Picture book
Lesson 5
Share and evaluate
Introduction
In this lesson you will finalise your double page spread and get feedback from your audience, in order to evaluate your design.
This is an important part of the design process, and helps to refine a product by analysing how it performs with a target audience.
Watch the video for an introduction to the lesson.
Understanding the tasks
Rating the tasks
This lesson contains a few activities. Each activity will have one or more tasks. These tasks have been given a rating.
Some of the tasks in this lesson are must do. These are important to help you understand the introductory ideas or skills.
Have a go at the should do tasks and reach out to your friends or teacher if you need some advice. These will usually take a bit longer to complete than must do tasks.
Could do tasks will probably take you some extra time and might need you to get creative or problem solve. We strongly encourage you to try these.
Activity 1 - Feedback
Task 2 - Feedback from the target audience
Share your double page spread with your target audience.
Show them the book 'How many mice make an elephant?', and then show them your double page spread.
Explain your use of the visual and graphic design features that you have learned about this week, as well as your use of language.
Use the Feedback from my audience Google Slides template to document their feedback.
Click on the image to open a new tab and view the Google Slides.
Click on the Use Template button to create a copy for you to edit.
Task 3 - Refining your final design
Spend time refining your final design based on your self-reflection and feedback you received.
Make deliberate choices to follow or ignore feedback and think about WHY you are making the changes you do make.
Allow 30 minutes for this task.
Activity 2 - Sharing your final product
Task 1 - Reading your picture book pages
Watch the two examples of picture books being read aloud.
The target audience for Possum Magic by Mem Fox is three to ten year old children.
The target audience for The Red Tree by Shaun Tan is 11 years and above.
Practice reading your picture book double page spread out loud to someone. You could choose:
a child you know well
a family member you don’t live with via video chat
your pet (pets are the least judgmental audience!)
Possum Magic read by Benita Collings
Duration: 6:55
The Red Tree Written & Illustrated by Shaun Tan
Duration: 2:31
Task 2 - The pitch
Write a letter to the publisher of 'How many mice make an elephant?', persuading them to include your double page spread in the next print release of the book or in the new book aimed at a teenage audience. It needs to be succinct (brief), while conveying important information.
Use the interactive to complete this task.
Click on the question mark symbols inside the interactive to see specific instructions for each section.
When you have finished writing your paragraph, use the blue Copy button to extract the text and paste it into a Word or Google Doc, ready to share with your teacher.
Task 3 - Advertise your double page spread
After viewing different advertisements in Lesson 2, design an advertisement for your double page spread.
Keep in mind the target audience.
Remember to use all the visual design elements and graphic design techniques you have learned.
You can complete this task on paper or in one of the digital tools explored in Lessons 2 and 4.
Activity 3 - Process review
The journey is more important than the destination. Spend some time reflecting on the process of developing your own double page picture book spread.
Use the Picture book self-review Google Slides to guide your thinking.
Click on the image to open a new tab and view the Google Slides.
Click on the Use Template button to create a copy for you to edit.
Handing in your work
Don't forget to hand in the work you completed today!
Your teacher will have told you to do one of the following:
Upload any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your Learning Management system (MS Teams, Google Classroom for example).
Email any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your teacher.
Make sure you keep any handwritten work you did in your exercise book or folder as your teacher may need to see these when you are back in class.
Banner image from How many mice make an elephant? (c) Pan Macmillan. Used with permission.