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Yearbook Writing Assignments for Students

A major part to the body of the class yearbook is writing stories. These stories are important as they first-handily talk about experiences and memories that occurred during the class’s graduation year.

Remember When… This is a great gateway to get a memorable story from students. Maybe, ask them to discuss where they were and whom they were with during a holiday break or how they reacted when they received their first college acceptance letter. These are great stories that the entire class would love to read, both today and for years to come.

Which Faculty Member Inspired You Most During Your Time In School and Why? Choosing a name will be easy for a student to provide. The reason why they chose that individual will be unique though. Maybe this teacher or faculty member assisted them on passing a certain class or went the extra level for them outside the classroom.

Which current event during your graduation year did you enjoy most? This is another open-ended question that will get a slew of different responses. Maybe it was something school related such as winning the state championship in basketball or being a lead character in the class play. Maybe though, it was a family member coming back from a tour of active duty to spend the holidays with you and the rest of the family.

Yearbook writing assignments shouldn’t make students feel like they are taking an exam. They should be fun and give students the true ability to express themselves. This in-turn will provide the best yearbook content that everyone can enjoy for generations!

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What to Write in a Student’s Yearbook: The 31 Best Messages From Teachers

Yearbooks provide a time capsule of youth. Pictures of classmates, sporting events, plays, and club activities become memories we cherish as we grow older.

Creating yearbooks as mementos is a long-held tradition. The first yearbooks appeared as early as the 17th century. They were scrapbook-style books containing pressed flowers, newspaper articles, signatures, and other mementos. [1]

By the early 19th century, more formal yearbooks featuring information about the school’s students and faculty were printed. Yale University’s “Profiles of Part of the Class Graduated at Yale College,” created by the 1806 class, contained printed silhouettes of each student. [2]

Class photos and individual photos were finally introduced in the late 19th century as photography became more common. [1]

While students are always eager to sign each other’s yearbooks, gathering signatures from favorite teachers is an end-of-year tradition, too.

Below, we provide a list of ideas to write in a student’s yearbook as their teacher.

Scroll past the list for tips to help you create your own personalized messages.

• It’s been a pleasure to watch you grow and change this year. You have within you everything you need to continue to be successful. You can move mountains if you want. I wish you the best of luck. [3]
• “Dream out loud, at high volume.” -U2 [3]
• “Everything is possible, even the impossible.” -Mary Poppins
• I know you will continue to achieve great things. Stay true to yourself and reach high. You are capable of whatever you set your mind to! [4]
• “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” -Confucius [3]
• “This above all: to thine own self be true.” -“Hamlet” [3]
• I am so proud of your dedication and hard work. Continue to work hard, and you will continue to achieve whatever you want to be. [4]
• “You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so… get on your way!” -Dr. Seuss, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go”
• My wish for you is that you see the light in this world, in yourself, and in others. I see the light in you. [5]
• Dream. Believe. Achieve. [3]
• When I teach, I also learn, and I’ve learned so much from you! Thank you for your hard work this year, and best of luck with your future studies.
• “Just keep swimming!” -Dory, “Finding Nemo”
• You can accomplish anything you set your mind to! [4]
• Believe in yourself, for you are stronger than you know. I believe in you. [5]
• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. [6]
• You are an outstanding student, and I have no doubt you’ll go far in [career field]. Best wishes for a bright future!
• Thank you for being a wonderful addition to my class! I’ve enjoyed being your teacher. Good luck next year, and enjoy your summer!
• I enjoyed teaching you this year! Keep challenging yourself to do your best, and you’ll go far. Good luck!
• Take advantage of every new opportunity, and you’ll go far. Thank you for your hard work this year, and best wishes!
• You have a bright future, and your best days lie ahead. I’m certain your determination and talent will take you far! Thank you for a wonderful school year.
• You have a tremendous amount of talent and potential. I’m proud to be your teacher. Best of luck with your future studies!
• Good luck on your next great adventure! [3]
• Write your own story with passion and determination. Success will find its way to you! [7]
• I’m fortunate to have had a student like you in class. Keep dreaming big and taking chances!
• Continue doing your best, and your life will be full of endless possibilities. Best wishes!
• Never forget you have amazing potential. [4]
• The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do. [6]
• Your hard work is bound to result in prosperity and fortune. Good luck for a successful life ahead! [7]
• Thanks for being a great student! [3]
• I hope all of your dreams come true! [4]
• Thank you for being such an amazing shining star! Good luck next year! [3]

Tips for Writing in a Student’s Yearbook

Writing a yearbook message can be tricky. Your students are individuals, and your experience with each of them is unique as well!

Keep the following tips in mind when crafting your messages:

• Keep it short and simple. You don’t need to write a multiple-paragraph letter to each student. Keep your message short and straightforward. Give the students encouragement for their futures, and if you enjoyed having them in your class, let them know!
• Personalize the message when possible. You could write the exact same message in every student’s yearbook, but the students will appreciate it more if you make the message somewhat personal. Of course, it might not be feasible to personalize every student’s message, but do it when you can! A simple “Good luck!” can be fine, but details will make your message great — for example, referring to the student’s career goals with “Good luck! I know your hard work will take you far as an engineer!”
• Use humor — but use it carefully! Few things are more cringe-worthy to students than adults who attempt to use trendy slang and jokes. Humor can be a great way to connect with students, but don’t try too hard to sound “cool.”
• Borrow words! If you’re truly stuck with a case of writer’s block, quotes can make meaningful additions to your students’ yearbooks. Take cues from inspirational, age-appropriate movies, songs, or books. For example, you could use “Just keep swimming!” from “Finding Nemo” or “Everything is possible, even the impossible” from “Mary Poppins Returns.”
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If you have your staffers learn via video or podcast, they might all do the same show on the same day — at least at the start. If you decide to use one of the extended projects, it’s likely that would be the assignment for everyone. And, while you might assign everyone a writing prompt, you could either let them choose a topic or have everyone write on the same topic on the same day.

This section is more like a menu. Some of the assignments need to be done, but there’s no need for several staffers to duplicate efforts. Others can be executed a number of times to get better results or coverage. Most of these could be done in a couple of hours as opposed to requiring a week of class time or more.

CROWDSOURCED LESSONS

We’re delighted to include these ideas from advisers and editors everywhere — and we love the generosity of teachers willing to share with others in these unprecedented times.

COLOR THEORY PROJECT

This two-day/two-part activity focused on color and how it plays a part in our yearbooks was created and shared by adviser Juliet Radford, Albany (CA) HS.

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POUR YOUR HEART OUT

Choose a single image that captures the essence of your school, this year or an achievement or event shared by students at your school this year. This can be an image from staff files, the eDesign photo library or your phone. Then, compose a brief “love letter” to other members of the team, the class or club or to the entire school community reminding them of highlights and specifics that matter. If you want (after you turn in both components to complete this assignment), share with others who are likely to treasure the same memories via social media or some other way.

Taylor Yuan, 2020 managing editor (and former photo editor) at Arapahoe HS in Centennial, CO, recently combined several moments to create this compelling image.

Here’s how she explains the personal impact of this work: “For four years, I photographed our rowdy student body decked out in black and gold, our victories, our losses and everything else in between. To me, this particular photo represents our current state of emotions as high school seniors during this global health crisis. In the photo, a senior student enters Arapahoe High School to gather belongings from her locker on March 23, 2020. Behind her is the memory of the 2019-2020 Wild Warrior Women that chanted through the halls last fall during homecoming week.”

She originally posted the image and her note (below) on her “not-very-active personal photo site” but soon her peers shared the post organically with other members of the senior class.

“Our spring semester full of promise and celebration, in a matter of weeks, has become a source of grieving.

We made the most of our firsts but are anxious about losing the chance to cherish our lasts. Because we unapologetically pour our hearts in our work, our activities and our friendships.

This year, we finally took our seats in the senior section, stormed through the halls roaring, ‘This is our house,’ and stepped up as the leaders of Arapahoe. This was our time to make our final marks as Warriors. All 522 of us have made an impact on Arapahoe High School. Whether you’ve been performing on stage or competing on the field. Whether you started a new club or smiled at someone in the hallway.

We planned to play our hearts out on the field, make state in our clubs, dance ’til we dropped at prom and see our friends for what could be the last time. But, ultimately, we all looked forward to graduation. The time to celebrate each other’s accomplishments and bright futures.

The time for our teachers — the supporting pillars in our lives — to witness that we’d overcome the hardships we thought we couldn’t beat.

A lot of us are hurting right now but, Class of 2020, we will finish our senior year and we will celebrate our successes very soon and hopefully belt out our class song ‘September’ together.”

MIMIC A MASTER

Adviser Elizabeth Brown from The Bolles School in Jacksonville, FL, asked her students to document the life experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inspired by the work of Dorothea Lange, famous for many photographs including The Migrant Mother during the Great Depression, students are creating black and white photographs to speak to their lives in the present moment.

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GET OUT AND ABOUT

Adviser Wendy Fisher from Merritt Island (FL) Christian School submitted this fun challenge to get students out and about and thinking about photography design elements.

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JUNK DRAWER CHALLENGE

Another Wendy Fisher photo challenge, this one using your junk drawer. Adviser at Merritt Island (FL) Christian School, Fisher challenges the students to use the elements and principles of design.

BUSINESS MATTERS

• Check and double-check your orders against a roster so you know exactly how many books are sold and precisely who has not purchased a yearbook.
• Plan and execute a targeted sale (Send and Sell, via social media) to specific non-buyers (freshmen who are involved, seniors who have been covered, players on a championship team).
• Accept the challenge of making sure that the yearbook is sold out before the books arrive on campus; this may involve recruiting additional staffers to come up with creative campaigns to keep reaching out to students and parents.
• Design materials to promote senior ad sales for next year’s book — and set the deadline early to allow your staff some deadline leeway. Is it a Send and Sell to parents of juniors that you can send sooner rather than later?
• Create a survey to measure student reaction to the book and collect comments that can help keep the yearbook relevant on campus.

WRAPPING THINGS UP

• Complete the editors’ note if you include one when you send books for competition or exchange.
• Do a coverage audit to measure both non-seniors who were over- and under-covered so that you can be intentional with coverage next year. Don’t forget to count faculty and staff too.
• Assemble and train a team to create a digital archive of this year’s book.
• Create a list of staffs you want to exchange books with, and do the research so addresses and an exchange letter are ready to go.
• Write thank you notes to advertisers and sponsors, people on campus who support your program and others who have influenced and assisted you. Here is a resource to help you get started.

LOOKING FORWARD

• Manage the refresh and revision of your staff manual. Don’t have one? Make it a priority.
• Have everyone on staff write a letter to a new staffer, sharing some advice about being successful in yearbook next year. This is a variation on having staffers provide written advice — and some specific instructions — to those who will follow in their footsteps next year. Here is a great outline of what should be included.
• Plan a schedule for an Each One, Teach One series. Determine which topics are necessary and decide who the best trainer in each area would be. Who should teach hierarchy, headlining and caption writing? Or, have people spend some time learning new skills on YouTube and plan a similar share. Here is a resource with even more ideas on this topic.
• Work in a small group to assign and solicit summer photos. It’s best to do some work in advance.
• Schedule summer meetings as needed. Whether it’s getting to know each other better, continuing with theme work or preparing for summer training, it’s best to have dates in the calendar.
• Plan a brainstorm, so you can all share thoughts on this year and next and set some staff goals.
• Have everyone start searching for inspiration, both visual and verbal. Create a Google folder or other space where everyone contributes to the collection.

CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES

• Take charge of the staff’s end-of-the-year celebration. Make the plans and coordinate logistics.
• Strategize staff recognition for the end of the year. Senior awards? Paper plate awards?
• Make a deadline playlist.
• Create a staff scrapbook. Use this outline to help with structure.

A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER

• Capture some images of the world as it is right now for coverage in future yearbooks. If everyone did three or four, collected quotes and wrote captions, you’d be in great shape. Make sure the images are saved somewhere they’ll be easy to find and access in the fall.
• Jump back into the COVID-19 coverage. Find three online photos that tell the story in a powerful way, capture screen shots and explain their power.
• Pay attention to the use of data visualization in COVID-19 coverage. Find two examples of charts or graphs that tell the story well, and analyze what made them successful. These could be submitted in written format or you might choose to project everyone’s examples during a staff Zoom or Hangout.

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Check out a preview of this yearbook curriculum here: Yearbook-Full Year

This yearbook journalism bundle includes a 24-page timeline outlining every single day of your year. In addition to those 24 pages of timeline, you also get every single assignment, activity, major deadline, yearbook planning, and organizing handout referenced in the timeline.

You don’t have to plan a single day of the year with this yearbook curriculum, it’s already done for you!

All in all the following is included in this yearbook curriculum:

• A monthly overview, covering what major things happen each month (starting the May before the year starts and ending following May)
• 24 pages that sketch out what you should do in class EVERY SINGLE DAY
• Notes on planning for the dedication and what the order of ceremonies may look like.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL:

• Staff Application
• Returning Staff Application
• Staff Contract
• Section Editor Contract
• Editor-in-Chief Contract
• Class Syllabus

YEARBOOK INTRO PROJECT:

• Lesson plan, including big idea, essential questions, middle and high school art national standards, middle and high school English common core standards, step-by-step instructions, and more.
• PowerPoint introduction with examples, layout and design tips
• Teacher instructions, tips, and how tos
• Assignment rubric
• Assignment checklist for the students
• Layout and design tip worksheet
• Interview questions worksheet
• Yearbook vocabulary list

YEARBOOK PLANNING ASSIGNMENT:

• Lesson plan (including big idea, essential questions, objectives, art and Language Arts standards, vocabulary, supplies, and step by step instructions on how to implement the worksheets).
• Theme planning
• Theme explanation
• Organizing sections
• Developing sub-themes
• Selecting fonts
• Selecting colors
• Cover Design (4 example printables, one step-by-step process, and a blank page to design your own)
• Yearbook vocab list

INFORMATION COLLECTION HANDOUTS:

• Organization tips
• Everyday story ideas
• General group information sheet
• General information sheet
• Athletics information sheet
• Student life information sheet
• Clubs information sheet
• Student spotlight information sheet
• Fine arts performances information sheet
• Artist spotlight information sheet
• Academics information sheet
• Student photography release form

INTERVIEW HANDOUTS FOR:

• Student Life
• Student Spotlight
• Visual Arts

MAJOR DEADLINE PREPARATION & SUBMISSION:

• Deadline 1 lesson plan (each lesson plan includes a big idea, essential questions, objectives, art standards, writing and literacy standards, supply list, vocabulary list, and a step-by-step breakdown of how to run class through each deadline)
• Deadline 1 assignment poster
• Deadline 2 lesson plan
• Deadline 2 assignment poster
• Deadline 3 lesson plan
• Deadline 3 assignment poster
• Deadline 4 lesson plan
• Deadline 4 assignment poster
•  Everyday story ideas
• Assignment Information sheets (9 in total for different areas including athletics, performing arts, visual arts, clubs, etc.)
• Interview sheets (9 in total for different areas including arts, athletics, student spotlight, etc.)
• Mini-deadline assignment sheet
• Student photo release form
• Yearbook etiquette email guidelines
• General editing guidelines
• Major deadline rubric
• 4 Deadline celebration activities

ENDSHEETS ASSIGNMENT:

• Lesson plan (each lesson plan includes a big idea, essential questions, objectives, art standards, writing and literacy standards, supply list, vocabulary list, and a step-by-step breakdown on how to present this assignment for all three assignments.)
• PowerPoint and PDF presentation
• Endsheet table of contents handout
• Endsheet colophon handout
• Assignment sheet handout

STUDENT LIST ASSIGNMENT:

• Student List Assignments Lesson plan (each lesson plan includes a big idea, essential questions, objectives, art standards, writing and literacy standards, supply list, vocabulary list, and a step-by-step breakdown on how to present this assignment for all three assignments.)
• Student List Poster (three different versions in two different sizes)
• Student List Printable Checklist
• Student Information Sheet

LAYOUT ASSIGNMENT:

• Theme pages

STORY WRITING ASSIGNMENT:

• Lesson plan (each lesson plan includes a big idea, essential questions, objectives, art standards, writing and literacy standards, supply list, vocabulary list, and a step-by-step breakdown on how to present this assignment.)
• Story writing tips handout (back and front)
• Grammar refresher handout
• Common spelling errors handout
• Peer editing rubric
• Grading rubric

YEARBOOK PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS PROJECT:

• Rules of composition presentation
• Rules of composition student notes
• Rules of composition scavenger hunt sheet
• Rules of composition rubric
• Yearbook photography tips presentation
• Yearbook photography tips handout
• Yearbook photography assignment sheet
• Yearbook photography rubric

HANDLING ADVERTISING:

• Lesson plan (each lesson plan includes a big idea, essential questions, objectives, supply list, vocabulary list, and a step by step breakdown on how to present this assignment.)
• Sales pitch PowerPoint
• Ad sales master Excel document
• Advertising contract
• Sponsorship contract
• Advertising specs handout
• Advertising teacher notes
• Advertising spread example
• Sponsorship spread example

HEADLINE ASSIGNMENT:

• Headline writing tips handout
• Headline practice handout

CAPTION WRITING ASSIGNMENT:

• Caption writing tips handout (back and front)

SENIOR PACKET:

• Editable senior pack for parents Google form
• Editable senior quote Google form
• Senior pack handout for parents and students directing them to where to upload information and exactly what you need.
• Senior Ad contract, including sizes and pricing
• Ad size example
• Google form instructions and links
• Teacher notes walking you through organizing, collecting, dedication selection, senior superlatives, and more

TITLE PAGE ASSIGNMENT:

DIVIDER PAGES ASSIGNMENT:

• 4 divider page examples sheets (back and front)
• Divider page planning worksheet

YEARBOOK VOCABULARY POSTERS:

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• Why Umbrella Coverage with Erin Harris, MJE/adviser at Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA
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The Beast of Grading Yearbook

• Categories Curriculum , Yearbook Staff Management
• Date August 17, 2021

Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks

Grading the yearbook is difficult and often leads to more questions than answers when designing a curriculum to meet your school policy. Without traditional assignments and exams, the bulk of the grades focus on the deadlines leading up to the finished product of your yearbook.

This can be achieved by dividing assignments into four categories: weekly, quarterly, semesterly and overall assessment or classwork. While I still adjust my grading, curriculum and teaching every year based on the needs of my staff, this system has worked well for us.

Inform Parents Immediately

Grading yearbook is unlike other grading. Some students have a completed grade on an assignment, others are marked missing or incomplete and others are marked exempt. To help parents prepare for this unique structure, I email parents during the first week to explain the grading structure, how assignments will stretch through the semester and the expectations for yearbook. I inform parents and students that grades can drop quickly before or after a grading period if a deadline was not met and encourage parents and students to check grades regularly. I keep parents updated as we approach big deadlines through a parent group email – email contact groups are an easy way to get those out quickly. If contact needs to be made because a student is not meeting deadlines, I reach out to the parents through a phone call.

The Crossword Gradebook

Students are encouraged to turn in assignments early so I can have more 1:1 and small group conferencing with them about their work. I schedule time to give feedback immediately after their homecoming article is finished so I’m not worried about giving feedback on their volleyball article until it is ready the following week. My students have soft due dates prior to the hard deadline, which allows conference and feedback time. Technically, their due date is not until quarter grades are due, but I ask after the event is over, “Could you have this finished by Tuesday so we can go over it?”

Weekly progress reports (mentioned below) hold students accountable for soft due dates without a hard points penalty in the deadline category of the grade book. Because students turn in assignments and we conference at different times, I grade them immediately. The process works as follows: Student completes assignments and submits. I schedule a 1:1 conference time with them to review it. The student makes corrections during the conference time and plans to collect any additional information needed. A deadline to get that information is set and listed on the weekly goals progress sheet. When that information has been obtained, the student resubmits. I review and grade. Because of the conference time, grading is much easier in the end and the final grading process largely acts as a pass-fail. Did the student complete the feedback work? If yes, full points have been obtained. If no, the assignment remains incomplete in the grade book.

Our grade book allows teachers to write comments next to each assignment. Because the assignments in the gradebook may be vague like, “Quarter 1 article” or “Event 1 Coverage,” I write a quick summary of each student’s assignment as I put in grades.

Weekly progress reports

To get a grade in the grade book, my students complete weekly progress reports. At the beginning of the week, students write down everything they are working on and set goals for each item. By the end of the week, students give me an update as to what was accomplished. I score how they used their time out of 10 points. I also walk around each class and monitor student work while I conference with other students. I score students in a hand notebook on a scale of 1-5: 1 – time was used poorly, little work was accomplished; 5 – time was used well, student stayed focused and on task. I review these scores when I grade the weekly progress reports to determine if time wasted resulted in incomplete tasks.

Virtual Learning Accommodation: This assignment can be used in a virtual learning setting by eliminating the walk around. Instead, grade on work completion based on the weekly progress report. Encourage detailed responses and where the work can be found. If a student wrote 10 captions, they should write: Wrote 10 captions. Captions can be found on the divider spread, student life spread, etc. I left a post-it note in Online Design with my name on the captions I wrote.

Team building and class meeting participation points

Students need to work together in fun, stress-free ways to make the stressful moments bearable. We do a team building activity at least once a month. I give students points for these activities depending on what they are. If it is a game, I give the students service points. If it is a critical thinking activity or a short open written response, I give the students participation points.

Virtual Learning Accommodation: Students can share a selfie representing what virtually learning from home is like or do online interviews with each other over topics like their favorite childhood memory, building interview skills and relationships, and share the recording with the teacher. Students can also do a weekly scavenger photo hunt and share their photos. For example, find something red and take a selfie with it. Use online platforms like Google Meet and Zoom to conduct class meetings.

Assessment quizzes

Each week, we do a short 15 to 30-minute lesson on marketing, photography basics (shutter speed, aperture, etc.), copy writing or design. Simple assessment allows me to grade largely with participation points. When we learn about photography composition, I have a 15-minute activity after where they practice what they learned on their camera phones. I ask them to show their favorite image and explain what composition technique they used. These lessons allow me to create short 10-question quizzes if I want to combine a few lessons together. I want deadlines to take priority in the grade book, so I usually place these assessments in the classwork section of the grade book. This way, poor performance will not hurt a grade significantly since other class activities balance out this section of the gradebook. These assessments also help me quickly identify which students need 1:1 or small group conferencing.

Biweekly News Moment Capture

Strong captions for photos used to be a battle. The quotes were weak and generic, and I struggled getting coverage of smaller events such as bake sales. To enhance caption writing and get more widespread coverage, I introduced the biweekly news moment captures. Students photograph events in and out of school, then write a caption for the photo. A student could capture one photo from an event, enhance coverage in the yearbook and develop caption writing experience. These assignments work great as yearbook space fillers. To maximize student coverage, we focus on students who are not already featured. Students pull these up, and I walk around and grade with quick feedback to make this manageable.

Semester podcast assignment

I introduced the semester podcast assignment because past articles lacked genuine personal perspective and I wanted students to enhance their skills in interviewing. Students completed interviews within a ten-minute time span. Rarely did the reporter deviate from their pre-mapped questions or ask follow up questions. Requiring students to interview for 20-30 minutes forced them out of their comfort zones. We watched Celeste Headlee’s “10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation” TEDTalk and discussed how good interviews should feel more like conversations than simple Q&A sessions. Stronger interviews resulted than I had seen in six years of teaching. Students developed great content, enhanced communication skills and we had a wealth of resources to choose from for potential articles for the yearbook. A student could go in, type out of the interview, make the copy fit the structure of an article, and we had additional articles.

Semester Photo Events Coverage

To create a fair balance of event coverage, develop photography skills across the whole staff and lighten the workload for students prone to cover many events, each yearbook staff member is required to go to five photo events each semester. They must take, at minimum, 25 strong compositional photojournalistic images. Pictures with weak composition, poor exposure or other struggles do not count. This encourages students to develop basic photography skills and enhance coverage. Students must upload and organize their images to get the event points.

Service points

I created the service points assignment because I found a multitude of tasks that needed to be completed, yet could not easily have an assignment attached to it (i.e., camera cleaning, coverage on an additional article, sorting through yearbook receipts, proofing ads, etc.). Each semester, students must accumulate 200 service points. They get a list of tasks with service points assigned to each one. Events also need to be completed, such as grabbing an interview for a caption, polling students on a question or creating an infographic for a spread. Students and editors put tasks they need completed in a running spreadsheet in our Google team drive where I assign points to the task. Then someone signs up to complete the task. If the receipt was filed correctly, I sign off on the task, and the student earns the service points. If the assignment is not completed, service points for that assignment are not awarded. This allows students freedom in picking assignments they are more interested in, such as the student who is more interested in photography who chooses to sign up to cover extra events.

Leigh Rogers is the yearbook adviser at Hermann High School in Hermann, Missouri. Rogers is a past winner of the JEA Rising Star award, as well as the Rising Star award from the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association.

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This yearbook journalism pack teaches students how to write captions that don't simply describe the picture, but take a deeper look into what story can be told through it.

This lesson pack provides examples through handouts for your yearbook staff members to reference while writing captions for their deadline assignments. In addition to the handouts on caption writing, grammar, and spelling, there is also a lesson plan for how to introduce and grade a caption assignment in class.

Along with the assignment and handouts, there is also a rubric for teacher grading and an adapted one for peer editing. Peer editing is a huge part of creating a successful yearbook. Help walk your students through the process with this activity.

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However, AI blogging tools like ChatGPT do a fantastic job of laying a foundation, crafting first draft components, and allowing you to dodge blank page mania for one more day… or steering clear from throwing your typewriter across the room… Here’s how to use ChatGPT to quickly generate useful first drafts for the core components of your writing—introductions, conclusions, outlines, sections within your articles, full articles, and FAQ content that’ll help you help your audience, faster. 1. Introductions First up, writing introductions with the help of AI. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I’m just not feeling inspired when I sit down to write. Even if I have the kernel of a good idea, it helps me to get some inspiration on ways I could start my blog post. ChatGPT is great for that. Here’s my ChatGPT prompt for writing introductions that don’t suck, and give you a great starting point to begin your writing process. I also have a free AI blog introduction writer you can use, too. Here’s what this ChatGPT writing prompt looks like in action, generating an introduction for a blog post (I need) about meditation tips: Write first draft introductions in just a few clicks using my free blog introduction writer . 2. Conclusions All great blog conclusions share one thing in common: they effectively call your reader to action. Someone who makes it to the end of your article, is highly engaged with what you’re sharing. This ChatGPT prompt for writing action-oriented conclusions, will steer you in the right direction, to building deeper relationships with your readers. And here’s a preview of what you can expect ChatGPT to do, using this conclusion prompt: Craft compelling conclusions in just a few clicks with my free blog conclusion generator . 3. Outlines Let’s say you have the right blog post idea already loaded up and ready to go… but you’re not so sure about all the details the article should cover. I recommend outlining as much of an article from your own base of knowledge & experience when you can—but in those times when you could use a little inspiration, this ChatGPT prompt for writing an outline, will give you some fantastic starting points to consider. Here’s a preview of what you can expect with this ChatGPT prompt for writing article outlines: Create full outlines for your articles using my free blog outline generator tool. 4. Sections of Articles Another great use case for AI tools like ChatGPT, is in creating smaller chunks of content (think paragraphs and header sections), that take your stance on a particular topic, then expand a bit—giving you more to work with and weave into your articles. Using this ChatGPT prompt to write sections of your content, here’s an example of what you can expect: Take my free Paragraph Generator tool for a spin, to speed up this process. 5. Full SEO-Optimized Articles (First Drafts) Ah yes, writing full SEO-optimized articles using ChatGPT. I knew why you were really here. I have an entire guide to my personal AI blogging process that goes deeper on my thoughts around how to best utilize tools like ChatGPT and RightBlogger to write blog posts with the help of AI—but the key takeaways are two things: Treat AI-generated blog posts as first drafts : We’ve all seen the imperfection of AI on full display more times than we can count, and nothing is more true than if you give AI very little direction to work with, it’s going to be wildly unpredictable in its output . The more guidance you give it (in the form of a detailed prompt), the better your first draft will be, but it’ll always be a first draft, because… Weave as much of yourself & your take into the creation process as possible : AI doesn’t have a lived body of human experience, it can’t draw on the real examples inside your head, and it won’t be able to tap into your human emotion. It’s an imitation of all these things, and in that sense it’ll always be non-human. Full articles from sources like ChatGPT and RightBlogger can be pretty impressive, but they still need your editing, your style, real-life examples, stories, and personal experiences. The first step to writing an SEO-optimized first draft article that uses real-time Google search data, is crafting a great outline. Step 1: Generating a detailed, SEO-forward outline for ChatGPT to use as a foundation. Here’s step one of writing a full article draft using ChatGPT, focusing in on creating a great outline first : Step 2: Make edits to refine your outline. Interact with ChatGPT to make any necessary edits and revisions to the outline you’ve created. Please don’t skip this step, it’s crucial to making sure you’re injecting your take, beliefs, style, personality, and experience into the AI writing process. Without you , I can promise your ChatGPT outputs will sound more like AI and be a total pain to level up during your editing process. Step 3: Write the full first draft of your article using the dialed in outline you’ve created. And here we go—a preview of what ChatGPT’s doing with this prompt. Not bad, but could use a whole lot of love in the formatting department: This is kind of a lot, I know. Simplify your AI writing experience by using my free AI article writer . For a super-powered version of this tool, you’ll wanna use RightBlogger’s Article Writer , where we’ve really dialed things up about a hundred notches. If you dig these ChatGPT writing prompts, you’ll find even more in my roundup of all my top ChatGPT prompts for bloggers , too. 6. FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) Researching the most frequently asked questions on a topic you’re considering writing about, is one of the best ways to create genuinely helpful content that real people are already searching for answers about. Use this ChatGPT writing prompt to get the best FAQs (and their answers) in seconds: Here’s what you can expect from this ChatGPT prompt for writing relevant FAQ content: We built an FAQ Generator Tool inside RightBlogger that’ll quickly source the most relevant key questions related to your topic, and provide helpful answers, too. Just be sure to double check everything is lookin correct—we know AI sometimes has a mind of its own. Ideation and Planning ChatGPT Writing Prompts For me, when great ideas are flowing, they usually come in huge waves and I do my best to capture all of them—even if it’s in the form of a quick audio note or jotting them down in my creative journal if I’m away from my studio. Yet other times, I can feel totally uninspired. It’s a crazy hot & cold thing sometimes, being a creator. In times of need, I’m a big fan of turning to tools like ChatGPT to stock me back up with potential ideas and plans for shaking myself out of a creative funk. Here are my favorite prompts for just such occasions. 7. Article Ideas When your content calendar is running low, and you’re not feeling particularly creative, try using ChatGPT as a tool to spark your fire again. Here’s my ChatGPT prompt for getting a crop of new article ideas within my niche : Here’s what a slightly tweaked version of ChatGPT ideation prompt looks like in action (you’ll get very similar results): Try my free blog post idea generator to get a jumpstart on your brainstorming process in just a few clicks. 8. Content Plan + Publishing Schedule Knowing what you’re going to publish, and when, is a great practice to keep once you’re running a content-fueled business that shows a clear ROI for your time spent creating great content. Here’s my ChatGPT prompt for creating a content plan (aka publishing schedule): Here’s one example of what this ChatGPT content planning prompt looks like in practice: Now, let’s dive into using ChatGPT for research and identifying opportunities where you could create content that’ll attract an audience. Research and Opportunity Identification ChatGPT Writing Prompts If you think you can do more research than AI models that are trained on virtually the entire Internet, then I’d like to be your friend. For the rest of us, we now have ChatGPT to help with more targeted research. Perhaps one of the top areas where AI writing tools like ChatGPT and RightBlogger really stand out, is in conducting research to figure out the absolute best, audience-informed topics for you to create content about. Not knowing how to properly research is a common challenge in your early writing days. The right ChatGPT prompts can help activate this powerful assistant and help you maximize your researching time investment. 9. Keyword Research There’s an entire art and science to doing keyword research , but in the world of AI, you can get some really fantastic, actionable insights from the right ChatGPT prompt. Here’s mine: Here’s what this ChatGPT prompt for keyword research looks like, in action: My free keyword research tool has quickly become one of the most popular in my stable of free blogging tools. Take it for a spin to simplify your keyword research process today. 10. Keyword Clusters Keyword clusters are a group of related keywords that all have some topical overlap and often, similar search intent. Creating a keyword cluster is a brilliant way to approach mapping out a content strategy that has the potential to rank your writing for tons of terms in your niche. Here’s my ChatGPT prompt for keyword clustering: Here’s what this keyword clustering prompt looks like inside ChatGPT: Dig this one? I made a free keyword cluster tool , because I love cluster mapping so much. I think you’ll love it, too. 11. Long-Tail Keywords (People Also Ask) Now for one of my favorite content research secret weapons—the People Also Ask section of Google search results: Literally all 4 of these topics would make FANTASTIC articles & videos for a creator in the running or hiking space that wants to earn from affiliate programs . Sheesh, I wish I had more free time… Anyway, AI tools like ChatGPT and RightBlogger have access to real-time Google search data, so they can quickly perform a search and list out all the most relevant long-tail keyword topics that real people are searching for online—giving you some of the richest, least competitive content ideas to get working on. Here’s what you can expect with this People Also Ask ChatGPT prompt: Try RightBlogger’s People Also Ask Tool to instantly source long-tail keyword opportunities and get fantastic starter copy to answer those questions in content for your site. SEO-Optimizing, Improving, Repurposing, and Promoting Your Content Once you’ve created your content, there’s still a whole lot more that goes into growing a successful business around your writing . These are my favorite ChatGPT prompts for everything from SEO-optimization, to promoting my writing, and repurposing it for different formats & platforms. 12. SEO-Optimize Your Writing SEO (search engine optimization) is the process of thoughtfully finding the balance of writing for humans & search algorithms at the same time. It’s a far more in-depth process than we can cover here, but it essentially helps you tune up an article you’ve written—in a way that gives it the best possible shot at ranking high in Google search results . This is the ChatGPT prompt I use for optimizing an article that’s already published. Alternatively, if you have the copy from your working draft, you can paste that into ChatGPT and get the same analysis. Here’s that AI prompt, in action over inside ChatGPT: You’ll still need to take action on the SEO-optimization suggestions, but you can sleep real good at night knowing these insights come from a deep well of ‘knowledge’ about what Google will rank high in their search results. 13. LinkedIn Posts I try and post to my LinkedIn at least a few times each week, but sometimes I go literally months without sharing updates or weighing in with my take on something that’s going down in the content creation space. This ChatGPT prompt for writing LinkedIn posts is super helpful in those moments when I’m not feeling inspired. Here’s an example of what you can expect with this ChatGPT prompt for writing LinkedIn posts: Take RightBlogger’s LinkedIn Post Generator for a spin with a free account, today. 14. Tweets (X) Posts Same story, different platform for me. I used to spend a lot of time on Twitter, but these days, I don’t get as much personal joy out of social media—so when I need some ideas for what to share with my community, here’s the AI prompt I keep handy: Here’s this ChatGPT prompt for writing tweets, in action: Take RightBlogger’s Tweet (X Post) Idea Generator for a spin with a free account, today. 15. Grammar and Spellcheck There’s nothing wurse than hitting publish and having a few unnoticed typos or grammar mistakes sprinkled throughout your writing. Use this ChatGPT prompt for checking your grammar and spelling, in a snap: This one’s pretty self-explanatory, so no example image necessary—get your content edited & cleaned up by a powerful AI assistant. Take my free grammar fixer tool for a ride today, and make your blog editing process even quicker. 16. Content Gap Analysis Ever wonder why some articles outrank yours in Google search results and drive more traffic as a result? Well, it turns out AI tools like ChatGPT and RightBlogger (our Content Gap Analysis tool is sick), are absolutely fantastic at conducting this kind of analysis & reporting back with actionable takeaways to improve your writing in the eyes of search engines. Here’s my content gap analysis prompt: Here’s a preview of what this content gap analysis prompt will generate for you: We have an even more powerful Content Gap Analysis tool inside RightBlogger that utilizes multiple different data sources and complex prompting. I know you’ll dig it if you give it a try. My AI Writing Prompt Formula (to Get Better AI Outputs) If snagging some good prompts is like being handed a fish, then learning the skill of prompt engineering and how to use ChatGPT like a pro, is like teaching yourself to fish. Oh, and you can even use DALL-E inside ChatGPT to generate unique stock images. Not bad… Learning to prompt is a skill, and a great investment in your future as a writer, to learn how to weave in powerful AI tools to your process where it makes sense for you . Here’s my ChatGPT prompt formula that’ll significantly level up the outputs of any prompt you give it: Task : This one is straightforward. Tell the AI what you need. It could be writing an intro, drafting a blog post, or generating ideas. Context : Give as much background and detail as possible at this stage. The more specific you are, the better. Let the AI know details that are important to the task (like what your take is on a subject you’re writing about). Exemplar : Just a fancy way of saying “example.” Explain to ChatGPT exactly what kind of output you’re looking for. Including real examples will help it get closer to what you envision. Persona : Who should the AI “be” while writing this content for you? Imagine that AI can wear different hats for different tasks. Explain who it is within your prompts, and it’ll have a much better understanding of how to go about creating your output. Format : Share which format you want the final product to come in. What exactly should the AI output look like? Do you want a list, a paragraph, a blog post with multiple sections, maybe just some bullet points? Be specific here. Voice : Always define the style and tone when you’re writing a ChatGPT prompt. Do you want your output to be casual, formal, playful, something much more nuanced? Let these tools know, so your writing outputs will match your vibe. If you can nail these elements at a high level within your ChatGPT prompts, then I can promise this AI prompt formula will serve you well. Drop any questions or share your experiences with AI in the comments. Let’s help each other grow and write amazing content! Hi I'm Ryan Robinson I'm a blogger, but I'm not my blog. I am not my business either. Occasional podcaster and very-much-recovering side project addict. Co-Founder at RightBlogger . Join me here, on ryrob.com to learn how to start a blog and build a purpose-connected business. Be sure to take my free blogging tools for a spin... especially my wildly popular free keyword research tool & AI article writer . They rule. Somehow, I also find time to write for publications like Fast Company , Forbes , Entrepreneur , The Next Web , Business Insider , and more. Let’s chat on Twitter (X?) and YouTube about our feelings (and business, of course). Leave a Reply: Cancel reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 5 replies to “16+ Best ChatGPT Prompts for Writing (My AI Prompt Formula)” Thanks for the helpful blog Ryan. Thanks for the 16+Best ChatGPT Prompts for Writing . More Grace to you. l am a newbie, attempting to write blog on Christian topics, and other topics as l May consider relevant. kindly, guide and advice me on how to get started. Great! Information. Thank you for this helpful post, as this is really help me who running a small publishing and always need to speed up content production. thank you so much for providing these helpful prompts. really this is an amazing post Share full article Advertisement Supported by How to … : An Informational Writing Contest for Teenagers We invite students to explain how to do any task in 400 words or fewer. Contest dates: Feb. 12 to March 12, 2025. By The Learning Network Do you know how to fix a brake light ? What about how to memorize Shakespeare ? How to keep a goldfish alive ? Spot a shooting star ? Write a love letter ? Forgive someone ? These are just a few of the many skills explained in Tip , the how-to column by Malia Wollan which ran weekly in The New York Times Magazine from 2015-2022. Inspired by this column, which took on topics both serious and silly, we are challenging students to write their own “how-to” for (almost) any task. As long as the topic is appropriate for a family newspaper, students can explain whatever they like, including tasks that Tip has already taken on. But, just as the column did, they must also find, interview and quote one expert on the subject. Take a look at the full guidelines and related resources below. Please post any questions you have in the comments and we’ll answer you there, or write to us at [email protected]. And, consider hanging this PDF one-page announcement on your class bulletin board. Here’s what you need to know: The Challenge A Few Additional Rules Resources for Students and Teachers Frequently Asked Questions Submission Form We are having trouble retrieving the article content. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and  log into  your Times account, or  subscribe  for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber?  Log in . Want all of The Times?  Subscribe . Yearbook Class: How Reading Improves Yearbook Writing Skills We wanted to add to our yearbook ideas by offering some help on yearbook writing. But a series about yearbook writing ideas requires an expert, so when Ryan Novack, english teacher at George Washington High School in San Francisco offered to man the helm, I was thrilled. R yan is not only an English teacher at George Washington, but he also heads up the weekly yearbook class for his high school students. Without further ado… Before we begin, I’m going to make this statement: As educators of the youth of America, we all agree that it is important that people know how to read. Probably they should know how to write too, but let’s take this one step at a time. I am also confident that, as a teacher, you already know how to teach reading. However, in this blog, I will discuss how to teach literacy skills and close reading – or actively reading a text to understand its elements, including style, rhetoric and author’s purpose, to name a few goals – as they pertain to the yearbook class. While the yearbook class can sometimes seem like a chaotic swirl of deadlines, arranging photo-shoots and page formatting, it is important to remember that the book you are creating is meant to be read by other people. I am guessing that you don’t want to write the yearbook yourself, but would rather allow the students to do it. And, I am sure you don’t want that pesky teacher (you know the one) to find you in the halls and point out all of the textual errors in your yearbook. So, I hope you will take heed of my experience as a yearbook teacher and English teacher and that you will trust me in showing you how the tried and true reading and writing skills that I teach in my English class will adapt well to a yearbook class. Go Ahead, Give Them What They Want  People should know how to read in English class, people should know how to read in Science, Math, Auto Shop…they should know how to read all day during school…and before and after school. Being an English teacher, I have come to keenly understand that many students don’t like to read, but if given a text that they enjoy, they are more likely to read the assignments that we have gone through all of the trouble of making copies of. I am not suggesting that we kowtow to the students and only give them reading in the form of a candy-dripped novel where the kids reading it emote all day at their lockers and form teams as to which of the male protagonists’ love they feel is the most worthy of anointing the often abashed female protagonist with. The term “interesting” is not antithetical to the term, “rigorous” just as “entertaining” is not always synonymous with the word “engaging.” But the bottom line is that, if we are going to teach the students how to read, they are more likely to read something that gets under their skin. Text Tuesday Every Tuesday in my class is “Text Tuesday,” where we do a close reading of a particular type of text that is relevant to the yearbook. Some Tuesdays we will read only captions from magazines. We may read celebrity profiles, in order to understand how the author profiles somebody so they appear interesting. Other times we will read yearbooks from past years and analyze only the profiles of the students. Many times we will analyze only the layout of a sport’s page in a magazine or in a past yearbook, and discuss how the captions and profiles on that page lend to the tone of the page from a design standpoint. Some of it is very heady. Depending on the topic of the text or the person being profiled, it can get a little goofy. However, every text we read or every page we analyze, is always read using close, and intentional reading where the reader reads actively.  Then the assignment is immediately followed up with a writing task with the intention of allowing the students to turn the skills they just learned from reading, and use it in their own writing in the yearbook. So, we all agree: reading is important. I know that you will also agree with me that, if a student does not know how to do what you’re asking them to do – in this case, produce a great yearbook – then you, the teacher, will have more work.  I am not claiming that your students don’t know how to read, but they may not know what type of writing is best for a yearbook. What Text Tuesday does is it allows me to show the students examples of good writing in the format that I expect them write for their yearbook. Every Step, Every Time  We always go through the reading process when we read. We do Pre-Reading, Active Reading, Reflection, Small and Large Group Discussion, and then we practice the skills. When adapted to the yearbook class, these skills will help make your yearbook better. That’s a bold statement, but I firmly believe that good writing in a yearbook makes the yearbook richer and allows it to become the time capsule of memories that is meant to become. We cannot expect good writing, unless the students are also good readers. Consider these reading skills an investment in your yearbook. More Writing 460 IMAGES Yearbook Story Writing in a Journalistic Style & Grammar & Spelling Yearbook Bundle for Every Single Day of the Year: Assignments, Lessons Yearbook Layouts Assignments: Presentation, Lesson Plan, Handouts, and More Yearbook Writing Template by Mrs Brennans Room Digital Class Yearbook! Year Long Writing Unit! (3-5) Common Core Five Simple Ideas for COMMENTS Yearbook Writing Assignments for Students Yearbook writing assignments shouldn't make students feel like they are taking an exam. They should be fun and give students the true ability to express themselves. This in-turn will provide the best yearbook content that everyone can enjoy for generations! Adding stories in the yearbook will let you share experiences and memories that ... What to Write in a Student's Yearbook: The 31 Best Messages From Writing a yearbook message can be tricky. Your students are individuals, and your experience with each of them is unique as well! Keep the following tips in mind when crafting your messages: Keep it short and simple. You don't need to write a multiple-paragraph letter to each student. Keep your message short and straightforward. How to Write a Yearbook Story People Will Love to Read 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. #4: Give It Some Voice. Yearbook Class: What to Teach the First Six Weeks Each post should be approved, in writing, by an editor and another student before going live. You may want to utilize a group messaging system or a shared document to track approval and content. Week 5 Goal: Momentum Teambuilding. Before this week's staff meeting, ask an editor and a staff member to each select a Yearbook Hero to celebrate. writing 101 Gives most important of 5 W's and H (who, what, where, when, why, and how). Sentence 2: (past tense) Provides background information that cannot be seen in the photo. Includes any remaining W's and H. Sentence 3: A direct quote from a person in the photo, attributed with the word "said.". It can be more than one sentence, if necessary. 90 High School Yearbook Article Ideas Over the course of the year, a lot of specific activities take place based on holidays or the season. You can use these triggers as a launch point to look back on the year. Homecoming parade. Halloween: costumes and scares. Thanksgiving and being thankful. Yearbook Foundations Decide what's best for you and your team. While these lessons lead to practical assignments for the staffers, some staffs will combine several more practical, fun or reflective assignments with these more traditional learning activities each week. The six topics covered in this grouping include the following: Cameras & Photos. j-classes Find Your Yearbook Rep. Whether you're new to Jostens or already a customer, we're here to help you create a yearbook you'll be proud of. Contact us. Over 30 yearbook classes including videos, handouts and resources on topics like photography, design and inclusive coverage yearbook advisers need to guide their students to create their ... Quick Projects Quick Projects - Yearbook Discoveries. Year-end Projects. If you have your staffers learn via video or podcast, they might all do the same show on the same day — at least at the start. If you decide to use one of the extended projects, it's likely that would be the assignment for everyone. And, while you might assign everyone a writing ... Yearbook Curriculum & Guide for Every Day of the Year This yearbook journalism bundle includes a 24-page timeline outlining every single day of your year. In addition to those 24 pages of timeline, you also get every single assignment, activity, major deadline, yearbook planning, and organizing handout referenced in the timeline. You don't have to plan a single day of the year with this yearbook ... Over 1,000 Writing Prompts for Students Of all the resources we publish on The Learning Network, perhaps it's our vast collection of writing prompts that is our most widely used resource for teaching and learning with The Times. We ... PDF START RIGHT 1.1 S T A R T R I G H T 1 . 1 — B U I L D I N G B L O C K S. Purpose of Yearbook ClassOBJECTIVESSTEP 1 | LEARN (5 MINUTES)Students will learn about the yearbook experience by watching the video 21st Century Skills - Yearbook, which. folder in the Digital Classroom.STEP 2 | PRACTICE (10 MINUTES)Students will brainstorm a comprehensive list of ... Write Strong Yearbook Theme Copy Read the tips and example openings and closings below. Also use the "Finding Your Theme" and "Writing: Tell Me a Story" units of Walsworth's Yearbook Suite curriculum to learn more about writing theme copy. Theme copy… Appears on the first two spreads following the title page and as a part of the closing. Yearbook LESSONS Yearbook Bookkeeping - Balance books 3. Start The Write Stuff Assignment - Writing your own feature/page Tues. Oct. 25th Target: 1. Take up Copy Booklet - hand in Lead Assignment and Pre-writing worksheet 2. Start Style Booklet - re-write Style Editing Practice Assignment 3. Sales Assignment Reflection Questions - hand in (file from Oct. 3rd) Teaching Yearbook: 60 Bell Ringers These yearbook caption bell ringers work best when paired with a photo of a prominent event on campus or one from history or pop culture. The goal is to unpack the action and the story within the image. For consistent practice, make a weekly event, such as "Photo Friday," to cycle through these prompts. List the who, what, when, where, why ... Learning Resources Business Matters (multiple book sales assignments) and so much more! Under Concept and Theme you will find: 2 Different Theme Development assignments and all the support materials; Under Yearbook Foundations you will find: Weekly Lessons (6 weeks of topics with all support materials) Writing Prompts (6 different topics with multiple prompts) The Beast of Grading Yearbook » Walsworth Yearbooks Students photograph events in and out of school, then write a caption for the photo. A student could capture one photo from an event, enhance coverage in the yearbook and develop caption writing experience. These assignments work great as yearbook space fillers. To maximize student coverage, we focus on students who are not already featured. Journalism and Yearbook Writing Assignment This journalism and yearbook assignment includes everything you need to assign a feature story or special coverage assignment to your middle school or high school journalism students. From potential topic ideas to a story proposal form to interview logs, this assignment will help your students stay accountable and improve the quality of their ... Yearbook Journalism Caption Writing Tips, Assignment, and Peer Editing In addition to the handouts on caption writing, grammar, and spelling, there is also a lesson plan for how to introduce and grade a caption assignment in class. Along with the assignment and handouts, there is also a rubric for teacher grading and an adapted one for peer editing. Peer editing is a huge part of creating a successful yearbook. Yearbook Unit 1 3. After the Avatar presentationas, please complete the "Imagine a Yearbook Assignment". 4. The Personal Touch Assignment is due tomorrow (Thursday) but needs to be completed on your own time. Imagine a Yearbook Assignment The Personal Touch Assignment Thurs. Sept. 8th: Target: today you will learn how to construct effective interview and ... Personal Narrative Essay [Assignment/Rubric] Upon successful completion of this assignment, students will. create a well-organized personal narrative essay that includes all the essential components of a story, such as an introduction, setting, characters, plot (rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution), and conclusion; apply descriptive writing techniques, including the use ... Ideas for Creating Student Yearbook Class Assignments 1) The production and editing of the book. With this job, I break each student up into groups and each group is in charge of editing the section to which they are assigned. 2) The promotion and selling of the yearbook. For this yearbook ideas post, we'll cover the aspects of producing and editing the yearbook. 8 Ways to Create AI-Proof Writing Prompts 5. Make Assignments Personal. Having students reflect on material in their own lives can be a good way to prevent AI writing. In-person teachers can get to know their students well enough to know ... Improve Your Writing With ChatGPT (5 Powerful Prompts) Here are my writing samples: [paste your samples]." Improve your online writing in minutes: 5 powerful ChatGPT prompts Easily improve everything you write with these 5 prompts for ChatGPT. A Child's Perspective: Tips for Elementary Yearbook Stories Here is a list of 10 writing prompt ideas for students: If I Were President…. If I Could Bring a Character from a Book to Real Life, It Would Be…. My Favorite (School Name) Memory Is…. Getting your students to help create awesome content for your elementary school yearbook doesn't have to be hard. 16+ Best ChatGPT Prompts for Writing (My AI Prompt Formula) Let's dive into each of my ChatGPT writing prompts, one at a time. Real quick though, if you're anything like me, you like to work smart, not hard.So, I wanna introduce you to my suite of 75+ AI-powered tools for creators, inside RightBlogger (you can create a 100% free account to take all our tools for a spin). These are the tools I wished I had when I first started creating content ... How to … : An Informational Writing Contest for Teenagers A how-to is a type of informational writing, which means everything you write should be true and based on facts and evidence. (For this assignment, that evidence is the expert source that you will ... Yearbook Class: How Reading Improves Yearbook Writing Skills Then the assignment is immediately followed up with a writing task with the intention of allowing the students to turn the skills they just learned from reading, and use it in their own writing in the yearbook. So, we all agree: reading is important. 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