First Day in Graphic Design Class

Welcome to Graphic Design!

INSTRUCTOR    Ms. Noll

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GOAL

Create something you will be proud to exhibit at the Art Festival in May

CLASS RULES

1. Participate
2. Respect (everyone)
3. Imagination
4. One Person Talks (quiet when the instructor or another student is speaking to the class
5. No cell phones
6. No headphones
7. No emailing
8. Take the wooden pass for the restrooms
9. Take the wooden pass for the water fountain
10. Computers don't like food or drinks

GRADING

Grading is based on the following:

• Participation: performing tasks, answering questions
• Following instructions
• Being considerate of all in the classroom
• How much effort you put into your assignments: be creative and stick with it!
• Being able to save to flash drive

Today you will write a few facts about yourself. Then we'll mix them up and read one paper at a time. The class will try to figure out who it is.

First, print your first and last name at the top of the paper.
Write clearly so I can read it easily.

Examples of what you can write:

• Favorite subject
• Pets you have
• Favorite color
• Something you are good at like sports or singing or dancing
• Something special that happened to you recently
• The name of your best friend
• Sisters and brothers

Keep It Short!

Learning Target
I can read long sentences and turn them into short phrases.


We are bombarded with things to read... textbooks, emails, text messages, and more.

For many of the products you will design as a graphic designer, you need to cut down on the wording (text). You don't always need to use full sentences like you do in a report for school.

Examples of products where you don't need full sentences are:

• Posters
• Postcards
• Newspaper headlines
• Magazine headlines
• Captions
• Business cards
• Advertisements

Here are some examples of full sentences and how they can be shortened:

LONG VERSION

The Kindergarten class will happily prepare peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, pizza, cheese and crackers, water, soda and other drinks while you are attending the party.

SHORT VERSION

Snacks & Beverages Prepared by Kindergarten Class

EVEN SHORTER

Snacks & Beverages

LONG VERSION

I own a pizzeria and the hours I am open are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays from 9am to 8pm and on Saturdays I am open from 9am to 10pm

SHORT VERSION

Noll Pizza

Mon - Fri, 9am to 8pm

Sat, 9am to 10pm

LONG VERSION

We are having a Spring Festival at school this coming April 15, 2016. It's a Friday. We are having bands playing all different kinds of music. I expect people to be hanging out from 3:00 in the afternoon until 8:00 at night. We are going to have a raffle. The money will go to help pay for art supplies. 

SHORT VERSION

Spring Festival

Friday, April 15, 2016

3pm to 8pm

Live music

Raffle with Great Prizes!

(money to help support art program)

Here is another one to try:

Jackie is having a birthday party! Jackie will be turning 13, becoming a teenager! Let's all celebrate this birthday at Jackie's house. Jackie's address is 555 Stone Lane. The party will start at 3:00 in the afternoon and will end at 7:00 at night. We will have games and stuff to eat like pizza and hamburgers and we'll have soda. And we'll have prizes for the games!