Prerequisite: Consent of instructor

Level: 9 th – 12 th grade

Credit: .5 – elective credit

Additional: This course is accepted as a .5 elective credit for h.s. graduation

This course is accepted as a .5 elective credit for college admission

This course is not eligible for credit by the NCAA

 

Narrative Description

Students who elect to participate in Annual Staff must possess a high degree of organizational skills. They must be able to budget their time wisely and, after training, anticipate the needs of their particular assignment.

Annual Staffers are motivated self-starters who do not wait for instruction, but instead take it upon themselves to complete work and set their own goals within a broad time frame.

Besides a highly motivated personality, students must also enjoy writing and be willing to

Creativity and a positive attitude are also essential elements for success in producing a yearbook.

 

Goals

Students will

• Design and complete Steeleville High School’s yearbook.
• Sell advertisements to local merchants
• Orchestrate athletic, organizational and school picture days
• Promote yearbook sales

 

Objectives

After completing the yearbook, the student should be able to:

• Understand the job responsibilities of a yearbook position
• Know the purpose of each part of the yearbook and how those parts are assembled
• Be familiar with printing terms and concepts as they relate to yearbook production
• Be familiar with yearbook components and the typical organization of those components
• Know the importance of a ladder diagram and how to complete and use it for the yearbook
• Understand the importance of a deadline, know the deadline schedule and how a missed deadline can affect the delivery of the yearbook
• Understand the purpose of each yearbook production tool and memorize the job number
• Understand the role of advertising, how advertising is sold and the advertising to be sold for the book
• Recognize how a theme provides continuity and creates a unique personality for the yearbook
• Learn how a yearbook theme can be developed
• Appreciate the importance of including all students in the yearbook
• Learn about the elements involved in creating a layout
• Understand the role of copy in supporting photographs and completing body copy
• Know the characteristics of well-written copy
• Understand how complete captions make the yearbook an accurate record
• Learn to write and design captions that are informative and enjoyable for the reader
• Understand the importance of a good headline
• Know the reasons for cropping yearbook photographs
• Learn the necessary steps for cropping photos
• Apply techniques learned when using the Elite vision Software
• Organize digital pictures in files electronically
• Creatively develop pictures in interesting settings

 

Assessment Strategies

Grades are assigned based upon the meeting of deadlines and the completion of all elements of assigned pages.

Computer Software
Elite vision
Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0

 

Selected resources

The Yearbook Course	Taylor Publishing Company
The Yearbook Yearbook	Taylor Publishing Company
Enrichment Field trip to yearbook workshop sponsored by Taylor Publishing Company where major yearbook concepts are explained to new and returning annual staff members.