Aim: What are some of the types of articles you will write for your fanzine?

Aim: What are some of the types of articles you will write for your fanzine?

Do Now: Spend five minutes thinking of 5 to 10 possible names for your fanzine project.
Be creative!

Be original!

Be inspiring! This fanzine is about you!

This will be collected!

(5 min.)
Materials:
• Macs,class blog
• Paper, pens
1.) Procedures:

Elicit Do Now responses- I’m going to call on four people randomly.
AR: answers will vary (5 min.)

2.) Mini-Lesson: Some possible types of articles for you would be…

CLICK ON THE LINKS:

A rant and rave about things that annoy you in your daily life…

http://blog.taradublinonline.com/

Movie reviews…

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/


Fake interviews with real celebrities…

http://www.barrymelroserocks.com/2009-articles/september/fake-interviews-with-real-people-kyle-wellwood.html

Please click on each link and check out some of the articles for some possible inspiration for yours.

(5 min.)
3.) Independent Practice/Group Work:

Now I want you to get down to work on your first pages.

I want you to brainstorm about your first articles.

Then begin to make some progress.

I expect one half page from each group or individual e-mailed to me by the end of today or you will get a lower grade for your final grade. Send your progress to me at richardsoliver@msn.com, before the bell rings.
4.) Summary: Send me your progress to my e-mail box or you will lose points on your final grade!
5.) What have we learned today?