P.A.R.A.D.E PROGRAM

 

Class Description

 

Title of class:  4-8 Yearbook

 

Date:  September 2009 to June 2010    

Grade group(s):   4th through 8th Grade    

 

Schedule:

Day:  Wednesday      Block:   Block 3 - 1:00 pm to 2:10 pm                 

 

Class Length:  Yearlong                                

 

Core Class  No

 

Purpose: To give students the experience of assembling and producing a yearbook.

 

Description of learning activities: Students will be involved in every step of the process to produce a yearbook, including photography, page design and layout, obtaining written information about people, events and activities included in the yearbook.  Students will use laptops and computers in the lab using Microsoft Publisher to create the yearbook.

 

Follow-up or at-home activities:  Students will need to be available during non-class hours to take photographs of students in PARADE - these dates and times will be pre-arranged with students and parents.    

 

Textbook/Materials needed: Programs provided by PARDE, in the past some students have opted to use their own cameras for the photography piece.

 

Any student costs: None