Personal Blurb

1. Style – write in the 3^rd person, as if it was someone else writing about you
1. e.g. She is known for wearing polka-dots and collecting stickers.
2. Length – 70 to 100 words
3. Quantity - write only 1, it will be beside your picture in the class yearbook
4. 1st Sentence - use full name, make it catchy, like a topic sentence in a paragraph
   • Sample: Elfi Berndl is an energetic, rock-loving teacher who loves to muck about.
5. Type of Information
1. Likes/dislikes
2. Favourite things, colour, food, pets etc.
3. Hobbies/ sports
4. Pet peeve – something that drives you crazy
5. Known for…
6. When you grow up – what job, where you will live, what you will do, the family you hope to have
6. Don’ts – things not to write about
1. How old you are
2. What grade you are in
3. Where you live
4. The names of your friends
7. Sample – 77 words -  Fab Fourissia is a flower lover who writes a lot of poetry. Her favourite things to do are read and play with her friends at recess. She is known for having a messy room and for loving horses. She collects stamps and dolls from other countries. Her pet peeve is finding pencil shavings in her desk. When she grows up she wants to be  a marine biologist, live in California and have a convertible for a car.

Yearbook Articles

1. Style - story telling, reporting, like a journal entry with lots of details

2. Length - between 40 to150 words, as long as it takes to tell the story well

3. Quantity - write 5, at least one will be included in the yearbook, most likely more will be included

4. Topics - use list of topics in class, subjects written about in our FMTW notebooks, any school related activity that has happened during the school year

I remember when …

1. Style – story telling, 1^st person account
1. e.g. I remember when I was in grade 1 and the most wonderful thing happened to me and my friend.
2. be descriptive, give details, talk about how you felt as well as telling what happened
2. Length –  between 40 to150 words, as long as it takes to tell the story well
3. Quantity - write 3, possibly 1 will be published in the yearbook
4. Type of Information
1. Something that happened to you before grade 4
2. Events that were very memorable and that stand out in your mind (so you can write using lots of details)
3. Events can be happy, sad, embarrassing, scary, interesting, good, bad, funny
5. Don’ts – things not to write about
1. Don’t write about things that happened to other people unless you have their permission
2. Realize that others will read this for many years – keep private things private.
3. Don’t mention names in your story unless that person has given you permission. You could say “another student” etc. rather than mentioning names.
6. Samples
1. I remember when I was just a baby and I always used to wake up really early. I would crawl out of my crib and go downstairs to empty out all the cupboards. My mom would laugh! I also have a picture of me emptying out the cupboards.
2. In grade one, the teacher was reading my class a story. I had to throw up but I wanted to hear the end of the story so I didn’t leave. I threw up and had to get the caretaker to clean it up. When I told my mom she said it must have been an awfully good story to have waited so long.

Yearbook Cover Design

• * Work to be done at home.*

1. The Competition Process
1. All students are to design a cover for the yearbook
2. Instructions will be given in class. Design and completion will be done at home.
3. The class will vote on which design will be on this year’s yearbook
4. Student names will not be on the designs so that students vote for the design, not the student
5. Voting will take place in several rounds until 2 designs are selected
6. The top design will be on the front cover and the 2^nd place design will be on the back cover. The winners will trace their designs so that the cover can be copied for every yearbook. At that time the artists will sign their cover designs.
7. Each student’s personal design will be included in their own personal yearbook
2. Information Requirements – Words that have to be written on the cover.
   1. The Fabulous Fours or Fab Fours
   2. Charles Howitt P.S.
   3. Grade 4 Miss Berndl’s Class
   4. The school year  e.g. 2002 - 2003-02-2
3. Design Criteria
1. Leave a blank margin of about 3 cm around the design (design cannot go to the edge of the paper)
2. Only 3 colours may be used plus black
3. Make it like a colouring book outline design.
4. Only original artwork may be submitted
4. Don’t’s
1. No cartoons or characters that someone else has created may be used.
2. Shading is discouraged
3. Artist name may not be on the cover when it is submitted for the competition.
4. KISS – Keep it Simple Silly – “less is more”
5. To be done by hand, no computers.