Objective: Students will be learning about the importance of consistency in yearbook design.
Procedure:
1. (20 sec) Ask the class, by a show of hands, how many people has ever read any sort of design-heavy magazines such as Seventeen, Vogue, Nylon, or H&M.
2. (40 sec) Contrast those magazines to more text-heavy magazines or newspapers to show the importance of design and it's effect on the reader. I.E. consistant use of graphics in magazines help keep the reader engaged and makes everything look "clean".
3. (1 min) Explain the strategy used in the magazines to how they apply to good yearbooks. I.E. same as above.
4. (1 min) Show that a yearbook with non-consistent design generally has the same effect on the reader as a magazine with no design at all. I.E. rather than boring the reader to stop reading, inconsistant design can distract the reader too much.
5. (1 min) Check for student understanding. See below
6. (20 sec) Conclude that consistency is key in yearbook design because it draws the reader to continue on.
Check for Understanding:
There will be a few ways I will check for understanding.
- After procedure two, I will call on a few people to ask how they feel when they read something without design (i.e. they will say it's boring or something along that line.)
- After explaining how consistent design applies to yearbook, I will ask a few people the same question as I did with the magazines to show that they relate.
- At the end of the lesson (procedure 5) I will display a few (bad) spreads and ask them what elements on the pages do they think make the book inconsistant.
Materials:
For now, I plan on having my visual on 2 poster boards:
- One poster with a graphic-heavy magazine and a text-heavy magazine
- One poster with a consistant yearbook and an inconstant yearbook (design).
LIA:
Literal - Consistency is a key aspect in yearbook design
Interpretive - Inconsistant design can deter the reader from continue reading
Applied - A good yearbook design is consistant 100% of the time.
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