ANATOMY OF WRITING IN AYEARBOOK

THIS LESSON WILL COVER FONT, HEADER, SUB-HEADER CAPTIONS, QUOTES, AND TEXT

FONTFont

The most common type of font is Serif and Sans serif. Serif is the most readable font. Serifs have tiny brackets at the end of the letter strokes.

Sans serif doesn’t have serifs, (sans means without in French) The letter strokes have the same thickness throughout the letter. It is a modern look.

SCRIPT VS DECORATIVE• Script font is a form of cursive. It have a lot of curves and flourishes. It looks like

a love letter written by some fedora wearing neck-beard that lives near the ocean. These should only be used for headers.

• Decorative font has flourishes that aren’t connected to cursive. They may have leaves, hearts, starts, snakes, or some other symbols connected to the font. They are very artistic These should only be used for headers. Should be 24+ point size.

FONT IN THE YEARBOOK• The header font should be consistent through out the

entire year book. It has to be the same font and size. Same with the sub headers, captions, and text. The caption size and type face should be consistent with all the captions throughout the book.

• Yearbook designers NEVER use Justified Captions (middle centered) They use Align left.

• AVOID ALL CAPS! ;) All caps is okay only for headers/titles.

HEADER/SUBHEADER• A header is very similar to a title, it is like the title of your

page. It has a biggest font size and is usually one word. (EX: Seniors, Hair, Football, etc)

• A sub-header is a smaller header to a small paragraph or story. It is not a title and can be up to 3 words, can be a saying. (EX: A okay, Breaking the mold, Count us in, etc. )

CAPTION/QUOTE• A caption is a small summary of a photo or event. It is

around 2 sentences or less. The caption should never begin with a name, but lead you into the person with fresh/exciting words.

• Quotes are word to word documentations that a person said. They are great because they add student voice to the yearbook, giving it a personality. Quotes should only be used when something actually interesting has been said. A good quote should be memorable.

• Yearbooks use captions and quotes the most in their pages. It is easier and quicker to create and they don’t take up as much space. We will focus on captions and quotes.

TEXT/STORY/ARTICLE• If you want to expand on a event, you will write out an

article about it under the caption/ quote.

• No one reads anymore or cares to read anything too long. (28 percent of Americans never read a book after highschool) A big mistake people make in their Yearbooks is that their yearbook had more text than pictures. We will have more pictures than text.

• Story should be 2 paragraphs max!

• This year, each student will have to find and do an in depth interview of one interesting person in the school.

• I will introduce this assignment later when we talk about the theme of the yearbook.

ASSIGNMENT• Todays in class assignment will be creating captions.

Captions will be the most used form of communication in the yearbook.

• To create a caption, you will first need a photo and the information about the photo.

• Never start a caption with a person’s name. A good caption will lead a reader into the subject and give them information.

• Captions are twitter length. No more than 2 sentences

Caption: Mittens is swimming.

Why is this a bad caption? It states the obvious. We already know that Mittens is swimming, we can see that, so why are write it down. It gives us no new information other than the name, which is at the beginning of the sentence which is lame/boring.

Caption: Swimming in the lead with boundless energy, Mittens rushes to the gold in the finals at the Kitty Pretty Olympics, shocking the crowd!

Compared to the last caption, what did you learn about Mittens?

WRITE YOUR OWN CAPTION TO EACH IMAGE!

Information: This person’s name is John and he is a senior in highschool. They are in the Chess Club. Currently John is at the Chess Championship and his rival is Xavier. Now that you have some information make a thrilling/spicy caption to grab my attention.

Information: The girl is in the Equestrian Club, she is a sophomore in highschool and her name is Sarah. The horse is named Socks. They are at the Olympia Ponyshow and it’s springtime. Sell me this picture.

Information: This is Freckles he is a golden retriever and he is going to Homecoming. He is a high school freshman and the rose if for his date Sprinkles the poodle. Use adjectives!

Information: Chris Pratt is volunteering at the local animal shelter for keyclub. He is raising money for the shelter by selling hot chocolate.

Now sell me Chris Pratt! ;)

Information: This is Lewis, he is going to Aberdeen community college. His parents died in a car crash last year and he almost gave up on going to school since he was so depressed. He wants to get a degree in Acting. To get him out of his depression, he got involved in giving back to the community by preforming in local theater. He is writing a book about his experience. His dream is to one day be in a sitcom.

Information: This is Monica, she is 16 years old and is graduating high school. She got accepted into Harvard on a full ride scholarship because she figured out the solution to Global Warming, winning her a Nobel Peace Prize. She speaks 24 languages fluently, including Dolphin language. She plays the violin and donates all the money she earns to dying orphans, they have a statue made in her honor. Monica is also a runway model and she is so popular that Hollywood wants to make a romantic comedy about her. Last year she won the lottery and used some of the money she earned to bring in new restaurants to Montesano as well as aTarget. She bought every person in the town a hot tub and a new car filled with 100 dollar bills.

Now sum up Monica in 2 sentences.

Information: Marshawn Lynch ran to the goal line to win the game in Seattle. The seahawks and the colts were tied all game until Lynch carried the team.

He did a dance when he scored because now the seahawks are going to the super bowl.

Chemistry teacher Mr. Burns is teaching his students about explosions in the classroom and sets the school on fire in the process. Students learned a lot but were scared watching the chaos. The classroom was saved by local fireman BillyBo.