U6_2 Assessment
Completion requirements
Branding Canada
For this activity, you are going to create your own logo to represent Canada.
You can use a website to create your logo, or you can draw your logo on paper.
When creating a logo, keep these points in mind:
Refer to pages 36 to 39 in Literacy in Action 5B.
Here are some examples of logos for you to look at to get some ideas. Notice that these logos are very simple, yet they catch the eye and are memorable.
Before you save your logo to your Documents folder, go through the Canada Logo Checklist to make sure you haven't forgotten any parts of the activity.
Unit 6
What Does It Mean to Be Canadian?
Activity
Branding Canada
For this activity, you are going to create your own logo to represent Canada.
You can use a website to create your logo, or you can draw your logo on paper.
When creating a logo, keep these points in mind:
Refer to pages 36 to 39 in Literacy in Action 5B.
- Your logo should include an animal, plant, or item to represent Canada.
- It should catch the viewer's eye and be something they will remember.
- It should be unique.
- It should be simple, but have a meaning related to Canada.
- It should have a clear message.
- Cheerful and exciting colours are red, orange, and yellow.
- Serious colours are grey and black.
- Calm colours are blue and green.
- Triangles are strong shapes.
- Circles represent unity.
- A diagonal line shows action.
- A horizontal line suggests peace.
- A vertical line suggests strength and power.
Click on each coloured tab for information about the activity.
Websites
Here are some examples of logos for you to look at to get some ideas. Notice that these logos are very simple, yet they catch the eye and are memorable.
Checklist
Before you save your logo to your Documents folder, go through the Canada Logo Checklist to make sure you haven't forgotten any parts of the activity.
Click on each coloured row for information about the activity.
Look back at all the stories you have read so far in this unit, We Are Canadian! You may want to look at your Canadian Symbols and Canadian People organizers from Unit 6: We Are Canadian, Unit Opener to
get some ideas.
Use this Assignment 6-2 logo file to brainstorm your logo ideas. Be sure to include any people, places, symbols, animals, etc., that you think are important to Canada.
Document: Assignment 6-2 Logo
Click here to download
For a printer-friendly version of the file, click here.
Use this Assignment 6-2 logo file to brainstorm your logo ideas. Be sure to include any people, places, symbols, animals, etc., that you think are important to Canada.
Document: Assignment 6-2 Logo
Click here to download
For a printer-friendly version of the file, click here.
Download
- Download the document Assignment 6-2 Logo.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
- Click the "Open with" button.
- Select "Adobe Reader".
- Click "OK".
- You will then be able to view the document Assignment 6-2 Logo.
More helpful hints for creating your logo:
After you create your logo, write a paragraph about what your means, why you used the colours, shapes, and lines you did, and how it represents Canada.
- Sketch the logo before you start to create it.
- Choose one main theme for your logo. Don't try to cram too many things into your logo or it will look too cluttered.
- Don't use too many colours in your logo or it will be too hard on the eyes.
- Use pictures or images that people will recognize.
- Make sure the images are relevant (make sense) to Canada.
- Be creative, and have fun!
After you create your logo, write a paragraph about what your means, why you used the colours, shapes, and lines you did, and how it represents Canada.
If you would like to draw your own logo, complete the logo on the Assignment 6-2 Logo worksheet you downloaded above.
If you would like to use an online drawing program to create your logo, go to the ABCya website. Follow the How to Draw in ABCya.com instructions to create your logo.
Websites
If you would like to use an online drawing program to create your logo, go to the ABCya website. Follow the How to Draw in ABCya.com instructions to create your logo.
Download PDF
- Download the document How to Draw in ABCya.com.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
- Click the "Open with" button.
- Select "Adobe Reader".
- Click "OK".
- You will then be able to view the document How to Draw in ABCya.com.
- Print the document.
Save
How to save files for submission:
- Scan the documents to your computer.
- Select your Documents folder as the location to Save In.
- Name the documents. You will always name your documents in a similar way.
- Use the first letter of your first name, followed by your last name, then an underscore (_), then the name of the file.
- For the file name Assignment 6-2 Logo. For example, if my name is John Smith, I would name my file jsmithla5_6-2-logo.
- Click Save. Your worksheets are in your Documents folder.
Submit your file to the teacher:
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Submit your completed Assignment 6-2 Logo and your Completed Logo (if you completed it in an online program) to your teacher.
- Click on the Add Submission button to upload your documents.