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PLAN – Getting Started

MODULE 1: THE YEARBOOK

The functions and purpose of a yearbook…

• A yearbook

reports the

STORY of

one school

year in a

responsible

and creative

way.

PHOTOS AND WORDS ARE THE TOOLS TO TELL THE STORY.

THE STORY OF THE YEAR FOCUSES ON PEOPLE, NOT EVENTS.

EACH YEARBOOK IS A PACKAGE.

History of Yearbooks…Yearbooks first started as school scrapbooks. First appeared in 1845.

Modern yearbooks serve many different functions:

- connect with students- use many photographs- have innovative story formats- process colour- capture memories

Requirements of all yearbooks:

a) Educational Book: provides opportunities for staff members to learn about and develop skills in writing, design, photography, technology, business, organization, communication, management and leadership

b) Picture Book: shows readers and their friends in action and reaction

c) History Book: Documents in pictures and words what makes this school year different from others; includes events in the lives of students and events in the school, community, nation, and world that impact them.

d) Reference Book: Identifies students, faculty, and staff; confirms the spelling of names and the results of athletic and extracurricular competitions; records all essential information.

e)Public Relations Book: Educates outsiders about the school; tells them about the academic, extracurricular and athletic programs; captures the school’s personality.

f) Fun Book: Offers excitement for readers when they receive it and for staff members when they produce it!

1 2 3 The Yearbook

A yearbook

reports the

STORY of one

school year in a

responsible and

creative way.

PHOTOS AND WORDS ARE THE TOOLS TO TELL THE STORY.

THE STORY OF THE YEAR FOCUSES ON PEOPLE, NOT EVENTS.

EACH YEARBOOK IS A PACKAGE.

Each yearbook is a package and consists of the following:

a) Cover – should make a positive first impression and set the stage of the story.

b) End sheets – are the heavy paper between the cover and the first and last pages. This is used to hold the cover together, and can be designed by staff to complement the cover, and often contains a table of contents.

c) Title Page- The first page of the book makes a positive impression and provides critical reference information about the school and the year.

d) Opening Section – Introduces the story of the year and explains the book concept.

e) Dividers – Indicate new sections and provide continuity throughout the book.

f) Sections – The departments or coverage areas of the book traditionally include student life, academics, sports, organizations, people, advertising/community and index. With a more creative approach, sections might be organized according to chronology or concept.

g) Closing – Finishes the story of the year and brings the book to closure.

The Yearbook

Staffs must

clearly

understand

READERSto produce a

yearbook that is

valued.

STUDENTS MAKE UP THE PRIMARY AUDIENCE.

THE SECONDARY AUDIENCE INCLUDES FACULTY AND PARENTS.

WHAT STUDENTS WANT IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION.

READERS DO HAVE GENERAL EXPECTATIONS.

General Expectations of Readers:a) Content that interests them.b) Photos of themselves and their friends.c) More photos than words.d) Creatively presented text, focusing on students and

their experiences and free of unnecessary words.e) Process colour portraits, group photos and candids.f) An appealing cover that makes a good first impression.

Be Creative…

Activity 9.1: Good Question

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Effective and efficient information gathering requires considerable thought.

Story Topic: Leave your printAngle: Important members of our schoolTips for methods of searching: • You will be required to interview someone in the school that you believe has been a

prominent figure in your /or someone you knows life at St. James. This could be a mentor, inspirational teacher, classmate, or a member of the school community that exhibits an extraordinary skill that makes our school stand out to others.

• Write a 5 sentence explanatory paragraph indicating why this person you have chosen, is an inspirational member of our school. Next, you will need to create 5 questions that you will ask this individual that helps to elaborate on that person’s involvement in our school community. Tip, prior to your interview, let the individual know that you are nominating them for being an inspirational figure in our school and inform them that your questions will cater to this notion of their work.

• Set up a day (on your own) to interview this individual. Determine specific questions that influence the theme of our yearbook being – “leave your print” with hopes that some of these responses can be used in our current year’s yearbook.

* This assignment will be due next Friday February 18th

Day 3: Yearbook Responsibility & Teamwork

Today’s Agenda:1) Submission of Survey Questions2) Planning the distribution of the survey3) Last day for Staff Contracts4) Yearbook Responsibility – Activity 3.2

“You be the judge”5) Yearbook Teamwork – Activity 2.2 “Goal Tending”, Activity

2.3 “Team Yearbook”, and Activity 2.4 “Drama in real life”6) Any questions for Activity 9.1 – Good Question Interview7) Homework: Any incomplete activities from today’s

responsibility and team work training.

Things to consider for surveys?1) How can we maximize an answer that we can numerically

calculate?2) How can we encourage students to take the survey?3) How can the survey be conducted quickly/efficiently?4) Should we use the same survey for all classes or a variety of

different surveys?5) How can we organize the distribution of our survey?6) How can we consolidate our data? What questions will allow

for the most efficient form of consolidation?7) Why are we conducting our survey again?8) Determining classes for the participation of our survey?9) What should our timeline be for conducting the survey?10) How can we promote the importance of our survey to the

student body?