Jefferson-Morgan Middle/High School

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Yearbook

Course Description

This course is designed to develop all skills necessary to produce a year-long publication. A strong focus will be on writing, photography, design, sales and communication.
 
Date Objective/Standard Description Assignment
8/28  First Day of School
- Welcome
- Go over syllabus and rules
- Receive folders (to take home)
- Go over staff contract
- Log in to computer and log into yearbookavenue.com
- Went over the First Days of School activity
 
- Signed syllabus and signed staff contract due Wednesday
- First Days of School activity due Friday
8/29 • Identify the functions of a yearbook
• Recognize the most effective ways to report the story of a school year
• Recognize the importance of audience and readers’ expectations
- Do You Know Your Yearbook? handout with a partner in class and go over
- Signed syllabus and signed staff contract due Wednesday
- First Days of School activity due Friday
8/30 Same as 8/29
- Finish Do You Know Your Yearbook? handout
- Work on the Lesson 1 Q&A handout in class
- Quiz Wednesday on Lesson 1
- Signed syllabus and signed staff contract due today
- First Days of School activity due Friday
8/31 - Same as 8/29
- Work on How Did We Do? handout in class and go over
- First Days of School activity due Friday
- Quiz Wednesday on Lesson 1
9/1 - Same as 8/29
- Catchup day
- First Days of School activity due Tuesday (extension)
- Quiz Wednesday on Lesson 1
9/5 - Same as 8/29
- Checked First Days of School activity
- Work on You Do The Math handout (due September 11)
- Quiz moved to Thursday
- You Do The Math handout due September 11
- Quiz Thursday on Lesson 1
9/6 - Same as 8/29
- Checked First Days of School activity
- Reviewed for quiz by working on review crossword puzzle
- Quiz tomorrow
 
- You Do The Math handout due September 11
- Quiz Thursday on Lesson 1
9/7 - Same as 8/29
- Quiz today on Lesson 1
- You Do The Math handout due September 11
9/8 - Same as 8/29
- Brainstorm ideas for theme
- You Do The Math handout due September 11
9/11 - Same as 8/29
- You Do The Math handout due today!
Period 3 - went over quizzes in class, designed covers for this year's theme/cover
Period 7 - passed out yearbooks!!
- You Do The Math handout due today!
9/12 - Same as 8/29
Period 3 - passed out yearbooks
Period 7 - designed covers for this year's theme/cover
 
9/13 • Identify the rights and responsibilities (fairness, accuracy, and good taste) provided by the First Amendment and scholastic specific court decisions
• Recognize libel as a type of unprotected speech and how to avoid it
• Recognize the restrictions that copyright and trademark protection may place on the publication of material belonging to others
Period 3 - since half the class was absent, we looked at sample layouts and started brainstorming senior favorite ideas
Period 7 - work on First Amendment handout in class
 
9/14 - Same as 9/13
Period 3 - Work on First Amendment handout as well as Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier handout in class
Period 7 - Work on Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier handout in class
 
9/15 - Same as 9/13
Period 3 - I worked with individuals today regarding different sections
Period 7 - I worked with individuals today regarding different sections
 
9/18 - Same as 9/13
Period 3 - read article about Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier and then went over the Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier handout. Also started working on the Lesson 2 Q&A handout in class
Period 7 -  went over the Lesson 1 quizzes in class. Went over the Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier handout. Also started working on the Lesson 2 Q&A handout in class
 
9/19 - Same as 9/13
- Voted on theme today in class
- Finished Lesson 2 Q&A handout in class
- Quiz on Wednesday
9/20 - Same as 9/13
- Read article on senior portrait in class
- Type opinion of outcome in MLA format
- Quiz on Wednesday
9/21 - Same as 9/13
- Work on What's Your Opinion? handout in class
- Quiz on Wednesday
9/22  
NO SCHOOL
 
9/25  
- Period 3 - cleaned out library and brought yearbook items to 208
- Period 7 - emailed and called parents about yearbooks, worked on the ladder
- Quiz on Wednesday
9/26 - Same as 9/13
- Period 3 - Reviewed What's Your Opinion handout and reviewed for quiz tomorrow
- Period 7 - over half the class was missing so uploaded pictures
- Quiz moved to Thursday
9/27 - Same as 9/12
- Period 3 - Worked on Joe Corbi's fundraiser
- Period 7 - Reviewed What's Your Opinion handout and reviewed for quiz tomorrow
 
- Quiz tomorrow!
9/28 - Same as 9/12
- Quiz today
 
9/29 - Create a cover for the 2018 yearbook
- Period 3 - Worked on the cover for the 2018 yearbook
- Period 7 - Over half the class was missing so quiz moved until Monday
- Quiz Monday for Period 7
10/2 - Same as 9/29
- Period 3 Catchup day
- Period 7 - Quiz on Legal Issues
 
10/3 - Same as 9/29
- Period 3 Catchup day (quiz retest and finish covers)
- Period 7 Start on designing covers in class
 
10/4 - Same as 9/29
- Finish and turn in yearbook covers
 
10/9 - Identify a variety of effective verbal formats for developing content.
- Identify effective visual elements for developing content.
- Identify effective strategies for making decisions about content.
Period 3 - worked on the Q&A handout for Lesson 3 in class
Period 7 - catchup on yearbook cover project
 
10/10 - Same as 9/13 - Read and discussed a recent article regarding senior portraits  
10/11   - Saved pictures for use on practice yearbook page (yearbook avenue lesson after Lesson 3)  
10/12 - Same as 10/9
- Period 3 - started the Visual Scavenger Hunt in class (due Monday)
- Period 7 - worked on the Q&A handout in class
 
10/13 - Same as 10/9
- Period 3 - work on Visual Scavenger Hunt in class (due Monday)
- Period 7 - over half the class was missing so catchup day
- Period 3 - Visual Scavenger Hunt due Monday
10/16 - Same as 10/9
- Work on Visual Scavenger Hunt in class
- Period 3 - Visual Scavenger Hunt due Tuesday
- Period 7 - Visual Scavenger Hunt due Wednesday
10/17 - Same as 10/9
- Work on Visual Scavenger Hunt in class
- Period 3 - Visual Scavenger Hunt due today
- Period 7 - Visual Scavenger Hunt due Wednesday
10/18 - Same as 10/9
- Period 3 - brainstormed for cover (virtual artist session in Friday)
- Period 7 - Work on Visual Scavenger Hunt in class
- Period 7 - Visual Scavenger Hunt due today
10/19  
- Many students were missing so we worked on Joe Corbi's orders
 
10/23 - Create practice page on yearbook avenue to practice design
- Period 3 - Designed a practice yearbook page on yearbook avenue
- Period 7 - Catchup day for Visual Scavenger Hunt
 
10/24 - Same as 10/23
- Period 3 - Finished designing the practice yearbook page on yearbook avenue
- Period 7 - Catchup day for Visual Scavenger Hunt
 
10/25 - Create own page in actual yearbook
- Period 3 - Students worked on their assigned page in the yearbook
- Period 7 - Internet was down so we could not log onto yearbook avenue (but we spent most of the class trying!)
 
10/26 - Same as 10/25
- Period 3 - Students worked on their assigned page in the yearbook
- Period 7 - Designed a practice yearbook page on yearbook avenue
 
10/27 - Same as 10/25 - Students worked on their assigned page in the yearbook  
10/30 - Same as 10/25 - Students worked on their assigned page in the yearbook  
10/31 - Same as 10/9 - Students worked on Verbal Scavenger Hunt in class - Verbal Scavenger Hunt due Thursday
11/1 - Same as 10/9 - Students worked on Verbal Scavenger Hunt in class - Verbal Scavenger Hunt due Thursday
11/2 - Same as 10/9 - Students worked on Verbal Scavenger Hunt in class - Verbal Scavenger Hunt due today
11/3 - Create own page in actual yearbook - Students worked on their assigned page in the yearbook  
11/6 - Same as 11/3 - Students worked on their assigned page in the yearbook  
11/7 - Same as 11/3 - Students worked on their assigned page in the yearbook  
11/8 - Same as 11/3 - Students worked on their assigned page in the yearbook  
11/9 - Same as 11/3 - Catch up day because over half the class was missing  
11/10   - No School  
11/13 - Identify the factors that determine effective coverage.
- Recognize traditional and unique section approaches to organizing activities, events, and issues.
- Recognize the organizational and management contribution of a systematic ladder diagram.
- Worked on Lesson 4: Coverage Q&A handout in class and discussed how yearbooks are actually made  
11/14   - Students worked on their assigned page in the yearbook  
11/15 - Same as 11/13
- Worked on Lesson 4: Making the Muds Better handout in class and turned in for a grade
- Folded a mini-yearbook to reinforce how yearbooks are created in signatures
- Quiz on Lesson 4 Friday
11/16 - Same as 11/13
Period 3 - Worked on Loving My Ladder, handout in class
Period 7 - work on pages (because over half the class was missing)
- Quiz on Lesson 4 moved to Monday
11/17 - Same as 11/13
Period 3 - students worked on their assigned page in the yearbook
Period 7 - students were given Loving My Madder handout (only had 1 student in class because of field trips and absences!)
- Quiz on Lesson 4 moved to Monday
(Period 7 Quiz in Tuesday)
11/20 - Same as 11/13
Period 3 - took quiz
Period 7 - helped with the Joe Corbis delivery
 
11/21 - Same as 11/13
Period 3 - worked on their yearbook pages
Period 7 - took quiz
 
11/22 - Same as 11/13 Period 3 only because of early dismissal - worked on yearbook pages  
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1/8 No School    
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2/6   - PTC speaker in class  
2/7   - No School  
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- Period 7 helped backpack
 
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Students worked on assigned pages in class
Picture Project due Wednesday!
3/20  
Students worked on assigned pages in class
Picture Project due Wednesday!
3/21   Snow Day  
3/22   Students worked on assigned pages in class  
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3/27   Worked on yearbook mailing in class  
3/28   Worked on yearbook mailing in class  
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4/11   - Computer issues  
4/12   - Computer issues  
4/13   - Computer issues  
4/16   - Computer issues  
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