Magazine Projects--Instructions

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 two (2) 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 ad's 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, School year page, and front and back pages.
• Each page must be numbered

Scoring Rubric for MAGAZINE

Must have front and back cover
_____/20 points

Cover has title of magazine, author, and names of featured articles
_____/30 points

Cover and back pages must be illustrated
_____/40 points

Table of contents page with article and page number
_____/30 points

Each article with topic and authors byline
_____/20 points

Each article at least two (2) paragraphs long
_____/20 points

Has two original advertisements
_____/40 (20 points each)


TOTAL = ______/200 points
Grade = _______