Cover page

Cover Page for State Notebooks All students Due May 8, 2014

1.  Your title page should be a standard size page of 8 ½ “ by 11”.

2.  The following information MUST be the main part of your page:  City Name, Washington, Your Name, 2014. Typewritten is preferred.  If handwritten, please be extremely neat, center your text and make certain everything is spelled correctly. Use Sharpie and erase ghost pencil lines if you handletter.   Make the text as large as you can, center it, and use any font you like. ( *must be readable).

3.  Now for fun:  You can use scrapbook paper, embellishments, small photos, ticket stubs, small logos, paper cutouts, ribbon, or similar items to create a well-organized and fun cover for your notebook.  You can create it on a printer by using a cut and paste approach.  

4. “DO” suggestions:  Lay out your ideas and plans before gluing or taping them down.  Ask someone else (an adult or older sibling) to look at your project and give ideas for any improvement.   Use color in some way to frame your cover and objects, pictures and text.  Include different textures.  Think about your city and incorporate ideas that represent what you’ve learned.

5. “DON’Ts” list:  No marker except Sharpie.  No crayon.  Colored pencil should be heavy and dark, neat with ultra fine point black Sharpie outlines. Don’t get TOO much stuff on the cover. The main point is the text, just like the cover of a book.  Get your idea across with interest, but don’t clutter it up. Don’t make one picture your cover.  It should represent your city, so use several pictures or go another direction.

6.  You’re done!  Carefully slide your finished, completely dry, completely checked cover into the front panel of your notebook.