Instructions for making a trailer

1. Read the story The Chronicles of Narnia.

2. Create a trailer using the template in iMovie. Pretend
that this is the first time it is being shown on screen.
How are you going to unfold the story in a way that
makes people want to see your movie?
3. Create a script that will tell the story in a sequence
that unfolds naturally. Does your trailer have a
beginning, middle and end? You may want to
introduce characters, setting, plot etc.
4. Use all of the writing prompts available.
5. Find pictures and use all of the picture spaces.
6. Make sure your trailer connects very closely to the
book, and be creative.
Fourth Grade
Writing Standard 3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective
technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Objective a.
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or
characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

Trailer Rubric using iMovie on: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe
Topics

2 pts

3 pts

5 pts

Writing

Used less than

four of the trailer
writing prompts.
Some
grammatical
errors.
Some picture
spaces are
missing. Pictures
did not connect
with the book.

Used four or
more of the
trailer writing
prompts. Some
grammatical
errors.
All picture spaces
were used.
Pictures did not
connect with the
book.

Used all eight of

the writing
prompts. No
grammatical
errors.

Book
Connection

Trailer does not

follow or make
connections the
book.

Trailer only
makes some
connections to
the book.

Trailer follows
the book
completely.

Clarity and
flow

Trailer does not

have a clear
beginning,
middle and end
flow. Difficult to
follow.

Trailer does not

flow with the
pictures and the
words. Confusing
to follow.

Trailer has a nice

flow between
pictures and
words. Easy to
follow.

Pictures

Comments/Score:

All picture spaces

were used.
Pictures
connected well
with the book.

Your Score