Booktrack Classroom

• Explore excerpt of “The Great Gatsby”. 
• Edit the ‘heartbeat’ and ‘kiss’- illustrating the ease of the program.
• Create one in front of the class based on a prompt that we work on together. 
• “As I sat on the old wooden bench I noticed much around me.” 
• Use concrete detail to describe the setting here. 
• What do you hear? What do you see? What do you smell? 
• What does it feel like? 
• Booktrack Classroom could be used in the classroom in the following ways: 
• Reading Books From the Booktrack Library: 
• Students who have a hard time “tuning out” outside noise would be able to fully engage in the reading process without distractions. 
• While reading and listening to the sounds and music the student would become part of the story, assisting in reading comprehension. 
• Student will become user friendly with technology and digital tools. 
• Creating a Booktrack audio book: 
• Student will connect with the storyline in an intimate way. Encouraging reading comprehension. 
• Student will learn and recognize the multiple literary devices. 
• Student will utilize knowledge of the following literary devices to enhance the richness of the story by adding sounds and music. 
• Plot: It is the logical sequence of events that develops a story. 
• Setting: It refers to the time and place in which a story takes place. 
• Protagonist: It is the main character of story, novel or a play e.g. Hamlet in the play Hamlet 
• Antagonist: It is the character in conflict with the Protagonist e.g. Claudius in the play Hamlet 
• Narrator: A person who tells the story. 
• Narrative method: The manner in which a narrative is presented comprising plot and setting. 
• Dialogue: Where characters of a narrative speak to one another. 
• Conflict. It is an issue in a narrative around which the whole story revolves. 
• Mood: A general atmosphere of a narrative. 
• Theme: It is central idea or concept of a story. 

(http://literarydevices.net/)

• Creating a Booktrack audio book with students own story. 
• Student will practice previous skills learned to create a their own Booktrack from their story, This will encourage: 
• confidence 
• communication skills 
• presentation skills 
• digital literacy skills 
• and much more. 

This easy to use technology is on point by keeping up with the needs of today's classroom and students. Booktrack classroom is available for: teacher, student, and parent. This allows us, the educator, to connect with the student on a different level. By having this technology available to so many different platforms it is virtually available at most times. The student on summer vacation could read along to “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” while the student who has to babysit their younger siblings could read along to “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” while enjoying a snack. The availability of Booktrack allows the student a different level of engaging with a story as well as their own imagination.