Yearbook
Mr. LaFortune
Fall 2009
Syllabus - Page 1
Course Description
This course provides students with an opportunity to take part in the creation of the Cascia Hall yearbook from the ground up. The yearbook pages will be divided between students and deadlines will be set for completion. Students will have an opportunity to use class time to complete assignments. However, some out of class work may be required periodically in order to meet deadlines. In addition to creating their own yearbook pages, students will be responsible for selling ads and taking pictures for the yearbook as needed - per individual page.
Rationale
This course is a single semester class and is an elective for juniors and seniors.
Schedule
This course has one section: MTWThF (Mr. LaFortune)
Procedure
The primary format of this course will be daily participation and interaction. Students will work both independently and cooperatively in small groups to complete deadlines and assignments. Some time out of class will be necessary in order to complete any work not finished in class.
Grading Policy
Grades in this course will be based upon completion of yearbook assignments according to the following criteria:
• Proper format on computer layout - 20%
• Accuracy of information contained on page - 20%
• Quality picture representation - 20%
• Editing / proofreading - 20%
• Completion by deadline - 20%
• First Quarter: Students required to sell 5 ads. Each ad to be turned in on successive weeks (Fridays), beginning September 4th. Each ad is scored as a “Quiz”. There are 5 “Quizzes” plus 2 page layout assignments to determine 1st Quarter grade. If turned in on time, each “Quiz” is an “A”. Each day it is late, the grade for that quiz is reduced one letter grade.
Grading Scale:
90 - 100% = A
80 - 89% = B
70 - 79% = C
60 - 69% = D
0 - 59% = F
Yearbook
Mr. LaFortune
Fall 2009
Syllabus - Page 2
What’s New This Year!
• Yearbook Theme: Unknown – will be decided by Week 3
• Key Word: “Consistency” - the yearbook will continue to have a consistent layout design from the cover through the title page and opening section and through each division using a dominant photo and supporting photos. Layout and design should reflect this consistent theme throughout book.
• 3 Editors – Katherine Abraham, Lizze Radford, and Becky Roselle - each will have a section editor assigned to them also and they will be responsible to keep staff on time for deadlines and to proof student pages.
• Staff - each will be responsible to turn in pages to your editors on time and
to make the necessary revisions or corrections that the editors indicate.
Each staff member will be responsible for requesting or finding photos for your page as well as finding a student involved in the sport or activity that your page is to write the article (unless you write it yourself !).
• Yearbook Online Version 2.0 – more user friendly, multiple image upload, many more updated features! Staff can work on their pages at school or from other locations (with high speed internet access).
Yearbook Schedule - 1st Semester
First Quarter: • 2009 Yearbook photos returned to parents and students.
• Ad Sales - each yearbook student is required to sell 5 ads
by end of 1st Quarter. Yearbook Ad Sales Goal: $34,000.
• Computer training for Yearbook Online Version 2.0.
• Photos for Deadline 1 and 2 are requested and collected. (Plan ahead!)
• Club and Group photos are scheduled and taken.
• Division Page Layouts ideas finalized - by Editors.
• Section Page Layouts (Horizontal & Vertical) ideas finalized - by Editors.
• All ads and ad material due by end of 1st Quarter.
Second Quarter: • Deadline 1 due to by: Thursday, November 5th.
• Senior Memories & Senior Baby Pictures due - Tuesday, December 1st.
• Deadline 2 due by: Tuesday, December 8th.
Yearbook Schedule - 2nd Semester
Third Quarter: • Tentative schedule for Deadlines 3 & 4
• February 13, March 11
Fourth Quarter: • Tentative schedule for Deadlines 5 & 6
• April 9, May 17