Scheduled for:

Monday, March 8th @ 11:35 – 12:25
and repeat this lesson for the other MS class on:
Tuesday, March 9th @ 11:15 – 12:00

Introduction

Students will use Paint.NET to create a persuasive advertisement for a billboard. Students will reference the following list and choose a persuasive technique(s) to use for their advertisements. The advertisement will be for a product or service that the student creates. Students may not use existing branded products. Students can search the internet and use images to modify and incorporate into their advertisements.

*Students are required to open this blog post on their computers to reference for this assignment.

Students will save this template

(right-click on the picture and choose “Save As”)

Example of finished product

Project Checklist

• Original product OR service
• Name of the product
• Slogan
• Use of at least 1 specific persuasive technique
• Supporting images/graphics
• Design principle questions to ask yourself:
  • Are my graphics and text balanced?
  • Do my colors work well with each other?
  • Is there sufficient contrast (i.e. text is readable)
  • Could someone quickly identify the product and purpose if they were driving by your billboard in a car?