10th Grade — Typography Poster Remix

⏰ Do Now — Start Here

Look at your recipe poster or business card. If you could change ONE typography choice, what would it be?

🎯 Today's Big Question

How can we apply stronger typography and layout principles to improve an earlier project?

📈 By the End of Today, You Will Be Able To

Identify at least 2 typography or layout weaknesses in an earlier project.
Redesign that project applying at least 2 new typography techniques.
Compare the before/after and explain what improved.

🧰 What You'll Need

Computer with Photoshop
A finished earlier project (recipe poster or business card)

📋 Your Plan for Today

Day 1: Diagnosing & Starting the Remix

Do Now (5 min, above).
Mini-lesson (10 min): review typography and layout principles from Grade 9. Independent remix, part 1 (25 min): choose an earlier project and begin redesigning its typography/layout.
Save progress (5 min).

Day 2: Finishing & Comparing

Do Now (5 min). Independent remix, part 2 (30 min): finish the redesign, applying at least 2 new typography techniques.
Peer compare (10 min): share a before/after comparison with a partner.

🖥️ Today's Slide Deck

Short, on-the-board pacing slides — project these to follow along. (The full details are in the handout above, not here.)

Day 1

⬇️ Open / download this slide PDF

Day 2

⬇️ Open / download this slide PDF

📚 Key Words

Remix (in design): Reworking an existing design with new techniques or ideas rather than starting over from scratch.

✅ What Your Finished Work Should Include

Before/after comparison scored with a rubric: at least 2 specific typography improvements, clearly explained.

Exit Ticket: Name one typography technique you used in your remix that you hadn't used before.

📊 Before You Leave

Quick, anonymous class check-in -- takes less than a minute.

Class Check-In

📤 How You Submit This — For Credit

How you submit today's work depends on what kind of work it was. Physical/paper work (most of this semester so far): photograph it with a classroom camera, upload the photo from its SD card onto a computer, and save it into your portfolio -- that upload is your submission, and the physical piece itself is yours to keep, the same as in Grade 9 (your notebook is the one thing with a home base in the room, and even that's your call to bring home when you want it). Digital work (once you're producing files in Photoshop, second semester on): no camera needed -- instead, EXPORT the file. Export your finished project as a JPG, as a PNG, AND save a copy as a PSD (all three), then upload all three into your portfolio. Either way: the portfolio upload, with a description, is what actually counts as turning the assignment in for credit.

📁 Portfolio Update — Once a Week

Once a week, add your best finished or in-progress piece to your portfolio (the Google Drive folder you started in Grade 9, becoming your Google Sites portfolio in Lesson 10) with a 1-2 sentence caption: what it is, what tool/skill it used, and one thing you learned. Keep it current -- don't save it all for the portfolio-website lesson.

✍️ Example description for your Google Sites portfolio (fill in YOUR blanks -- don't just copy this):

For this piece, I made ______________ (name what you made) for “Typography Poster Remix.” This project asked: “How can we apply stronger typography and layout principles to improve an earlier project?” I used Remix (in design) by ______________ (explain how you used it in THIS piece). The hardest part was ______________, and I solved it by ______________. I'm proud of ______________ because ______________.

🎓 ACP Exam Prep

This lesson connects to the Photoshop Adobe Certified Professional exam: Domain 4: Creating and Modifying Visual Elements

🔗 Want to Learn More?

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🚀 The Extra Mile

Cross-Class Connection: The same close-reading-for-tone skill English class teaches — typography is tone, made visual.

Career Connection: Typography-driven posters are the bread-and-butter of Advertising & Marketing campaign work.

Go further -- turn this into a portfolio piece:

Remix a poster for a real upcoming school event, treating type as the entire visual — no photos or illustration. Start here: confirm the actual event details (date, time, location) first, then open the Character panel and test at least three completely different typefaces for the headline before committing.
Design a quote poster using a favorite line from a book or song, choosing every typographic decision on purpose. Start here: write out the quote's exact wording and punctuation and check it against the source, since a misquoted line undermines the whole piece.