How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water Lesson Plan

Designing Book Covers

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will design book covers for the novel that reflect important themes and ideas in the book as well as information they learned from the article.

Structure:

Students will create a book cover for How to Not Drown in a Glass of Water.

Before they begin, have students read the article "Book Cover Design 101: How to Design a Cover that Sells." When they are finished, they will use (most of) the steps in the article to prepare:

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