quotation from the novel if you choose, too! Create a cover that relates best to the key lessons that you draw from this novel. You will be graded on creativity, neatness, and authenticity. Moreover, it must include your name, author and title on the cover. Your book cover must be developed on an 11” by 17” scale.  You can mount your poster on a sheet of cardboard for support, or use foam board should it be necessary due to the weight. On the backside of your art, include explanations for your choices.

RUBRIC:

____/ 40 - Design:

MANDATORY: AT MINIMUM on an 11” by 17” scale.

Must include creative/original elements, color and 3D mediums (meaning, not JUST coloring). Some suggested elements to include: glitter, pop-outs, leaves, scrapbooking mediums, and so forth. YES, you can print some facets of your poster (text), but it should be integrated into an already creative design.

____/10- Neatness: The cover and written portion MUST be thoroughly completed and address all elements in an organized, creative, yet neat way.

____/5- Creator’s name, author of text and title of novel present on the cover

____/15- Relevance of design / significant choices developed

____/30 - explanation and analysis of choices on the back

MANDATORY: 3 TYPED detailed paragraphs that describe each choice made on the cover of the novel, concepts explored in the novel and how this cover SHOWS the lessons to which you personally have connected in the text.

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