Finding Your Theme

THEME EVALUATION

5 = outstanding 4 = very good 3 = acceptable 2 = not acceptable 1 = not completed

Editors/staff involved:

Cover/endsheets due:

Staff Review Editors Review EIC Review Adviser Review

Overall Theme

Our verbal theme will be understood by students

Our verbal theme speaks specifically to this year

Our theme colors are in style this year

Our theme graphics (visual theme) speak specifically to this year

Our theme works in every area of the book

Our theme is used in some way on the cover, endsheets, title page, division pages and even some coverage spreads

The theme is fun or meaningful for our readers

Our staff will enjoy working with this theme

Cover Our verbal and visual theme elements effectively carry out the theme The theme concept is easily understood at first glance

Cover materials are appropriate for the theme

The theme is developed innovatively and not in a cliché, predictable manner

Our theme appears on the spine

The spine contains the book name, school name, city, state, year and volume number Endsheets Endsheet materials further the theme development

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