THEME The Device That Binds the Book Together DEVELOPMEN T
Is both visual and verbal Relate to the school Relates to the year Is clear to the reader A GREAT THEME
Type Color Shape Pattern/Texture VISUAL THEME IDENTIFIERS
THEME VISUALS GO ON THE Cover Endsheet Title page Opening/Closing Dividers Folios Secondary story packages Index letter indicators
ON THE COVER Name of school + city, state Year Book name + volume number Theme statement/logo Theme statement Year Book name ON THE SPINE
Theme / Logo Year / Book Name Shape / Pattern Type / Color ubiquity 2011
Theme Statement/Logo School Name/City/State Year/Book Name/Volume Number 2011
ON THE ENDSHEET Theme statement Table of contents
Theme Statement/Logo Table of Contents
ON THE TITLE PAGE Theme statement Year Name of book + volume number School name Street address/city/state/zip Phone/fax number w/area code Website address Student population Staff population
OPTIONAL TITLE PAGE INFO Principal Each Class’s Population Athletic League
School Contact Information Student/Staff Population Optional Information Theme Statement/Logo Consistent Visual Theme Elements 2011 Year/Book Name/Volume #
Consistent Visual Theme Elements
Colophon Theme/Logo Index Letters
Consistent Visual Theme Elements
Sierra Middle School Parker, CO Jed Palmer, Adviser Ahren Moydell, editor THE VIEW WITHIN
Carlson High School Gibraltar, MI Sandra Strall, Adviser Hollie Agee, Julianne Chesney, editors EBB TIDE C THE DIFFERENCE
Casa Roble High School Orangevale, CA Dan Austin, Adviser Aarika LaMarr, Becca Moore, Kenny Teeter, editors RAMPAGES OUR BETTER IS BETTER
TEST YOUR THEME Recognizable? Repeatable? Relevant? Refreshing? Realistic? Is It
Recognizable Repeatable Relevant Refreshing Realistic IF IT’S NOT
RETHINK IT IT’S TIME TO
THEME DEVELOPMENT created in conjunction with Paul Ender Herff Jones Special Consultant
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