Autumn Term

How can you create images using basic shapes?

Paint
Google Slides
Adobe Drawing
Adobe Illustrator

Example: Research Christmas Card designs

1.To carry out research on a given topic

Complete Google Sheets with different ideas for a Christmas Card design - NEXT STEP, to create a Christmas Card using your research (Ideas)

Extended task: Please write about each picture; what makes it a good design i.e. colour, picture quality or context

Please copy pictures and paste to your presentation. (Google Slides)

The history of Christmas CardsProject Britain British Christmas Traditions by Follow […]

2. To evaluate the effectiveness of existing products on the market

Please read the history behind Christmas Cards and the best Christmas Card designs for 2020.

Please complete the Christmas Card Survey and create your own survey to find out the most popular type of Christmas Card design in the school.

Lesson 3 - To describe what an audience is

3. To describe what an audience is

Task 1: Watch the BBC videos on - how to write for different audiences

Task 2: Please read the history behind Christmas for ideas on different audiences.

Task 3: Please describe what an audience is and detail different audience types.

How to write for different audiences - BBC BitesizeYou should think carefully about the language you use when writing for different audiences. Find out more in this Bitesize Primary KS2 English guide.

L/O To identify different types of audience

4. To identify different types of audience

Please list the different types of audiences and complete the planning for your Christmas Card design. (Enterprise)

Use your survey to help you to start to think about the audience and design.

Lesson 5 - To identify the 4 steps in designing a product.

Friends and Family List

5. To identify the 4 steps in designing a product.

Please identify and complete for each step.

Step 1: Make a friends & family list (Audience) - can run as an Enterprise project

Step 2: Choose a Basic Invite Christmas cards template

Step 3: Decide which pictures to use

Step 4: Write a special message (Audience)

4 Steps to Creating Flawless Basic Invite Christmas Cards | Bianca DottinI'm sharing 4 simple steps to creating flawless Basic Invite Christmas cards that your friends and family are sure to love.

Mood boards

6. To create a mood board for a specific purpose.

Please complete the mood board to help plan for your Christmas Card.

Mood Board - Christmas Card Design

L/O To create a Christmas Card

7. To design a greetings card for a particular audience

Please design your Christmas Card based on your Research and Mood Boards.

Please remember to check the following:

-add borders and color to an image

-group text or objects

-nudge graphics into place

-size images without distorting the image / crop image

-drag and drop images from Google Photos and into Google Slides

-align your text and graphics

-mask your photos with shapes

-flip your photo horizontally

Greeting Message

8. To design a greetings card message

Task 1: Please research different Font styles and complete the presentation.

Additional to the fonts on Google - there are links below for different styles.

Extended task: To explain what makes it a good Font i.e. colour, design, style

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SELF ASSESSMENT PROGRESS RECORD

9. To evaluate the effectiveness of your own greetings card design

Please complete the self assessment and peer assessment. (Writing task)

L/O To use auto shapes to design a Christmas card

10. To create your own Christmas card using auto shapes

Task 1: Please watch the videos: 1st How to draw a cartoon character - 2nd Making a digital cartoon

Task 2: Please use auto shapes to create your own Christmas Card using either Google Drawing or slides.

L/O To create a Christmas Card

11) To create a Christmas Card (Using auto shapes)

Please create a Christmas card using Google Slides and your designs.

Example of work

12) Layout and design

Please copy your designs onto Google Slide.

You will need to mirror your design and reduce the size to be able to fit it onto your cards. Please find attached an example.

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