6.1 | Quick Reads

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.

.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.

SAMPLE SPREAD WITH QUICK READ

Glenbrook South High School [IL]

QUICK READS CAN INCLUDE

• Fact• Fact box• List• Top 10• Summary points• Informational map• Diagram• Definition• 5Ws & H• Mini-profile• Matching• Quiz

QUICK READS CAN INCLUDE

• Figures• By the numbers• Schedule• Calendar• Timeline• Charts• Graphs• Percentages• Table• Index• Listing• Stats• Scoreboard

QUICK READS CAN INCLUDE

• Feelings• Quotes• Question & answer• Personal narrative• He said/she said

QUICK READS CAN INCLUDE

FACTS:Fact Box

FEELINGS:Quotes with

photos

FIGURES:Timeline

FIGURES:Stats

FEELINGS:Quotes

FACTS:Fact Box

FEELINGS:Question and AnswerFACTS:

Summary Points

FEELINGS:Quotes with

photos

FACTS/FEELINGS:Fact Box/Quotes

INFORMATIONAL STRIPS ALONG BOTTOM OF EACH PAGEGlenbrook South High School [IL]

PAGE MODULESGlenbrook South High School [IL]

QUICK READS CAN INCLUDE

FEELINGS:Personal Narratives

FACTS:Information

Map

FEELINGS:Quotes

FIGURES:Calendar

FEELINGS:Quotes

FIGURES:Scoreboa

rdFEELINGS:Quotes

PAGE MODULESKirkwood High School [MO]

NAME THE CATEGORY(left to right, top to bottom)

FIGURES:Stats

FIGURES:Stats

FACTS:Fact Box

FIGURES:Stats

PAGE MODULESKirkwood High School [MO]

NAME THE CATEGORY(left to right, top to bottom)

FACTS:Information

Map

FACTS:Fact Box

FIGURES:Stats

FACTS:List

PAGE MODULESEisenhower High School [MI]

NAME THE VISUAL SIMILARITIES

HOW COULD YOU ADAPT THESE IDEAS?

PAGE MODULESChaparrel High School [AZ]

Coronado HS

PAGE MODULESCoronado High School [NV]

HOW COULD YOU ADAPT THESE IDEAS?

HOW COULD YOU ADAPT THESE IDEAS?

PAGE MODULESShawnee Mission West High School [KS]

PAGE MODULESDos Pueblos High School [CA]

HOW COULD YOU ADAPT THESE IDEAS?

STEP 2 – PRACTICE• Brainstorm Quick Reads using Start Right

Activity 7.6 – Show & Tell

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.