Magazine Assignment 2020

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

S13/S14A

Today 

working on the first part of the Magazine Assignment. 

Lesson aims

• At the end of this lesson you'll know what you need to do to succesfully complete the first part of the magazine assignment. 
• At the end of this lesson you'll have started the first part of the magazine assignment. 

Magazine assignemt

• You will be creating a magazine
• You will be working alone in some parts
• Magazine consists of different parts. 

Interview

• Interview someone in your class, you may think of the questions yourself. 
• The interview has a length of 400-500 words. 
• Add a picture or pictures. 

Assessment

You will be assessed on:

• correct use of the tenses / Correct spelling (spell check)!
• Correct use of interpunction (CAPITALS, ".", ",")
• Correct use of paragraphs

Planning coming lessons

Monday 14 December: Introduction interview.  

Monday 14 January: lay-out requirements, looking at the feedback on interview

Series review 

Select a series you've been watchin (meaning to watch) on Netflix and watch 2-3 episodes of the series, write a review. 

• Describe the plotline of the three episodes (spoiler alert!) 
• Give your opinion on characters, plotline (tension) and setting of the series. 
• Mention both positive and negative points.
• Use examples from the series to support your arguments. 

Requirements review 

You review needs to be between 450 and 550 words. 

Introduce the series you're reviewing, give an overview of the plot in the first 3 episodes. 

Review plot, characters and setting. Use examples to support your arguments. 

Conclude your review with a concluding paragraph in which you summarise your arguments and give your final conclusion. 

Lay-out requirements

Your magazine needs to have one distinct lay-out. 

• Same font used in all the articles. 
• Same background (colour) in all articles. 
• Pictures
• Titles of the articles need to be the same. 

Your magazine may be inspired by an existing magazine. 

Or go online to make your own, link in document on Magister.

Lay-out requirements

1. Make a table of contents
2. Write a "word of the editor" 
3. Name your magazine
4. Create a cover. 
5. Hand in your magazine twice. One hardcopy and one digital document (all articles in one document). 

Article #3: Lonely Planet

Write an article for Lonely Planet

Lots of travelers use Lonely Planet guides - which are full of expert advice, destination information and inspiration - to discover, plan and book their perfect trip.

 

For this assignment you are the on-the-ground expert for a Lonely Planet travel guide to a destination by choice. So pick a country, region or city and start writing. Your piece should be about 500 words (or a bit more). See the next page for extra information, inspiration and requirements.

What to do?

1. Choose a destination --> pick a country/region/city
2. Think about what tourists are interested in.
3. Write an article that convinces people to travel to your area. 

For example:

A short history of the country/region/city 

Nature: what is special about this country/region/city?

Activities: outdoor and/or indoor: what can you see or do in the country/region/city you chose?

Food and drink: are there specialties? Where can you find a good restaurant?

Places to stay: hotels, camp sites, bed & breakfast?

How do you get there? Write about the travelling options (plane, boat, train, etc.) and tell what they cost.

How to explore this country/region/city; what are the possibilities? (car, bus, bike, foot). Tell them where to rent a car or bike for instance.

Something funny, like: ”Don’t leave home without…”

Requirements

• Your piece (of information) needs to be around 500 words.  
• Try to convince the tourists to visit your country/region/city. 
• Use your own words. Don’t copy & paste from the Internet! 
• Mind your punctuation and spelling, use a spell checker.  
• Please use paragraphs. 
• Use pictures, maps, or other graphics. 

Planning

Today: Working on the Lonely Planet article.

Next Lesson: Working on the Lonely Planet article. 

Hand in for feedback: Tuesday before the lesson. 

Today 

Introduction of final assignment. 

Working on article #3 and #4.

Working on the lay-out of the magazine. 

Assignment 4: advertorial

Advertorial = advertisment + editorial. 

Advertisment disguised as a regular article. 

You can choose any product, as long as it fits with the rest of your magazie. 

Advertorial is around 200 words. 

Example

Looks like a regular article. 

Magazine is gets paid for publication. 

More examples? See assignment on Magister. 

Hand in final Magazine

Before Wednesday 13-02 23:59 pm

Hand in two versions:

1. Paper: in class/pidgeon hole (postvak) 

2. digital (word document): Magister -- opdrachten. 

Lay-out requirements

• uniformity 
• new article on new page
• cover page (everything on cover needs to come back in magazine) 
• table of contents (add pictures)
• Editorial: what can we find in the magazine? 

To do list

1. Work on the final assignment: advertorial. 
   
   
2. Write your editorial, for the assignment see lay-out assignment on Magister. 
   
   
3. Work on the lay-out. Make sure your magazine is one