Arts
Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity: Critique the Flyer
Students learn four core design principles, diagnose problems in written descriptions of flawed flyers, and sketch a fixed layout.
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Study skills & advisory
Cornell Notes Practice: Sleep and Memory
Students learn the Cornell note-taking layout, take notes on an original reading about sleep and memory, and use their cue column to quiz themselves.
Arts
Poster Layout Plan: Thumbnails, Hierarchy and Design Careers
Students learn layout basics, do margin and thirds math, match design careers, and plan an event poster with thumbnail sketches.
Communications & media
Yearbook Theme and Spread Planner
Students learn yearbook vocabulary, do a page-count budget for an invented 160-page book, and plan a theme and sketch a spread on paper.