Magazines

AGENDA:

Continue work on magazines this week.

Make sure you are following the rubric to design your magazine.

Magazine Project

Writing for magazines

Agenda:

Marking Period 5 Magazine Project

Go to website for Media Literacy:

http://www.frankwbaker.com/magazines.htm

How to Start a Magazine:
http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4854187_starting-a-magazine.html 

PROCEDURES FOR CREATING A MAGAZINE

• Must have front and back cover. Cover page must have title of magazine, author, and names of featured articles.
• Cover and back pages must be illustrated.
• Must have table of contents page with article and page number.
• Must include at least four (4) articles. Each article must include topic and authors byline and should be a minimum of 4 paragraphs long.
• Articles can be informative (tell about something), narrative (tell a story) persuasive (present an idea or argument about something you feel strongly about and may include evidence to support your argument), or descriptive (describing something).
• Magazine can include poetry, interviews, short story, music or movie reviews, advice columns, puzzles, riddles, jokes (no inappropriate jokes such as “your momma” jokes or dirty jokes), recipes, fashion, etc.
• Magazines must also include advertisement. These advertisements must be original. (In other words, you must create the ads yourself). You may write only two full-page ads. Your ads may be included on a feature page.
• Magazine must be a minimum of 10 pages and no more than 15 pages in length, including advertisements, and front and back pages.
• Each page must be numbered. 

FEATURE ARTICLES
A feature article is a creative article that deals with real events, issues, and trends.
However, unlike straight news articles, it places emphasis on the people involved rather
than on the facts of the news.
There are seven types of feature articles described on these pages.
NOTE: Most feature
articles have elements of more than one kind.

THE HUMAN-INTEREST FEATURE
· This is the most common type of feature article.
· This type typically reports on someone’s success in spite of great odds.
· It may recall a tragic predicament.
· It may share a continuing struggle supported only by hope and faith.

THE PERSONALITY FEATURE
· The subject of the article may be famous or not so famous but has done something of interest
to others.
· This type usually shows how a person gained recognition.
· The personality feature is very much like a character sketch.

“THE BEST” ARTICLES
· The Courier-Journal has a column that publishes reviews of the “best” products of all kinds.
· This type of article usually includes the writer’s personal experiences with the product.
· It includes proof and examples that the product is the best of its kind.
· The article includes information about where to get the product and how much it costs.
· The article usually has a catchy title.

THE NEWS FEATURE
· This type of article brings a human-interest focus to breaking news.
· It adds personal involvement to what may otherwise be a distant, seemingly unimportant
event.

THE HOW-TO FEATURE
· This article explains how to do something – usually a complex process that most people
would not know how to do.
· The best how-to articles begin by telling the reader why it is important or beneficial for him
or her to know how to do this.
· The article explains the steps of the process in enough detail so that another person can do
this process.
· This article also includes a list of all of the materials needed to do this process.

THE PAST EVENTS FEATURE
· This article focuses on an historical event or historical celebration.
· The article typically includes research but is not like an encyclopedia report. The article
serves as a human interest history lesson.
· This type of writing is usually puts a “human face” on history. In other words, it lets the
reader know something about the people who were part of history.

THE INFORMATIONAL FEATURE
· This type of article shows insightful coverage of a topic.
· It gives detailed information focused on one aspect of a given topic.
· The article often refers to sources of research but is not like an encyclopedia report. Instead,
the writer makes a personal connection to the subject and includes his/her voice.


Various Ways to Include
Details in an Article:
Anecdotes Examples/Non-examples
Vignettes Tables/Graphs/Charts
Descriptions Facts
Comparison Contrast
Snapshots Pictures/Drawings
Reasons Quotations
Flashback Foreshadowing
Information adapted from Webster’s New World High School Writer’s Notebook

Types of Text Features:
Headings
Fonts
Subheadings
Bullets
Offsets
Text Boxes
Color Ink
Italics
Bold Font
Underlining
All Capital Letters 

NEWSPAPER PAGE DESIGN AND LAYOUT

AGENDA:

Work on designing your pages and laying out the newspaper.
Complete any missing work.