Aim: How can we present our magazines to the rest of the class?

Aim: How can we present our magazines to the rest of the class?

Do Now: Take five minutes to look over your Group’s final project, make sure there isn’t anything that you need to add. (5 min.)
Have every single group member look it over.

Materials:
• Macs, class blog
• Classes magazines
• Grading sheets
• Paper, pens
Procedures:

1.) Whole Class: Alright without further adieu, I’d like each group to have a five minute block of time to present their work to the rest of the class.
While they are presenting, I want each student to be prepared to give them a grade for their final magazine.

2.) Small Group Presentations:

Each of the groups will present their finalized and proof read magazines to the rest of the class.

Every student will get a chance to actually flip through each magazine and get a feel for the layout and articles.

Each student will then give every other group a grade, from 1 to 100.
(30-35 min.)

3.) Summary: So which group, other than your own really did the best job on their magazine?

Aim: How can we assemble our magazine into an actual product, with a cover, table of contents, four articles and an advertisement?

Aim: How can we assemble our magazine into an actual product, with a cover, table of contents, four articles and an advertisement?

Do Now: What has been the best part about this magazine project? What has been the worse part? What have you learned about your strengths and weaknesses as a writer or editor? Please write a paragraph where you REFLECT on this process.

Write it on PAPER, it will be collected. (5 min.)

Materials:
• Grading sheet
• All student materials for assembling
• Macs, class blog
• Markers, construction paper,
• Clear-cover 3-prong portfolio or 1 inch clear view binder (one for each group)
• Plastic sheet protectors (3-hole punched type that fits full sheet in sleeve)
• Paper, pens
Procedures:
1.) Elicit Do Now responses- AR: answers will vary (5 min.)

2.) Whole Class: Now let’s go over how I will be grading this project, once every element is assembled…

Teacher will distribute grading sheet to students

Grade Sheet/Magazine Project Name__________________________________ Per.___


Excellent, detailed writing
Persuasive article 35 _________ Good writing More details needed

Open Topic #1 25 _________ Well-edited and easy to read
Open Topic #2 25 _________ Needed more editing/proofreading

Advertisement 20 _________ Attractive page design

Responsibility 10 _________ Missing some requirements

Rough draft package 20 _________ Spelling errors Punctuation errors

Overall neatness/effort 10 _________ Fragments/Run-on sentences

Overall quality(Group Grade) 15 _________ Some articles are too short
________________________
TOTAL: 160 __________ = I enjoyed reading your work
160
Grade lowered due to lateness

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(3-5 min.)

3.) Groups: Okay now get back into your groups and finish the assembly of your magazine.
I’d like it to be the cover, the full page add on the inside front cover, then the table of contents, then the research article, then the other three articles.
Any part that cannot be finished in class today must be the responsibility of someone to finish for tonight.
Groups will reconvene to actually assemble their magazines into an actual product.
(20- 25 min.)

Aim: How can we begin to assemble our magazine project?

Aim: How can we begin to assemble our magazine project?

Do Now: In your opinion, what is the job of your magazine’s cover? List 5 things a cover should do. (3 min.)

2.) Mini-lesson: Covers for a magazine

So let’s look at some real life magazine covers and get a feel for what your Group’s should be like.

Teacher will pass around several examples of magazines.

Notice the covers and the tables of contents are both reliant on photos and text. Notice to the extent that the cover is the main selling point. If your cover isn’t attractive, no one will want to buy it. (3-5 min.)

3.) Now click on the link below for other design tips. Spend two minutes reading the article…
http://magazinepublishing.suite101.com/article.cfm/how-to-design-a-magazine
(2 min.)

Now turn and talk to your partner, what do you have to work on for your cover to be effective?

5.) Groups: Now get back into your groups and continue to revise your four articles, make sure every member has had a chance to read your articles OUT LOUD, so that they make sense.

The person who signed up for the responsibility for making the cover should start working on designs.

All articles and adds need to be finished for tomorrow, if there is anything that needs to be done at home, it must be done tonight.
(15-20 min.)


6.) Home Work: Very important! Tomorrow we will start assembling all the articles into an actual product. All articles must be printed and perfect.
We will go over the grading for the project and begin assembling everything together.

7.) Summary: So what is important about the cover?

Aim: How do we make an advertisement for our magazine project?

Aim: How do we make an advertisement for our magazine project?

Do Now: What are the things that make you want to buy the things in advertisements?

Make a list of five...

(3 min.)

HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO HELP YOU MAKE YOUR ADVERTISEMENT FOR YOUR MAGAZINE
http://www.ehow.com/how_4686046_make-good-advertisement-business.html

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/70-creative-advertisements-that-makes-you-look-twice/

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-Advertisement

HERE ARE YOUR CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS PROJECT, BY THE END OF TODAY:

YOU MUST HAVE ALL FOUR OF YOUR ARTICLES APPROVED AND FINISHED BY ALL GROUP MEMBERS.

ALL ARTICLES MUST BE PROOF READ BY ALL GROUP MEMBERS.

YOU MUST START WORKING ON YOUR GROUP'S ONE PAGE ADVERTISEMENT.

on MONDAY WE WILL START ASSEMBLING THE MAGAZINES, MAKING THE COVERS, TABLE OF CONTENTS, AND FINISHING EVERYTHING UP...

Aim: How can we get the Research articles and Open topic articles to rough draft for the magazine project?

Aim: How can we get the Research articles and Open topic articles to rough draft for the magazine project?

Do Now: The following are examples of open topic types of articles, see if you can guess what type of article is each one.

Be the first student to guess which type of article each one is:

http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/

http://www.metacritic.com/music/

http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/7096305/new_york_ny/century_21_department_store.html

http://queens.about.com/od/allrestaurantreviews/gr/jackson-hole-diner.htm

Okay, now study each of these, how can you make your open topic articles interesting to teens?

Now, spend a few minutes getting back into your GROUPS. EVERYONE should read the PERSUASIVE ARTICLE and SEE WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE MADE BETTER!

GIVE SUGGESTIONS TO THE AUTHOR- What does he or she need to do for his or next draft?

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NOW continue working on your Research articles and the two Open topic articles. You should have ROUGH DRAFTS by the end of today.

Aim: How can we get the persuasive part of the project to rough draft?

Aim: How can we get the persuasive part of the project to rough draft?

Do Now: Get ready to share your group’s persuasive first paragraph, and/or what the opinion will be in your group’s article. (2 min.)

Materials:
• Macs, class blogs
• Magazine project handouts
• Persuasive first draft

1.) Procedures: Elicit Do Now responses. (5 min.)

2.) Mini Lesson: Research skills.

Let’s see your researching skills at work:

Who will be the first student to get the answers to these questions?

Directions: Use a search engine and be the first student to get the answers to all these questions due to your researching skills:

Find out what the high and low temperatures will be tomorrow.

Define triskaidekaphobia.

How many lines are in a limerick?

Who was the last NASCAR driver to win the Winston Cup?

What is the high school graduation rate in our state?
(5 min.)

3.) Share Out: Let’s see who can answer all these questions due to their researching skills.

4.) Group Work: Now the person who is writing the persuasive article should get that article to a rough draft.

The other members of the group should start brainstorming their ideas for the research article and the the two open topic articles.

By the end of today, you should have and e-mail to me your first draft of your persuasive article.

Aim: How can we write a persuasive article for our magazine?

Do Now: What are some topics that you would want to write about for your group’s persuasive article?
Jot down a list of five, these ideas will be collected and read to the class. (3 min.)


MINI LESSON:

Go through this tutorial to get an idea of what a persuasive article is:
http://www.greatsource.com/iwrite/tutorials/microsoft_learning_essentials/SCHOOL~5.HTM

Aim: How can we create a teen magazine about sports?

Do Now: THIS WILL BE COLLECTED AS A QUIZ!
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE SPORTS MAGAZINES?
WHAT TYPES OF ARTICLES HOLD YOUR INTEREST?
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE TYPES OF MAGAZINE ARTICLES?

WRITE A PARAGRAPH ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS

YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES!