CLASS NOTEBOOK:

Today, we discussed poster making and a few of the students helped to identify the guidelines
and tips to keep in mind when drafting a poster. Since it’s a new task for you, I’m sharing some
material to study POSTER MAKING. We will discuss this document on Monday in detail.

POSTER MAKING
MARKS - 4 marks in the regular C.B.S.E. Board Paper for XII

MARKING SCHEME - Format – 1 mark (slogan, topic, relevant depiction, organizer

of the event / issued by for cause posters)

Content – 2 marks (information in brief phrases ONLY –

no complete sentences please)

Expression – 1 mark (accuracy, relevance, coherence, structure)

TYPES - event [advertises an upcoming event – should include key details

such as day, date, time, venue, fee (if applicable) etc.]

cause [spreads awareness on a topic – such as precautions against a

disease, importance of an idea, protesting against malpractice etc.)

TIPS AND TRICKS:

Tip 1: THE LOOK 60% blank space

(posters need blank space to make the words and images pop out)

Start on a new page and try not to break the box across pages.

Tip 2: BOX Enclose the poster in a box but do not draw the bottom line.
Complete the poster’s content; then draw the bottom line.

Tip 3: SLOGAN Try a catchy slogan to announce an event or indicate the cause
Some common ones that work across topics are –

For events: Come One, Come All! (works for all events)
Fun and Frolic with Friends (works for all events – Friends can
be replaced by ‘Family’ as required)
Wait Not, Watch Not, Worry Not! (works for all fun events)

For causes: Save ________, Save Life!
One Step Leads Many
Change Starts With You
(works with several themes –
you may replace the blank with
water, electricity, wildlife, trees etc.)
(works for all causes where you want
people to take the initiative)
(works for all causes)
Tip 4: TOPIC The topic of a poster is very different from the slogan.
MENTION THE TOPIC CLEARLY. Use a larger and/or darker
font to make the topic stand out.

Tip 5: IMAGE K.I.S.S. – keep it sweet and simple! Whichever the cause or event,
you can find a simple symbol to represent it.
For e.g.
(for saving water, blood donation)

(for immediate action, time management, exam stress)

(stick figure human beings – they can say so much)

(for any precautions poster, dos and don’ts poster etc.)

(male and female symbols for gender-based issues)

(for saving forests, wildlife etc.)

DRUGS (anti bullying, anti smoking, anti-drugs etc.)

(for education related issues, encourage reading)

(for pollution and turn it to a smile for rain harvesting

or other nature posters)

(works for education, helping each other, saving electricity,

charity events etc.)
Tip 6: COLOURS The image may be drawn with a pen or pencil. If you have
time after the paper has been completed or revised, you
may use only pencil colours (most other types of colours
blot on the reverse side or the next page)