Grade 5 · Reading · Lesson 34

Create a digital book trailer

A digital book trailer is a short video — usually 60 to 90 seconds — that promotes a book the way a movie trailer promotes a film. It uses VISUALS, MUSIC, a VOICEOVER, and on-screen CAPTIONS to make the viewer want to open the book. Like any good piece of media, a trailer is PLANNED before it is filmed. The plan lives in a STORYBOARD: a row of small frames that map the trailer from the opening hook to the closing credit.

What this lesson teaches

1Plan a digital book trailer as a six-frame storyboard from title hook to source credit
2Select visuals, music, voiceover, and captions that match the book’s mood and theme
3Write a hook line and tagline that raise curiosity without spoiling the ending
4Evaluate a finished trailer against a six-element checklist and revise weak frames

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