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 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

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

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

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

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

12. PAGE MODULES Eisenhower High School [MI] NAME THE VISUAL SIMILARITIES

13. HOW COULD YOU ADAPT THESE IDEAS? PAGE MODULES Chaparrel High School [AZ]

14. Coronado HS PAGE MODULES Coronado High School [NV] HOW COULD YOU ADAPT THESE IDEAS?

15. HOW COULD YOU ADAPT THESE IDEAS? PAGE MODULES Shawnee Mission West High School [KS]

16. PAGE MODULES Dos Pueblos High School [CA] HOW COULD YOU ADAPT THESE IDEAS?

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.