Elgin Public Schools
School Year 2008-2009
*Plans change and are revised due to student understanding, schedule changes, etc. 	
Teacher    Rita Heithoff 	Course:   Yearbook/Web
            5th Period  11:47-12:37	
Week of November 24th-26th	Semester-First	
Week of the Year: Fifteenth		
LESSON PLAN
A. Objective of Lesson—Learning Goals--*	
To design pages for the school yearbook and webpage that includes all pertinent information to the event, sport, academic or activity so that all EHS students are included.	
B. Materials Needed for Class*	
All materials are provided.  Computer lab, binder with handouts and cameras	
C. Instructional Plan/Procedures/Interventions--Optional	
Yearbook-Taking photos of school events, classes, students and sports. Sort and name all photos.  Delete blurry or unnecessary pictures.  Upload photos to Jostens Online for pages. Design pages before adding photos.  Have photo boxes a consistent size as well as text boxes.  Text boxes should be as wide as wide as the photo boxes. Students should be gathering information; awards, honors, rosters, write-ups, members etc for all pages.  
Make sure to take a camera to photograph events!
Web Page
Class discussion-Goals for the year, what and who to include to web site, any additional sections to be added, any to be deleted?  Look at other schools web pages.  Note what features you liked and didn’t like.  Discuss with class.	
D. Assignments/Assessment Notice*	
Day of Week	Assignment	
Monday	Cover design.  Finish up cover design and mail to Ryan Heffner before December 1st.	
Tuesday	Continue to take academic photos and student photos for class pages such as juniors, sophomores etc.  Take teacher photos for academic pages and web page.  Need administrative photos as well.	
Wednesday	Continue on page design.  Review what needs to be on the page (look at handout) and begin design from there.  What is most important on the page and emphasize it.  Include everyone!	
Thursday	NO SCHOOL-THANKSGIVING VACATION
To fix a background photo that says “resolution is too low”  Open the photo in Photoshop on the yearbook computer in the art room.  Choose “Image” and then “Image Size”.  Change the resolution from 72 to 300.  Save photo at the 300 size.  If the 300 doesn’t work try 150 or 200.  Photo is now ready to be uploaded to Yeartech Online and used as a background.	
Friday
	NO SCHOOL-THANKSGIVING VACATION
	
E. Resources/Internet Links/Web Sites--Optional	
All SOCS sites, Jostens and other schools’ yearbooks	
F. Reading Activities Planned*	
May bring in other schools’ yearbooks to look at for ideas.  May look at other schools’ web pages for ideas	
G. Calendar—Future Events/Notices—Optional	
76 pages started, 9 to go and 3 finished!