Aim: How can we contribute to the overall graphic look of our fanzine?

Wednesday, SWBAT create two additional pages for their fanzine projects.

Aim: How can we contribute to the overall graphic look of our fanzine?

Do Now: What is the theme you are trying to achieve with your fanzine?

Jot down five ideas about the theme of your fanzine.

What is the look you are trying to achieve with your fanzine?

Describe the look you are trying to go for with your fanzine project.

One paper per group, if you are working with a partner.

THIS WILL BE COLLECTED!

(5 MIN.)

Materials:
• Paper, pens
• Art supplies
• Macs, class blog
• Articles, covers
• 8 page zine template, page examples
1.) Procedures:

Elicit Do Now responses- AR:

(5 min.)

2.) Whole class:

Q: The important question to ask yourselves is: “How can we achieve the graphic look we want?”

Most of us are familiar with designing the layouts for internet pages, like MySpace, or Twitter.

How is a graphic look achieved with internet sites?


Good. That is exactly how you achieve a graphic look on the printed page.
You can also achieve this with borders and wingnuts, these can all be generated on Microsoft Word and later manipulated either by copying and pasting, or printing them out and actually cutting and pasting, like it was done back in the day. (3-5 min.)

3.) Mini-lesson: graphic look.

Distribute page examples.

As you can see from example one and example two, the graphic look of your fanzine can be anything you can imagine.
Things like borders, back grounds, and images are the tools you need to create the look you want.

Turn and talk to your partner, what does the graphic look of example one seem to be going for?
(30 sec.)

I’m going to call on someone randomly.

Turn and talk to your partner, what does the graphic look of example two seem to be going for?
(30 sec.)

I’m going to call on someone randomly.

So, the sky’s the limit. You can make these as creative as you can be.

Have fun with the layout part, guys. This is where the fanzine becomes a very personal thing.

(5-7 min.)

4.) Independent Practice/Group work:
Now get back into your groups and start to assemble the next two pages, and/or put the finishing touches on your final articles and content.

You should have all four or five of your pieces here, two in final draft, two or three in rough draft.

If you need to use the internet for research you can research for only five minutes today.
I’m starting the timer now, please take notes for anything else you need to do.

(15 min.)

5.) Summary: Q: so how can achieve the graphic look we want?
AR: Through our imagination, creativity and things like backgrounds, borders, images, and photos.

6.) HOME WORK: Tomorrow will be the day when we have a final assembly of all eight pages.
EVERY article needs to be in final draft.

Your homework tonight is to make sure you can successfully layout all remaining pages.

Print out all articles, in final draft.

Print out any background graphics you might want to put behind your layouts.

Have all photos you want to include in your layouts.