Instructional Day
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Day of the Week
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Date
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Lesson Plan
(Topic, Objectives an Activities)
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- assets
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Thursday
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8/13
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Introduce class
Rules expectations
Go over contact
Getting to know you activities
Go over exam exemptions
Go over cover and themes for this year.
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- Theme Development
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Friday
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8/14
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Objectives: 1. To distinguish between types of themes 2. Determine which is the best type of theme for your yearbook 3. To understand the importance of giving your yearbook a place in time 4. Learn about clever resources for infusing a theme with a contemporary personality
- Finding your theme Lessons 1,2,3 and 4
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- Theme Development
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Monday
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8/17
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Objectives: 1. To distinguish between types of themes 2. Determine which is the best type of theme for your yearbook 3. To understand the importance of giving your yearbook a place in time 4. Learn about clever resources for infusing a theme with a contemporary personality
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- Theme Development
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Tuesday
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8/18
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Objectives: 1. To distinguish between types of themes 2. Determine which is the best type of theme for your yearbook 3. To understand the importance of giving your yearbook a place in time 4. Learn about clever resources for infusing a theme with a contemporary personality
Finding your theme Lessons 5, 6
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- Theme Development
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Wednesday
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8/19
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Review 2018 Theme Development
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Theme Development
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Thursday
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8/20
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Objectives: 1. To distinguish between types of themes 2. Determine which is the best type of theme for your yearbook 3. To understand the importance of giving your yearbook a place in time 4. Learn about clever resources for infusing a theme with a contemporary personality
Finding your theme Lessons 5, 6
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- Conducting an Interview
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Friday
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8/21
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Objectives: 1. Understand the importance of communicating with and following up with interview sources
2. Learn methods of transcribing notes
3. Learn to determine the usefulness of the information for the writing process
Slides 27 and 32
The Art of the Interview
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- Conducting an Interview
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Monday
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8/24
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Objectives: 1. Understand the importance of research
2. Learn how to gather background information
3. Learn how to construct useful interview questions
Lesson one and two- The Art of the Interview
Complete slide 13, 14,
The Art of the Interview
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- Conducting an Interview
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Tuesday
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8/25
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Objectives: 1. Understand the importance of communicating with and following up with interview sources
2. Learn methods of transcribing notes
3. Learn to determine the usefulness of the information for the writing process
Slides 27 and 32
The Art of the Interview
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- Conducting an Interview
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Wednesday
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8/26
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Who is Your Celebrity? Slide 13
The Art of the Interview
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- Conducting an Interview
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Thursday
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8/27
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Sub- Note-taking Practice, slide 32
The Art of the Interview
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- Theme Development
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Friday
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8/28
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Objectives: 1. To distinguish between types of themes 2. Determine which is the best type of theme for your yearbook 3. To understand the importance of giving your yearbook a place in time 4. Learn about clever resources for infusing a theme with a contemporary personality
Finding your theme Lessons 5
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- Theme Development
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Monday
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8/31
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Objectives: 1. To distinguish between types of themes 2. Determine which is the best type of theme for your yearbook 3. To understand the importance of giving your yearbook a place in time 4. Learn about clever resources for infusing a theme with a contemporary personality
Finding your theme Lessons 6 and7
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- Coverage
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Tuesday
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9/1
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Objectives: 1. Develop a working definition of coverage
2.Begin to decide what needs to be covered in this year’s book
Power point
2018 coverage
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- Coverage
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Wednesday
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9/2
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2.Begin to decide what needs to be covered in this year’s book
Power point
Coverage the heart of the yearbook
Lesson 1 + 2
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- Ladder
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Thursday
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9/3
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Read power point 2018 coverage together and The power point Coverage: The Heart of the Yearbook
Coverage the heart of the yearbook
Lesson 3
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- Coverage
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Friday
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9/4
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2.Begin to decide what needs to be covered in this year’s book
Power point
Coverage the heart of the yearbook
Lesson 4+ 5, Activity 1: Pick
Your Secondary Coverage
Also use PDF coverage ideas
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Monday
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9/7
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No School
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- Photo Composition
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Tuesday
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9/8
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Objectives: 1. Learn to use the rule of thirds when looking through the viewfinder to frame your images
2. Learn additional rules of composition that make interesting photos
3. Learn not to be afraid to get in close or move to another spot to get the image you want
Powerpoint Rules for Photography
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Photo Composition
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Wednesday
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9/9
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Objectives: 1. Understand suggested camera settings to get good photos in different types of light
- Learn to adjust camera settings to compensate for lighting conditions in a variety of places
Power point 2018 Photo Composition
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- Writing great captions
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Thursday
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9/10
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PHOTOJOURNALISM vocab and pictures due
Read Power point 2018 captions
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- Photo Composition
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Friday
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9/11
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Rules for Photography test
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- Writing great captions
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Monday
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9/14
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Read Power point2018 headlines
Objectives: 1. Learn the ABCD formula to write informational captions that identify people and events
2. Learn to write captions creatively so people will want to read them
5. Completing Your Copy With Captions and Headlines
Read Writing Great Captions
We will discuss these power points together
We will complete Caption Writing Exercise: Tell me more as a group to turn in for a class grade.
Complete Caption Writing exercise handout for a quiz grade. (this is the only test for this unit.)
5. Completing Your Copy With Captions and Headlines
Read Writing Great Captions
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Writing great captions
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Tuesday
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9/15
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We will complete Caption Writing Exercise: Tell me more to turn in for a class grade.
Complete Caption Writing exercise handout for a quiz grade. (this is the only test for this unit.)
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- Design Basics
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Wednesday
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9/16
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Objectives: 1. Understand the elements of strong design
2. Learn to recognize a well-designed yearbook spread
3. Recognize and use basic design concepts, including column structure, margins and eyeline
6. Understanding Why Design Matters
Lessons 1-3 together
2018 Basic Design
2018 Beyond Basic Design
All Access Workshop Trends
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- Design Basics
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Thursday
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9/17
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Read: TRENDS 2019 and Mod and use of grids for 2019
Understanding Why Design Matters
Lessons 3+4+5+6+7
Assign and work Complete Spread Template project
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- Design Basics
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Friday
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9/18
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log into website
Objectives: 1. Learn the home page and what functionality is available and where it’s located
2. Learn how to use the Message Center
3. Learn how to use To-Do’s
4. Learn how to work in the Plan Book area, starting with the ladder
5. Editors learn to assign spreads and enter in titles, due dates and color information
Review Spread Templates
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Monday
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9/21
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Understanding Why Design Matters Test
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- Intro to Marketing
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Tuesday
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9/22
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Objectives: 1. Learn how to segment your target audience into groups
2. Learn how to create personas for each group
3. Learn the P’s of marketing
4. Learn how to develop your comprehensive list to create a well-thought-out marketing plan
Engage Your Audience and Sell More Yearbooks with Strategic Marketing
Lessons 1-2
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- Intro to Marketing
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Wednesday
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9/23
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Objectives: 1. Learn how to segment your target audience into groups
2. Learn how to create personas for each group
3. Learn the P’s of marketing
4. Learn how to develop your comprehensive list to create a well-thought-out marketing plan
Engage Your Audience and Sell More Yearbooks with Strategic Marketing
Lesson 3+4
Lesson 4+5
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- Marketing
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Thursday
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9/24
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Strategic Marketing Test
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- Ethic in Journalism
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Friday
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9/25
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Objectives – In this lesson, you will learn:
About your rights and responsibilities under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
About prior review of school publications
About court cases that affect your work on publications
How to consider ethical courses of action
Ethics in Journalism Powerpoint (has a handout)
Ethics and Responsibility
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- Ethic in Journalism
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Monday
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9/28
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Picture Day - Complete Day 3 Lessons 1-2 on the Powerpoint: Yearbook the Law and You
Lesson 1, Activity 2: Ethics in Action
Lesson 2 Activity: Applying the Elements of Libel
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- Ethic in Journalism
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Tuesday
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9/29
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Complete Day 4 Lessons 3-5 on the Powerpoint: Yearbook the Law and You
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- Ethic in Journalism
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Wednesday
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9/30
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Finish going over any ethics topics
Midterm project due
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- Ethic in Journalism
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Thursday
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10/1
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Ethics Test
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- Ethic in Journalism
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Friday
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10/2
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TEACHER WORKDAY
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Monday
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10/5
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Start working on spreads
Go over weekly log
Assign spreads
Upload picture.
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