Greeting Card

Life Skill: Creativity

Time Frame: 30 minutes

Summary:A fun, interesting and hands-on approach to reinforce picture mounting skills and standard block lettering.

Objective: Demonstrate professional lettering and labeling.

Materials:
Magazines
Glue
Scissors
Rulers
8.5 x 5.5 Sheets of colored card stock (folded in half)
Example greeting cards

Background For Teachers:This activity should be proceeded by a lesson covering presentation methods so that students know what type of lettering and picture mounting is expected of them.

Student Prior Knowledge:Students should have completed some sort of lettering practice prior to this activity. Students should also have learned how to mount picutres correctly.

Intended Learning Outcomes:This activity helps to reinforce the skills of standard block lettering and correct picture mounting in an enjoyable, creative and hands-on manner.

Instructional Procedures:Provide an assignment sheet to each of your students and go through the directions as a class.
Have example cards displayed, depicting exactly what you expect the students to accomplish.
Give students a choice of colored card stock on which to create their cards--if this lesson is assigned on or around a specific holiday, suggest a holiday- specific card that students could take and give to a family member of friend.
Make the outcome of the assignment as useful as possible to show that they are learning real life skills.

Strategies For Diverse Learners:A struggling student could be accommodated by having he/she complete one task or the other--a picture, OR writing. It's the student's choice.

Assessment Plan:Student assessment is outlined in rubric form on the assignment sheet so that students are aware as they work, what they will be graded upon.

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