Lesson Title: ZINES

Period: Intermediate Art

Day: Finals
Lesson Objective: Students will creatively make an informational or informative miniature
magazine that successfully uses both text and imagery to create an interesting composition on
each page.
Connected learning activities (department and school wide):
Students will use text and written language to communicate their ideas.
Learning Tasks:
Student will come up with a topic to research
Students will research their selected topic with a minimum of 3 facts or 3 instructional steps
Students will create a zine out of one single piece of printer paper
Students will make each page of their zine, filling the whole space and including facts from their
research.
Assessments:
ZINE grading rubric

3 2 1

PAGES/COMPOSITI The student told their The student made The student made
ON zine story in no fewer their zine with less their zine with 1 or no
than 3 facts or steps. that 3 facts or facts/ instructions.
The composition was steps.The zine was There was not a
made in a way that engaging. The variety of text and
engaged the viewer composition could imagery and the zine
but was still easy to have been improved was hard for the
read. The artwork to make the reader to follow.
and text were laid out information easier to
in a way to make follow. There was
each piece visually some variety between
interesting. There the pages.
was variety between
the pages.

CREATIVITY The student’s zine The student’s zine The student’s zine
was clear and was mostly clear and was not creative
creative. The zine creative. The zine and/or unimaginative.
easily captivates the draws the viewer in, The zine did not
viewer, and the but more clarity reflect deep thought.
image and the text between the image The zine was not fully
work together to help and text would help developed. Barely
tell the story. Each the viewer any facts or
page or page spread understand the zine instructions.
contains a fact or more. Almost all
interesting pages or page
information. spreads contain a
fact or interesting
information.
 CRAFTSMANSHIP/ The student took The student took The student didn’t
EFFORT much time and effort some time and effort take much time or put
in creating their zines. in creating their zines. much effort into
The work was done The work was done creating their zine.
neatly, and details neatly, and details
are present in every are present in every
page. page.

Misc supplies: Chromebook, access to internet, paper, pencil, sketch.io, mixed media supplies if
available.

Standards:
I 1.1a Know and create a variety of lines.
(I)1.1b 0 Know and create a variety of shapes (e.g. geometric and organic).
(I)1.1g 0 Know and apply space (e.g. positive, negative, foreground, middle ground, background).
(I)1.2b 0 Know and apply balance (e.g. symmetrical, asymmetrical, radial).
(I)1.2f 0 Know and apply emphasis.
(I)1.2g 0 Know and apply unity.
(I)1.3 0 Understand and apply a variety of media, techniques and processes.
(I)1.3c 0 Understand and apply a variety of techniques and processes in mixed media.
(I)1.5 0 Create artwork independently and collaboratively, displaying positive studio behavior including
responsibility, organization, self-motivation, and appropriate interaction.
(I)1.8 0 Differentiate how artworks using various media, techniques, and processes to communicate ideas.
(I)3.2 0 Investigate how subject matter, symbols, and ideas produce meanings in works of art.
(I)4.2 0 Apply the visual characteristics of selected works of art in relationship to a variety of historical and
cultural contexts
(I)4.4 0 Create works of art that demonstrate the influence of specific artists, cultures, places, and time periods.