Personal Magazine
Objectives:
· To give students the opportunity to use desktop publishing skills and use their own creativity to prepare a personal magazine.
· Students will be required to have text and pictures on each page.
· The activity is used to assist students in making future plans.
· Students will learn basic operation of Microsoft PowerPoint.
· Students give oral presentation of their completed magazine.
Instructions:
This project is to be a personal reflection of you as a person. The magazine will be 12 pages in length with the following parts.
1. Cover – Magazine type cover with photos, graphics, headlines, etc.
2. Table of Contents with page numbers. (must resemble a magazine not a research paper)
3. Family Page – This page is to include pictures, stories, information, etc. about your family. It can be the entire family, a specific family memory, your family heritage, or whatever angle is suitable to you.
4. Friends Page – This page is devoted to your friends, any special occasions, funny times, special relationships, etc.
5. Hobbies – This can include sports, clubs, groups you’re involved with, things you enjoy doing in your spare time, etc.
6. Food/Nutrition/Health – This page needs to touch on any one or all of those areas that are important to you. It may be your favorite meal, favorite type of food with recipes and/or cooking instructions; dining suggestions complete with restaurant critiques; or it may be your favorite workout, exercise program, etc.
7. Future Plans – On this page you get to dream. Think about where you want to go and what you want to do. Remember that it’s okay to be realistic and/or simplistic. This doesn’t have to include extravagant travel plans. It may be just your college that you are interested in attending.
8. Childhood Memories – This page gives you an opportunity to look back at your childhood years and remember special events, special friends, a favorite toy, a peculiar habit, etc. You may need to talk to a parent/guardian on this one to get some help.
9. Free Page – This page is your free page. You get to chose what you include on it, but please use good taste. This could include a “special person”, a “special pet”, poems or a short story you’ve written, etc.
10. Back Cover – This may be more simplistic. It could include people you’d like to thank, an advertisement you create for “something”, or whatever creative closing you choose.
11. Cites Used – This page includes all of the references or websites that you used to obtain information in your magazine. This page can be created as a bulleted list or table.
12. Video – This page will include a personal video of yourself.
Magazine Requirements
· The project must have a magazine layout. Refer to samples magazines for layout ideas.
· The scanner must be used on at least one picture. The digital camera may be used. They can only be used during class and are not allowed to be taken out of the classroom.
· Pages must include text. Some will be stories, captions, tidbits, etc.
· Pages must include pictures or graphics. When using pictures and graphics, you need to crop them and use only the necessary parts. You can use the picture toolbar to crop.
· Pages must be portrait not landscape.
· All students will create their videos on the same day. There will be separate video instructions.
· All websites and references used must be cited on the Cites Used page.
· Remember to plan well and use your creativity. This can be a fun project!!!
More Ideas
Drawing Toolbar- use the drawing toolbar located at the bottom of the screen to draw lines, shapes, and other objects.
Format objects- use the format objects dialog box to add color and change the layout.
Word Art- use word art to create unique text formats with color and effects.
Clip Art- use clip art to add pictures or use pictures from the internet.
Pictures- bring pictures in from home to scan.
Borders and Shading- add borders and shape to your pages.
Columns- format your page layout to consist of more than one column.
Text Boxes- use textboxes to insert a small amount of text.