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NO CELL PHONE DAY!
NO CELL PHONE DAY!
(That means put them away!)
Expectations:
Expectations:
C: Voice Level 2 (only the people next to you can hear you and no shouting across the room)
H: Ask your team, elbow partner or raise hand
A: Work on the assignment
M: Stay in your assigned seat
P: Work till assignment is completed
S: Finishing your work
WINTER SPORTS ARE STARTING!
Check the schedules to see when you can take photos and interview!
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: Building a productive and successful Yearbook through design and storytelling!
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Everyone knows that a yearbook is more than just a bunch of class portraits—it's a reflection of a specific time and place: your year at your school. And while photos play a huge part in documenting your year, feature stories add depth and dimension to the visual record.
HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: Today we will continue building our spreads and giving each other feedback along the way as well as writing our articles!
5 Tips for How to Write a Yearbook Story...
Power Up Your Headline
A strong headline can make or break your yearbook story. Headlines draw readers in with a promise or a bold claim. They hold attention and create anticipation.
The best yearbook story headlines are:
Short – they quickly summarize the content to come
Specific – they tell readers exactly what to expect
Standalone – they make a statement on their own
Special – they are unique, powerful and interesting
Headlines have the power to transform a mediocre story into something truly spectacular!
Your yearbook story’s headline not only sets reader expectations, but also sets the tone for your following narrative.
Take a Strong Lede
Lede is a journalism term for the opening section of a news story. Reporters start their articles with the most critical information, enticing readers to continue and ensuring readers grasp the story’s main message.
Think about this when you write your yearbook story’s introduction. The beginning of your story should:
Deliver on the promise made in your headline
Give readers the critical information they need
Introduce action, conflict or emotion
Prompt readers to continue to learn more
Be an ACTIVE Writer
To write active and entertaining yearbook stories, you need to use active and entertaining language. And this means writing in the active voice.
Active voice is when the subject of a sentence is doing the action, while passive voice is when the subject of a sentence is being acted upon.
An example of passive voice:
The team was cheered on by hundreds of fans.
This sentence falls flat, because the fans are acting upon the subject (the team). It’s easy to switch to active voice, however:
Hundreds of fans cheered on the team.
In this new sentence, the subject of the sentence (hundreds of fans) performs the action.
Another way to keep your writing active is to use strong verbs. Verbs are words used to describe an action – and they can be strong or weak. “To be” verbs such as “am, is, are, was, were” often weaken a sentence.
Here’s an example of a weak verb at play:
The debate team is responsible for researching their topics.
Here’s the same sentence, using a strong verb:
The debate team investigates their topics.
Strong verbs convey more meaning than weak verbs, and help bring a yearbook story to life.
Give it Some VOICE
Quotes and testimonials from students, parents, faculty and staff are great ways to bring both personality and personal meaning to your yearbook stories.
Whenever possible, include statements from the individuals who were directly involved in the stories you’re recapping.
Interview the swimming star on her big win.
Ask a science student about his favorite experiment.
Talk to a teacher about how her students changed over the year.
These individual moments will give your yearbook stories more context and emotion.
Questions to think about...
What are your expectations for the season?
This can lead into a follow-up question about why they believe they’ll win a state title, have a lot of depth or be searching for leaders.
How has your team progressed from last season?
This allows the coach to tell you about how Johnny Smith has taken 10 seconds off his mile time and Suzy Jones has been in the weight room all summer working or even team information about the camping trip to build chemistry.
Who do you expect to stand out this season?
Those returning players will likely be mentioned along with newer or younger players you might not have known about.
What didn’t I ask you about that you want to share?
Maybe you entered the interview with a plan to talk about the top bowler, but the coach is dying to share about the kid who just moved up from JV despite recovering from chemotherapy.
Don't wait until the season is over!
You should be following their social media, going to games, keeping track of wins/losses/scores/standouts.
How can you find out the real emotions of that athlete after they broke their leg in week two or found out they qualified for state... and then finished 38th at the state meet if that athlete has moved on? The joy of qualifying for state is diminished by finishing lower than expected.
When Izzy places first, talk to her that week.
When that freshman breaks a school record, talk to him that week.
Maybe you won’t use this information for a more in-depth feature, but maybe it can be in a caption or an infographic or simply online.
For those stories that are in-depth sports features, talk to the athlete – and the coach.
Talk to a teammate. Look for concrete details, as well as stats to include. If an athlete has overcome a lot, whether it’s mental health or a torn ACL, maybe a parent would be a good person to interview.
Finally, in both content and general page design, be aware of white space. Don’t fill every blank spot with text or imagery; let your story breathe.
To get stats for games!
Each page needs some info!
Each page needs some info!
If you have a SPORTS Spread, you need the stats to write your article!
If you have a SPORTS Spread, you need the stats to write your article!
Sign up for a Free Account (use your Fresnou.org Email) and make sure to click STUDENT.
Sign up for a Free Account (use your Fresnou.org Email) and make sure to click STUDENT.
Search for HOOVER FRESNO
We need to write about the event!
We need to write about the event!
Did the team do well? Did they have any interesting moments?
For some spreads, the teams MUST have an article!
For some spreads, the teams MUST have an article!
Start WRITING your article!
You may type directly in InDesign!
Previous lesson (fonts, setting etc)
OPEN YOUR YEARBOOK FOLDER!
OPEN YOUR YEARBOOK FOLDER!
Double click the InDesign Layout in your Layout 1 Folder to open it!
Double click the InDesign Layout in your Layout 1 Folder to open it!
Make sure you are on Essentials Classic!
Click the WINDOW tab...
WORKSPACE>ESSENTIALS CLASSIC
Make sure you have your PROPERTIES PANEL open
Click the WINDOW tab on top and select PROPERTIES (it will have a check mark if it is open!)
Then to see the entire spread, choose VIEW (tab on top)> FIT SPREAD IN WINDOW
NOTE the SHORTCUT!
Your HEADLINE (title)
TITLE Layer is currently unlocked to place the image. Now we lock the layer so the item will not be moved!
In the LAYER Panel...
Make sure that you LOCK the TITLE layer by clicking empty space to the left of the layer
This will LOCK that layer
Press Ctrl + S to SAVE!!!
Press Ctrl + S to SAVE!!!
Continue Adding Photos and writing your article!
Shortcut to PLACE is Ctrl + D
Select one of the IMAGE Frames (the GRAY boxes)
Select FILE>Place or Ctrl + D
Go to your Yearbook Folder> Layout1
Click on an image you would like to place in the box and click OPEN!
To change the view of a folder, on the top right, click the "Change Your View" pull down and select EXTRA LARGE ICONS
If the photo does not fit...
Click the OBJECT tab>FITTING>Fill Frame Proportionately
To adjust the image:
Hover over the image until you see a double circle/donut in the center of the image...this is the Content Grabber.
Click on the center circle (Content Grabber) to engage the content grabber and move image into desired position!
Press Ctrl + S to SAVE!!!
Press Ctrl + S to SAVE!!!
Do this often!
Do this often!
Backing up our work!
We need to do this just in case!
When you are done working each day, SAVE your work and close the file!
Open TEAMS
Go to Period 6
Click the FILES tab on top
Click the LIVE LAYOUTS folder to open it!
Open your Yearbook Folder>Layout1 folder
Drag Your Layout InDesign (.indd) file into the folder!
Do this each day BEFORE your leave!
When you drag it the second + time it should ask if your would like to replace the current file...
Click REPLACE!
The file you will ALWAYS work on is the one on YOUR computer! (Yearbook Folder> Layouts 1 Folder)
ALWAYS!!!
ALWAYS!!!
Press Ctrl + S to SAVE!!!
Press Ctrl + S to SAVE!!!
BEFORE you leave!!!
BEFORE you leave!!!
SHORTCUT TO LOG OFF COMPUTER!
SHORTCUT TO LOG OFF COMPUTER!
Remember to SAVE (ctrl + S) any file before doing this shortcut!
Remember to SAVE (ctrl + S) any file before doing this shortcut!
Ctrl+Alt+Delete then select SIGN OFF!
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