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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
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: Yearbook Interviewing!
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Knowing how to conduct an interview is one of the most important aspects to creating engaging content for youryearbook pages. But a good interview will do more than give you material for your yearbook pages; it'll give you ideas of what's important to highlight and how you can shape the story on the page.
HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: You will perform a series of lessons in preparation of building our yearbook!!
Each year, Yearbook staff must decide what we want to cover.
Yes, we know we need to cover sports, clubs and staple events like dances and rallies. But what else? WHO ELSE??
Your yearbook is a history of the school year in both pictures and words. Captions, headlines, and interview content help tell the full story of the events captured in those images. Some of the most historical content can be found in interviews.
From your "notes" we now need to write an article
What is the spin? What grabbed you most?
Good Headlines Balance Substance & Style
Accurately reflect the coverage on the accompanying page or spread.
Be clearly understood by even the most distracted reader.
Create enough interest that the reader wants to learn more.
Good Captions Inform & Entertain
Use strong verbs to bring the action of the photo to life.
Identify all people who are the integral to the story.
Don’t repeat what’s readily apparent.
Tell the reader something new.
Include a revealing quote from one of the key people.
Grab a reader’s attention with the first few words.
Answer a reader’s questions about what’s going on.
Free of fluff.
Do your reporting and interviews before you sit down to write your captions/articles.
Skip using adverbs, and keep a thesaurus handy to find stronger verbs.
Develop a formula for identifying people in the photo (like, from left and Senior Jane Smith or Jane Smith (‘16) or Jane Smith (12)).
Be descriptive early, and get to the other stuff later.
Avoid (all types of) repetition.
Go to our Classroom in TEAMS
Select Assignments
Select
Yearbook: One-on-One Article!
Scroll down to MY WORK
Click the MSW document
Write at least 3 paragraphs (at least 4-5 sentences each!) on your subject based on the answers to the questions asked!
(You can delete the Begin Here text)
Do NOT ad lib!
Do NOT take it out of context!
Do NOT make anything up!
Remember it is THEIR story not yours!
If you get stuck you may ask your interviewee follow-up questions!
CHANGE THE TITLE!
Come up with a creative headline!
Add a CAPTION
At the end of your article, type a caption to use if we had a photo of your interviewee in action. Ask for a quote if you don't have anything you feel is caption worthy!
Make it italicized
Click TURN IN!
30 Points,
Due TOMORROW!
5 Points per paragraph (Minimum 3 paragraphs/4-5 sentences in each!)
5 Points for CREATIVE HEADLINE
5 Points for adding a CAPTION (italicized) at the end!
5 Points for correct spelling and grammar! (NO red squiggly lines! MSW can check this for you!)
TOTAL: 30 POINTS!!!
Ctrl+Alt+Delete then select SIGN OFF!