Fourth graders at Pittsburg Elementary School participated in The Pittsburg Gazette’s “Design an Ad” venture. Teachers helping Gazette Publisher Debbie Knox with the program were: Mary Ruth Townsend, Takeia Lee and Jennifer Poe.
First, children chose a local business from the list. Examples of magazine ads were used to give the children ideas. After their assignment was in place, they wrote a headline to capture the reader’s attention and then designed the ad using crayolas and coloring markers.
Mrs. Knox said it’s been awhile since we’ve worked on this project.
“This is such a fun activity,” Mrs. Knox said. “It’s been more years than I would like to remember since I went to the school to help with this project; although, we have had ad managers who went to teach the children. Luckily, I had some exceptionally good teachers and students this year to help me see the project to an end. ”
