Summary of Your Contribution to the Yearbook

It’s almost time to celebrate a big accomplishment: finishing a yearbook! We’re not there yet, but with everyone’s help we’ll do it. This may mean doing a bit more work into the 2^nd semester for some of you, but for all students, I’d like you to reflect on what you’ve done so far.

Please complete this summary thoughtfully. Save it in your YRBK# folder on the Yearbook drive, but more importantly, email it to me, or print it and give it to me by class on Tuesday Jan. 20 If you want to do it in Word, email it to yourself right now so you’ll have it. You’ll find this document in Yearbook:/shared/memos/ Summary of Contribution.doc, and on our website.

This will help me evaluate your performance, along with notes I’ve taken, my impressions over the last few months, and of course the evidence of the book itself.

james.martin@yrdsb.edu.on.ca

Don’t spend your class time on this. It’s to be done on your own for homework.

Pages You Worked On:

List the pages. (e.g. 191-192: Ballooning Club and Balloon Collage) For each, in brief point form, state:

• Exactly what you did (e.g. design, layout, ideas (specify), artwork, photos, photoshopping, research (e.g. getting name lists), writing, etc.
• Also estimate a percentage of ALL the work for that page that you think was yours (e.g. 50% if you and one partner did all the work and shared it equally.)
• Mention specifics of work you may have done that we decided not to use, too.

Other Valuable Work You Did

List any other contributions you made that were important to getting the book done. Again, be specific e.g. what did you do, when, how many hours did it really take?

Things Still To Do

What are you still responsible for doing? When will you complete it? E.g.

Getting a group pic of the Archery Club, and a name list. It will be done at their meeting in the first week of Feb, and placed in the book by Friday Feb. 13.

Or… helping with our mini-group photo day in early Feb, and getting the info and pics I need there, and putting it in the book by Feb. 18.

Realistic Mark Expectation

Based on your consistent contribution, work attitude, helpfulness, dedication to the job, initiative, etc. throughout the whole semester, what range of mark do you really think you deserve? (I don’t base your mark on this, and I won’t lower your mark if your estimation is lower than what I think! I just want an honest opinion.)

Best & Worst

What are one or two things you’re most proud of? What’s a thing or two you could have done better?

Advice, Comments

How could I improve the course, and/or make it easier to get an even better job done next year?

Email

As a very simple but very important assignment, send me an email right now so that I have your address. This is not so I can Spam you; it’s so that if we’re trying to submit a page and we have a question or problem, we can get in touch with you even if you’re not at school. Make sure it’s the address that you check regularly. Make the Subject “Address for Yearbook”, and send it to james.martin@yrdsb.edu.on.ca

Help !! We’re Not Done Yet!!!

Major parts of the book aren’t anywhere near completion yet. If you’re responsible for getting part of this done, or would just like to help out, I’m proposing to meet one or two days a week (maybe Tues. & Wed.) for an hour or so during Feb. This would be sort of like an after school club, optional and informal, except that we do have to get the job done. Or you could volunteer to finally get some club or team pic and name list, or to help organize a mini Group Photo Day (which would last about one period).

THANK YOU for this reflection, and for your contribution to a “memorable” yearbook! You’ve been a good class, and I hope you’ve learned a lot and will be justifiably proud when you see everyone poring over the books in June.

Mr. M.