1. 6.1 | Quick Reads

2. STEP 1 – LEARN
Alternative Story Formats, or Quick Reads, help tell the story in a visual and fun way.
Quick Reads require less writing, but just as much research.

3. THE GOALS .
To make every page in the yearbook interesting to as many people as possible.
To include as many people as possible in a meaningful way on every spread.

4. SAMPLE SPREAD WITH QUICK READ
Notice that the quick reads on this page are unrelated to the primary content on the page. They relate to one another in that they happened during the same week.
Glenbrook South High School [IL]

5. QUICK READS CAN INCLUDE
Fact
Fact box
List
Top 10
Summary points
Informational map
Diagram
Definition
5Ws & H
Mini-profile
Matching
Quiz
While some stories are best told in extended feature form, some stories are better told in an alternative format. These quick-read formats are an easy way for readers to get information without investing several minutes to read a full-length story. Consider a variety of quick read formats to convey facts, figures and feelings in a non-story style. They can be interactive formats or chronologies. They could be a series of anecdotes, descriptive paragraphs or quotes. They’re often packaged with graphics. Select the format based on the content.

6. QUICK READS CAN INCLUDE
By the numbers
Schedule
Calendar
Timeline
Charts
Graphs
Percentages
Table
Index
Listing
Stats
Scoreboard

7. QUICK READS CAN INCLUDE
Feelings
Quotes
Question & answer
Personal narrative
He said/she said

8. QUICK READS CAN INCLUDE
FACTS:
Fact Box
FIGURES:
Timeline
FEELINGS:
Quotes with
photos
FACTS/FEELINGS:
Fact Box/Quotes
FACTS:
Fact Box
FIGURES:
Stats
FEELINGS:
Quotes
FEELINGS:
Question and Answer
FACTS:
Summary Points
FEELINGS:
Quotes with
photos
INFORMATIONAL STRIPS ALONG BOTTOM OF EACH PAGE
Glenbrook South High School [IL]

9. QUICK READS CAN INCLUDE
FIGURES:
Calendar
FEELINGS:
Quotes
FEELINGS:
Personal
Narratives
FACTS:
Information Map
Glenbrook South HS
FEELINGS:
Quotes
FIGURES:
Scoreboard
FEELINGS:
Quotes
PAGE MODULES
Glenbrook South High School [IL]

10. (left to right, top to bottom)
NAME THE CATEGORY
(left to right, top to bottom)
FIGURES:
Stats
FIGURES:
Stats
Kirkwood HS
FACTS:
Fact Box
FIGURES:
Stats
PAGE MODULES
Kirkwood High School [MO]

11. (left to right, top to bottom)
NAME THE CATEGORY
(left to right, top to bottom)
FACTS:
Fact Box
FACTS:
List
Quick Reads should match the look and feel of the book theme.
Similarities:
Fonts
Colors
Graphic style
FIGURES:
Stats
FACTS:
Information Map
PAGE MODULES
Kirkwood High School [MO]

12. NAME THE VISUAL SIMILARITIES
Quick Reads should match the look and feel of the book theme.
Visual similarities include:
Fonts
Colors
Arrangement of text in headlines
PAGE MODULES
Eisenhower High School [MI]

13. HOW COULD YOU ADAPT THESE IDEAS?
All great ideas come from adaptations of other ideas.
Have students look at the examples on this slide and answer the following questions:
Which is your favorite Quick Read?
Are there any specific areas of one of these examples that you especially like?
How could you adapt one of these for use in our books? Example: “Dreamy Bedrooms” could be adapted to “Back in the Day” and students could talk about and draw pictures of their favorite childhood after-school pass time.
PAGE MODULES
Chaparrel High School [AZ]

14. HOW COULD YOU ADAPT THESE IDEAS?
Coronado HS
All great ideas come from adaptations of other ideas.
Have students look at the examples on this slide and answer the following questions:
Which is your favorite Quick Read?
Are there any specific areas of one of these examples that you especially like?
How could you adapt one of these for use in our books? Example: “Dreamy Bedrooms” could be adapted to “Back in the Day” and students could talk about and draw pictures of their favorite childhood after-school pass time.
PAGE MODULES
Coronado High School [NV]

15. HOW COULD YOU ADAPT THESE IDEAS?
All great ideas come from adaptations of other ideas.
Have students look at the examples on this slide and answer the following questions:
Which is your favorite Quick Read?
Are there any specific areas of one of these examples that you especially like?
How could you adapt one of these for use in our books? Example: “Dreamy Bedrooms” could be adapted to “Back in the Day” and students could talk about and draw pictures of their favorite childhood after-school pass time.
PAGE MODULES
Shawnee Mission West High School [KS]

16. HOW COULD YOU ADAPT THESE IDEAS?
All great ideas come from adaptations of other ideas.
Have students look at the examples on this slide and answer the following questions:
Which is your favorite Quick Read?
Are there any specific areas of one of these examples that you especially like?
How could you adapt one of these for use in our books? Example: “Dreamy Bedrooms” could be adapted to “Back in the Day” and students could talk about and draw pictures of their favorite childhood after-school pass time.
PAGE MODULES
Dos Pueblos High School [CA]

17. STEP 2 – PRACTICE
Brainstorm Quick Reads using Start Right Activity 7.6 – Show & Tell

18. STEP 3 – USE
Look in magazines, newspapers and websites for examples of Quick Reads.
Collect examples, using a class Pinterest Board for examples from the internet and a notebook for paper examples.
Reference these ideas as you create your spreads throughout the year.