Total Width:
______ Inches
Paper Used:
[ ] Plain paper
Days 9 & 10
Plan your logo sizes and add safety printing clearance distances to prevent sleeve seam crossovers:
| Print Graphic Name | Logo Size (Inches) | Required Clearance Zone | Scaled Size (Inches) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ex: Pocket Logo | 4" × 4" | 8" × 8" (2" border) | 2.0" × 2.0" (using 1:2) |
| 1. __________________ | ____ in × ____ in | ____ in × ____ in | ____ in × ____ in |
| 2. __________________ | ____ in × ____ in | ____ in × ____ in | ____ in × ____ in |
| 3. __________________ | ____ in × ____ in | ____ in × ____ in | ____ in × ____ in |
Design Check: Are any logo placements overlapping seams? [ ] Yes [ ] No Is there clearance for standard screens? [ ] Yes [ ] No
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Week 3: Wholesaler Costs & Excel Startup Budget (Days 11-15)
Name: _____________________
Date: ___________ Period: _____
Day 11
Find two custom apparel printing businesses online or a local business and compare their bulk prices:
Printing Business 1:
Name / Bulk Price: ___________________________
Printing Business 2:
Name / Bulk Price: ___________________________
Day 12
1. Sizing Cost per Unit
Unit Price on Clothing $ _______
State Tax (5%) $ _______
Shipping (10%) $ _______
Screen Printing $ _______
Total Cost per Unit $ _______
Excel Formula: Total Cost per Unit = Unit Price + Tax (Price × 0.05) + Shipping (Price × 0.10) + Screen Printing (Price × 0.30).
2. Bulk Ordering Costs Calculator:
Quantity Choices (Select one):
[ ] 50 Shirts [ ] 100 Shirts [ ] 250 Shirts
Calculated Bulk Order Total:
Bulk Cost = Cost per Unit × Quantity = $ ____________________
Days 13 & 14
Our Pre-Drafted Question to Ask:
Write question about school rules/dress code...
Mrs. McCracken's Answer Notes:
Write fire code / storage notes here...
Day 15
What we changed on our mockup design or budget because of our meeting:
Write mockup revisions or catalog changes here because Mrs. McCracken pointed out...
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Week 4: PowerPoint Pitch & Boardroom Presentation Log (Days 16-20)
Name: _____________________
Date: ___________ Period: _____
Days 16 & 17
Draft your PowerPoint outline utilizing the ACES framework (Assert, Cite, Explain, Summarize):
Slide 1: [A]ssert
Write brand goal here...
Slide 2: [C]ite
Write survey preference totals...
Slide 3: [E]xplain
Write garment print clearances...
Slide 4: [S]ummarize
Write wholesale budget sums...
Day 18
My Speaking Role & Slide Page:
I present Slide: _________________
My ACES Script Outline Draft:
My speaking notes...
Day 19
Evaluate another team's presentation as if you were a School Board member:
Group Being Evaluated: _____________________________________________________________
What I loved most about their design: Write feedback...
One question about their budget or scale: Write question...
Day 20
Reflecting on the 4-week project:
What did your group achieve, and what did you find challenging? Write reflections here...
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Teammate Cooperation Ratings & Portfolio Checklist
Name: _____________________
Date: ___________ Period: _____
Write down your teammates' names. Rate them from 1 to 4 on their teamwork, jobs, and support:
| Teammate Name | Did Their Job (1-4) | Supported Others (1-4) | Helpful Teamwork Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ______________________ | ______ / 4 | ______ / 4 | Write feedback comment here... |
| 2. ______________________ | ______ / 4 | ______ / 4 | Write feedback comment here... |
| 3. ______________________ | ______ / 4 | ______ / 4 | Write feedback comment here... |
| 4. ______________________ | ______ / 4 | ______ / 4 | Write feedback comment here... |
| 5. ______________________ | ______ / 4 | ______ / 4 | Write feedback comment here... |
Check off each item to make sure your group brand package is complete and ready for the School Board:
Microsoft Forms Survey
At least 10 student body style votes collected.
Excel preference Graph
Clean, colored bar chart sketch of style choices.
Scaled design Blueprint
Mockup scale (1 inch to 2 inches or scale of your choice) drawn on plain paper.
Excel Wholesale spreadsheet
Lists unit price, 5% sales tax, shipping, and screen printing cost.
5 PowerPoint Slides Link (ACES)
Includes executive goal summary, survey charts, scale blueprints, and budget cost sheets aligned to ACES.
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Steps: Read the board challenge, sign our team agreement, and list out daily tasks.
Exit Ticket: What job did you choose for this project, and how will your job help your team succeed?
Day 2: Making the Survey
I Can: Create a Microsoft Forms survey with fair, easy-to-understand questions about mural styles.
Steps: Compare bad vs. good survey questions, draft 5 questions, and build the form online.
Exit Ticket: Write down one multiple-choice question you put in your survey to learn what artwork classmates want.
Day 3: Survey Testing & Launch
I Can: Test our survey to make sure it makes sense, then send it out to our school.
Steps: Have another team test your form, fix any confusing parts, and share the link/QR code.
Exit Ticket: Name one specific change you made to your survey after another team tested it today.
Day 4: Looking at Survey Charts
I Can: Look at our survey answers in Excel and make a chart of the top choices.
Steps: Download results from Forms to Excel, clean up empty answers, and make a bar graph.
Exit Ticket: What is your top-voted artwork theme, and what percentage of students chose it?
Day 5: Sharing Survey Results
I Can: Write a summary of our survey results and choose three artwork themes using our data.
Steps: Outline survey findings, pick 3 target elements, and write sentences explaining why.
Exit Ticket: Why is it important to use actual survey numbers instead of just guessing what students want?
Topic 2
Day 6: Print Scales & Logo Zones
I Can: Learn how to use scale drawings and find the mural layout clearances we need.
Steps: Study hallway wall widths, practice scaling feet to a scale of 1 inch to 2 feet or of your choice.
Exit Ticket: If a hallway wall is 24 feet wide and the mural has a 2-foot safety clearance on each side, how wide is its print footprint?
Day 7: Measuring Wall Space
I Can: Measure our school hallway wall and draw a rough mockup on plain paper.
Steps: Review measurement accuracy, find printable wall boundaries, and sketch a rough map on plain paper.
Exit Ticket: What are the width, height, and total printable space (in square feet) of your school wall space?
Day 8: Drawing on Plain Paper
I Can: Use our physical measurements to draw a scaled design mockup on plain paper.
Steps: Establish our scale (1 inch = 2 feet) or a scale of your choice on plain paper, outline shapes, and add art details.
Exit Ticket: If our scale is 1 inch = 2 feet, how many inches long is a scaled line representing 20 real hallway feet?
Day 9: Placing Graphics on Mockup
I Can: Draw our chosen graphics and safety print clearances on our scaled map.
Steps: Check graphic dimensions, convert them to scaled inches using 1 inch to 2 feet, and sketch them.
Exit Ticket: Sketch how our central school mascot logo and its surrounding clearance look on plain paper.
Day 10: Finishing the Blueprint
I Can: Finish a clean mockup blueprint of our hallway mural and check that nothing is off-center.
Steps: Double-check safety margins, ink layout limits, and add a layout map key/legend.
Exit Ticket: How did your team make sure that your mural print layouts didn't bleed into water fountains or fire alarms?
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Day-by-day lesson steps, student-friendly "I Can" goals, and daily exit tickets.
DAYS 11 - 20
Topics 3 & 4
Day 11: Sourcing Paint Costs
I Can: Look up different custom paint sites online or local businesses to find the best blank options.
Steps: Browse premium acrylic catalogs, compare coverage rates, and list 3 key supplies (brushes, tape, primer).
Exit Ticket: What are two different things (like cost or coverage) you must compare when choosing paint brands?
Day 12: Making our Excel Budget
I Can: Make a budget spreadsheet in Excel showing paint costs, 5% tax, shipping, and labor setups.
Steps: Add sales tax (5%), shipping (10%), prep and primer labor (30%), and write total formulas.
Exit Ticket: Why is it important to have a "backup fund" in a municipal mural budget for unexpected wall fixes?
Day 13: Preparing Questions
I Can: Draft good questions to ask Mrs. McCracken about hallway safety & primer.
Steps: Review LMS safety rules, paint fumes standards, storage limits, and write 3 questions.
Exit Ticket: Write down one question your team plans to ask about store storage limits or school guidelines.
Day 14: Meeting Mrs. McCracken
I Can: Show our mockup blueprint to Mrs. McCracken and get feedback on wall safety.
Steps: Share mockups with Mrs. McCracken, write down safety/storage codes.
Exit Ticket: What was the most helpful advice Mrs. McCracken gave your team today?
Day 15: Fixing Our Plans
I Can: Fix our mockups and budgets using the advice we got from the principal.
Steps: Re-position graphic locations for safety rules, adjust paint volume and sales cost sheets.
Exit Ticket: What is one specific thing you changed on your mockup or budget after yesterday's review?
Topic 5
Day 16: ACES Storyboarding
I Can: Plan our presentation slides and storyboards using the ACES writing framework.
Steps: Study ACES structure (Assert, Cite, Explain, Summarize), draft our intro hook, and map out slides.
Exit Ticket: Write down your slide 1 "Assertion/Answer" statement about Lovell's hallway mural needs.
Day 17: ACES Chart Integration
I Can: Apply the ACES framework to match charts, blueprints, and budgets to slides.
Steps: Place survey charts (Cite evidence), blueprint mockup (Explain design), and budget sums (Summarize).
Exit Ticket: Which ACES step does your team's survey bar chart represent, and why?
Day 18: ACES Presentation Practice
I Can: Practice my speech segment using the ACES outline for clear transitions.
Steps: Speak slowly, stand tall, make eye contact, and practice transitions using our ACES prompt cues.
Exit Ticket: How does using the ACES framework help make your team speech segments connect smoothly?
Day 19: Presenting Our Ideas
I Can: Present our custom hallway mural to the class and answer questions confidently.
Steps: Deliver the 5-minute presentation, answer board questions, and rate other teams.
Exit Ticket: Write down one thing you loved and one helpful tip for another team's presentation.
Day 20: Turning in Our Packet
I Can: Write about how well we worked together and turn in our final project packet.
Steps: Submit your finished mockup, budget, survey results, and write a teamwork self-evaluation.
Exit Ticket: What are you most proud of in this project, and what was the hardest part to finish?
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Guides and worksheets for the two most important meetings of your project.
STEPS TO SUCCESS
Why this matters: Real brands meet with school operations before painting. We will meet with Mrs. McCracken, our School Principal, to make sure our mural store designs fit school rules and fire safety guidelines.
To convince the School Board, your final slide deck and speech segment planners must be structured around the interdisciplinary ACES writing framework.
A
Assert the main design goal. Explain why Lovell Middle School needs custom hallway artwork to bring positive school spirit.
C
Cite student evidence. Display Microsoft Forms survey statistics in Excel bar graphs showing which art themes students selected.
E
Explain design mockups. Display your plain paper blueprint mockup (1 inch to 2 feet or scale of your choice) showing logo layout limits and print safety clearances.
S
Summarize startup details. Present itemized Excel wholesale budgets including paint cans, 5% sales tax, screen printing cost, and long-term values.
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This guide shows how your group will be graded on apparel surveys, design scaling, budgets, pitches, and teamwork.
RUBRIC
| Job Area | Super (4 pts) | Great (3 pts) | Getting There (2 pts) | Starting Out (1 pt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mural Survey |
| Questions are completely fair. Excel data is neat and has beautiful, labeled charts. | Questions are clear and easy. Excel chart is generated but has 1-2 small label errors. | Questions are biased or push answers. Chart is missing a title or axis labels. | Survey is missing or has fewer than 10 responses, or has no charts or tables. | |
Mockup Scale
| Map scale matches perfectly (1 inch to 2 feet) or a chosen scale. All graphics and printable boundaries fit safely on plain paper mockups with zero overlaps. | Map scale is consistent. Design fits well, but has 1-2 minor spacing errors. | Scale is off or confusing. Wall graphics bleed into door frames or run off plain paper mockup edge. | Mockup is drawn without a scale, does not match our school hallways, or violates dress rules. | |
Startup Cost
| Excel sheet has perfect formulas showing paint cost, tax (5%), shipping (10%), prep labor cost, and contingency. | Excel budget lists paint can wholesale and setups. Prices are close but contain 1-2 small calculation mistakes. | Budget is just a typed checklist; does not use formulas or leaves out prep labor cost and tax. | Excel budget sheet is empty or does not match the items shown on your graphic blueprint mockup. | |
Presentation
| Slides look amazing and apply ACES formatting. Team speaks clearly, explains charts and maps, and answers board questions. | All 5 slides are complete. Team is clear and references some ACES points, but reads directly from the slides. | Presentation is rushed or missing slide sections. Explanations do not use our actual survey or budget data. | Group does not present, slides are empty, or slide text is too small to read (under 24px). | |
Teamwork
| All members do their jobs, complete daily task goals, and support each other every day. | Group members finish their work on time, but sometimes need reminders to help each other out. | Work is split unfairly. Members work completely alone without talking to the rest of the group. | Group had constant arguments, did not work together, or failed to finish daily goals. |
Each of the 5 areas is worth up to 4 points. They are weighted equally (each counts as 20% of your total score).
• Max Possible Score: 20 Total Points (5 Areas × 4 Points)
• Grade Conversion: Points / 20 = Project Grade % (e.g., 18/20 = 90%)
• Team Bonus: Up to +/- 5% based on anonymous teammate feedback ratings.
Review student work at key points to spot calculation errors early. Use Day 14 and Day 20 to check in on individual student growth and teammate support.
Key Milestones: End of Week 1 (Survey Finished), End of Week 2 (Mockup Maps Finished), End of Week 3 (Excel Budgets Checked).
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Total Length:
______ Feet
Total Height:
______ Feet
Paper Used:
[ ] Plain paper
Days 9 & 10
Plan your logo/artwork sizes and add safety printing clearances to prevent door frame crossovers:
| Print Graphic Name | Graphic Size (Feet) | Required Clearance Zone | Scaled Size (Inches) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ex: School Mascot | 6ft × 6ft | 10ft × 10ft (2ft around) | 3.0" × 3.0" (using 1:2 scale) |
| 1. __________________ | ____ ft × ____ ft | ____ ft × ____ ft | ____ in × ____ in |
| 2. __________________ | ____ ft × ____ ft | ____ ft × ____ ft | ____ in × ____ in |
| 3. __________________ | ____ ft × ____ ft | ____ ft × ____ ft | ____ in × ____ in |
Design Check: Are any logo placements overlapping obstructions? [ ] Yes [ ] No Is there clearance for standard screens/alarms? [ ] Yes [ ] No
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Week 3: Sourcing Paint & Excel Mural Budget (Days 11-15)
Name: _____________________
Date: ___________ Period: _____
Day 11
List the paint colors your design requires, and estimate how many pints or gallons you will need:
| Color / Code | Area to Paint (Sq Ft) | Estimated Paint Needed (Pints/Gallons) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. __________________ | ____ sq ft | ____ pints / ____ gallons |
| 2. __________________ | ____ sq ft | ____ pints / ____ gallons |
| 3. __________________ | ____ sq ft | ____ pints / ____ gallons |
Day 12
1. Material Sizing Cost per Unit
Base Price on Paint Cans $ _____
State Tax (5%) $ _____
Shipping if needed $ _____
Primer/Prep Cost $ _____
Total Cost per Unit $ _____
Excel Formula: Total Cost per Unit = Base Price + Tax (Base × 0.05) + Shipping (Base × 0.10) + Primer Prep Cost (Base × 0.30).
2. Bulk Material Ordering Costs Calculator:
Gallons Choices (Select one):
[ ] 5 Gallons [ ] 10 Gallons [ ] 25 Gallons
Calculated Bulk Order Total:
Bulk Cost = Cost per Gallon × Quantity = $ ____________________
Days 13 & 14
Our Pre-Drafted Question to Ask:
Write question about school hallway rules/paint fumes...
Mrs. McCracken's Answer Notes:
Write safety codes & low-VOC advice here...
Day 15
What we changed on our mockup design or budget because of our meeting:
Write mockup revisions or catalog changes here because Mrs. McCracken pointed out...
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Week 4: PowerPoint Pitch & Boardroom Presentation Log (Days 16-20)
Name: _____________________
Date: ___________ Period: _____
Days 16 & 17
Draft your PowerPoint outline utilizing the ACES framework (Assert, Cite, Explain, Summarize):
Slide 1: [A]ssert
Write mural goal here...
Slide 2: [C]ite
Write survey theme choices...
Slide 3: [E]xplain
Write wall layout clearances...
Slide 4: [S]ummarize
Write bulk paint budget sums...
Day 18
My Speaking Role & Slide Page:
I present Slide: _________________
My ACES Script Outline Draft:
My speaking notes...
Day 19
Evaluate another team's presentation as if you were a School Board member:
Group Being Evaluated: _____________________________________________________________
What I loved most about their design: Write feedback...
One question about their budget or scale: Write question...
Day 20
Reflecting on the 4-week project:
What did your group achieve, and what did you find challenging? Write reflections here...
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Teammate Cooperation Ratings & Portfolio Checklist
Name: _____________________
Date: ___________ Period: _____
Write down your teammates' names. Rate them from 1 to 4 on their teamwork, jobs, and support:
| Teammate Name | Did Their Job (1-4) | Supported Others (1-4) | Helpful Teamwork Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ______________________ | ______ / 4 | ______ / 4 | Write feedback comment here... |
| 2. ______________________ | ______ / 4 | ______ / 4 | Write feedback comment here... |
| 3. ______________________ | ______ / 4 | ______ / 4 | Write feedback comment here... |
| 4. ______________________ | ______ / 4 | ______ / 4 | Write feedback comment here... |
| 5. ______________________ | ______ / 4 | ______ / 4 | Write feedback comment here... |
Check off each item to make sure your group brand package is complete and ready for the School Board:
Microsoft Forms Survey
At least 10 student body style votes collected.
Excel preference Graph
Clean, colored bar chart sketch of style choices.
Scaled design Blueprint
Mockup scale (1 inch to 1 feet or scale of your choice) drawn on plain paper.
Excel Wholesale spreadsheet
Lists total cost per unit, 5% sales tax, shipping, and screen printing cost.
5 PowerPoint Slides Link (ACES)
Includes executive goal summary, survey charts, scale blueprints, and budget cost sheets aligned to ACES.
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