This session, pupils will produce booklets as their main DTP assignment. The booklets may be picture stories or instructional / learning texts, aimed at young children, teenagers or adults. Each will be themed around an object such as a torch, and the centre spread of the booklet will include a ‘how it works’ feature incorporating technical graphics produced in Pro/Engineer.
Last week, pupils produced mind maps with lots of different ideas for stories etc. During the process, the mind maps were swapped from pupil to pupil every two minutes and different scenarios jotted down. Each two minute session was given a genre, such as horror or science fiction, or a location, such as ‘at the seaside’.
A follow-up lesson the next day required pupils to suggest company names for the publisher of their books, along with a company motto / slogan. Once again, the work sheets were swapped around and pupils encouraged to add to, or suggest variations on, proposals already written down. Pupils will each produce a range of business stationery for the publishing house, along with business cards for one of the editors.
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#1 by Mr. Todd on November 16, 2009 - 10:53 am
Some great collaborative learning going on here, which also requires a mature approach to the activity. Great stuff.
I particularly enjoyed some of the company names that were generated and look forward to seeing the end products.