Monday
Tuesday
- Sign up for a new Google Classroom:
- 2nd hour: hlhq393
- 4th hour: 1rlrsl
- 6th hour: grsih6
- 7th hour: d99l3p
- Group Activity: Create a holiday
- Your group has been tasked with creating a new national holiday. As a group, you need to brainstorm holiday ideas. Pick one and write down:
- The name of the holiday
- The purpose of the holiday. Why is this holiday important?
- Image(s), symbol(s), and colors associated with the holiday.
- Customs or practices that are needed to celebrate the holiday.
- Write this up in a Google Doc and share with me via Google Classroom.
- Success criteria:
- A document, written in complete sentences, with all of the information asked for above.
- #2 and #4 should be short paragraphs. Bullet points are acceptable for #3.
- Names of the group should be listed at the top of the document.
Wednesday
- Submit your New Holiday plan
- Group Activity: Comparing Designs
- Look at these design examples. There are 4 pairs of good and bad design examples.
- As a group, identify at least 3 visual qualities that make the good design better than the bad design.
- Success criteria: Take one sheet of paper per group. Divide it into quadrants and number them. In each quadrant write down 3 ways that one design is better than the other. Be specific (i.e. "The good design has bold subtitles which are easy to find" instead of "The good design is organized.")
- Compile design comparison responses
- Review our design guidelines
- Begin designing promotional materials for your holiday
- Sketch out ideas for a trifold brochure, flier, and invitation that relates to your event.
- Have at least 4 sections of information
- Branding: designs for all materials must be consistent (colors, fonts, images).
- Make clear the hierarchy of information.
- Meet our design guidelines
