How to do a One Pager
What It Does Connects the verbal with the visual It connects literature’s thoughts to your thoughts It appeals to verbal, visual, and kinesthetic learners
Create a Central Image Draw to create an image or images that capture the central meaning for what you’ve read. The images must be the central feature of your One Pager.
Brainstorm Brainstorm around the central image (four descriptive words). You may place the four words anywhere on your paper. Love Fear Loss of Innocence Running Away
Citations “Two most important citations from the text” (author’s last name page). “The second citation only needs the page number” (page).
Questions and Answers Create two questions about the story. Write the question Write the answer to the question.
Personal Connection Make a personal connection about what you read (personal comment, what you thought, what the story reminds you of, etc.)
Must include the title of the book on the one-pager. Must include the author’s name. Guidelines
Must be Colorful No lined paper Use color pens, color pencils, markers, or crayons. NO PENCIL No black ink
Impact When a one pager is completed, anyone who looks at it will gain an instant interpretation of how you understood the story.
What to Include on your One-Pager
1 or more Images = 10 pt. Title and author = 10 pt. 4 descriptive words = 10 pt. 2 important quotes (citations) from the story = 20 pt. 2 questions with answers = 20 pt. 1 Connection (your thoughts about the story) = 10 pt. Make it colorful and neat = 10 pt. Fill the entire page = 10 pt. TOTAL = 100 pt. (Do not label your questions, answers, connection, or quotes. Simply write them!)