Miss Witkowski's Computer Science Discoveries Class: Wednesday, March 18th- 8th Grade- Publisher Flyers, Business Cards and Letterhead

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Wednesday, March 18th- 8th Grade- Publisher Flyers, Business Cards and Letterhead

	Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 03-18-2015

Teacher:	Witkowski
Lesson/Unit Topic:	Publisher- Business Cards
Standards:	DP-1 Design Principles DB-2 Know your target audience DP-3 Know the Purpose of the Publication

“I Can…” Statement	Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can create a business card. Publisher Test on Friday	Students will create a business card.

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)

Business cards are used to help its recipient remember you or your business

and have quick access to your phone number.

What design principle is the black letters on a white background called?

What kind of alignment is the phone number, email address and location?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elegant-Black-and-Yellow-Business-Cards.jpg

Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

On page 44, type lines 09 and 10.

Remember to use your thumb for the space bar.

We are using our left RING finger for the X key.

Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students

(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)

Guided Practice:

@Students will practice on Publisher

a creating flyer, business cards, and letterhead.

for a new car wash with a target audience of their choice.

If time: Miss W. will explain project rubric AND summary.

Independent Lesson:

@Students will practice on Publisher

a creating flyer, business cards, and letterhead.

for a new car wash with a target audience of their choice.

Publisher Publication Project Rubric

Checklist	Publication	Requirement	Points	Grade
	Business Card	Matching theme colors	2
	Business Card	Company Name Your Name Address Phone and Web address	5
	Business Card	Logo (image- example Nike’s check mark)	2
	Business Card	Has citation below internet image (size 2 font) or has word “clip art”	1
	Business Card	Slogan (short selling sentence- example Nike’s phrase “Just Do It”)	1
	Business Card	Creativity- contrasting colors, images have frames, proximity, white space, repetition, balance, alignment	10
	Flyer	Matching theme colors	2
	Flyer	Company Name Your Name Address Phone and Web address	5
	Flyer	Logo (image- example Nike’s check mark)	2
.	Flyer	Has citation below internet image (size 2 font) or has word “clip art”	1
	Flyer	Slogan (short selling sentence- example Nike’s phrase “Just Do It”)	1
	Flyer	Creativity- contrasting colors, images have frames, proximity, white space, repetition, balance, alignment	12
	Flyer	Sales content makes sense and is detailed.	10
	Flyer, Card, Letterhead	Correct spelling and grammar.	10
	Letterhead	Matching theme colors	2
	Letterhead	Everything is on the top 1/5 of the page	10
	Letterhead	There is a white area for letter	5
	Letterhead	Company Name Your Name Address Phone and Web address	5
	Letterhead	Logo (image- example Nike’s check mark)	2
	Letterhead	Has citation below internet image (size 2 font) or has word “clip art”	1
	Letterhead	Slogan (short selling sentence- example Nike’s phrase “Just Do It”)	1
.	Letterhead	Creativity- contrasting colors, images have frames, proximity, white space, repetition, balance, alignment	10
		Publication Project GRADE	100