Creating Newsletters

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Project 1 Creating Newsletters Project
Challenge
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Project Challenge

• It has become apparent that your school or
  community is in need of a way to inform its
  audience about local events and issues. You have
  joined a team of reporters, editors and writers
  that will design and write a newsletter that
  highlights events and issues important to your
  school or community.

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Project Challenge Tasks

• Create a three or four-page newsletter in teams
  of four
• Develop a newsletter layout and design
• Conduct research, summarize, interview and survey
• Write at least four news articles and two
  features articles
• Use a journalistic style
• Incorporate clip art, photos, and other graphics
• Use technology to produce, revise, and publish
  the newsletter

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Project Challenge Activities

• Each team member will
• assume the role and responsibility of a news
  reporter/writer
• write one news article
• co-write one additional features article

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Project Challenge
Include at least four news articles

• News Report
• News Interview
• Investigative Report
• Speech or Event Article

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Project Challenge
Include at least two additional features articles

• Advice Column
• Editorial
• Letter to the Editor
• Advertisements
• Comic Strip
• Community Events
• Arts/Entertainment
• Movie Review
• Calendar

• Announcements
• Survey
• Graphs
• Travel Information
• Weather Forecast
• Personal Profiles
• How-to Tips for a Product or Service

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Team Roles

• Managing Editor Oversees the production of the
  newsletter
• News Editor Responsible for final editing of
  news articles
• Features Editor Responsible for final editing
  of features articles
• Layout Design Editor Responsible for overall
  layout and design of the newsletter

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Evaluation

• Each team's newsletter and teamwork will be
  evaluated according to a rubric (evaluation
  scale).
• The rubric will be provided at the start of the
  project.