Intermediate
60 mins
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Audience-driven Layout Evaluation

Learn to evaluate if a document layout suits its intended audience and purpose. Practise giving structured feedback on audience fit and record one specific layout change to improve your own document.

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    1 - Introduction ~5 mins

    Today you will

    • check if a page works for the person it was made for
    • give a partner feedback about their page
    • make one layout change to your own page

    Open one finished document from {{code:Project_Portfolio/09_specialism/sm1}}. If you have none, you can use the GAA blitz price list later in the lesson.

    Warm-up

    Think of a form or poster that made you give up. What got in your way?

    2 - Key Concepts ~7 mins

    Your audience is the real person who will use your document, like a Work Experience supervisor.

    The use is what they will do with it, such as tick, compare or decide.

    Audience fit means the layout helps that person do that job quickly.

    Peer feedback is a short comment that names the reader and something on the page, not just "I like it".

    Example of good feedback

    "Your Intreo advisor needs the appointment time in the first heading. Right now it is in paragraph three."

    3 - Audience Fit: Where Do You Stand? ~12 mins

    There is an opinion line on the classroom screen, going from agree to disagree. For each statement, a few volunteers move a marker to where they think it belongs. There is no wrong answer.

    Be ready to say why. Use a real document from your coursework, your Work Experience or your Something Real project.

    Interactive activity

    4 - Common Issues ~3 mins

    Common issues

    • I can't name an audience. Pick one real person, like a supervisor, a customer or a club officer.
    • My partner only says "it looks grand". Ask them where the key fact is on the page.
    • I want to redo the whole thing. Make just one change today and save it.

    5 - Guided Practice: One Checklist Row Together ~3 mins

    Look at this price list together

    Read the price list below with the class. Your teacher will show it on the screen too.

    BLITZ SNACKS: Saturday Under-12 Blitz

    Welcome parents and guardians! We are so glad you are here supporting the underage blitz today. Our stall is run by local students as a small enterprise project. Please take a moment to read about our story, our ingredients, and how every euro of profit goes straight back into club kit and pitch maintenance. We source rolls from a local bakery, use Fairtrade tea and coffee where we can, and we always try to keep queues moving so you can get back to the sideline. If you have allergies, please ask at the stall before you order. Cash and contactless are both welcome. Thank you for supporting young people in our community. Your custom really matters to us and to the club committee.

    We also want to thank the coaches and volunteers who make blitz day possible. Without you there would be no sideline and no reason for a snack stall at all. Please share this sheet with other parents if the queue is long so everyone can see what is on offer.

    Item list (prices also noted in the footnote for special deals):

    • Tea
    • Coffee
    • Bottled water
    • Sausage roll
    • Chocolate bar
    • Apple

    *Combo deal for the budget-conscious: tea + sausage roll €3.50 (cheapest hot combo on the stall). Single prices: tea €2.00, coffee €2.50, water €1.50, sausage roll €2.50, chocolate €1.50, apple €1.00.

    The readers are parents at the blitz. As a class, answer this question: Can they find the most important information quickly?

    Point to something on the page, like a heading, the long intro or the tiny footnote. Don't just say yes or no.

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