Group Critique

1. Setting the scene/contextStudents were given some background

(context) material that they had to use to identify some key information about the task

that they would have to complete.

2. Lesson objectivesLesson objectives were set so students knew what they were expected to do.

3. Taught elementThe students were given key information that they

would be able to use later to critique work and to decide what would make their work successful.

4. Group critiqueThe students were asked to use the information they had just been taught to critique this logo. This was for a completely different audience and purpose than the logo they had to create.

The type of comments that the class made include: “The red background is too dominating”, “The red background and the black border contrast well but are too overpowering for the text”, “the fonts used are a bit boring – try to use something more interesting”, “The pictures don’t work with the message”, “the picture with the white background looks very unprofessional”, “the audience for a games shop would be children – this doesn’t really work well for them, it isn’t exciting enough” …..

5. Success criteriaOnce the students understood what worked/didn’t work and how this related to the purpose and

audience, they could then decide what would make their task a success.

6. Putting what they have learnt into practise!

The students then went on to create their own logos for the audience and purpose specified.

The follow up!

Once the students had made some progress with their logos they were asked to give each other some feedback. They swapped places with someone else and were asked to write their feedback on a post-it note on the other persons desk. Here are some examples:

Here is some of their finished work: