2013 Gippsland Grammar Year 9 Book Trailer Award

In 2012, a wide reading unit that involved students creating a "book trailer " to promote the book they had read was introduced to our  Year 9 cohort.It was very successful and  fulfilled the  overarching aim which was to  put reading and books back on Year 9 students' radar.With so many students being "time poor", reading unfortunately often takes a back seat so it was delightful  to hear them having converstations about books and their reading.Consequently we have run this unit again this year.
It has been  a powerful learning experience for the Year 9's,giving them the opportunity to produce a real product that can be shared by others.At the end of the unit our students were able to demonstrate that they could:

• engage in independent reading and use critical thinking skills to create a book trailer
• use Animoto or Moviemaker as a creative tool
• have an understanding of Copyright Law and Creative Commons
• Find royalty free images and music
• Create  a Creative Commons Licence
• use wikispaces as a platform to upload and share creative work
• peer assess and reflect on their learning

On Friday, 2nd August, we held the 2013 "Gippsland Grammar Book Trailer Award " presentation in the Lecture Theatre.Hosted by Tyler Smith, our Year 9 cohort enjoyed watching the top four trailers from each of the four English classes, as did those who were present. It was so hard choosing the best four from each classs as the standard was so high.However,at the end of the showcase,Kate Arnup announced the overall winners and  congratulated the whole cohort on their outstanding achievements.The overall winner of the competition was Nathan  with his book trailer "The Walking Dead".Nathan goes into "the hall of fame" and receives a $50 Collins book voucher. Receiving the $25 Collins book vouchers for being"highly commended " were  Kirsten  for " Perks of Being A Wallflower" and Isabel  for her "Water For Elephants"book trailer.Well done to all Year 9's!







The Walking Dead by Nathan S is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.




Perks of Being a Wallflower by Kristen C is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.



Water For Elephants by Isabel P is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.