Thursday, Dec 5th- 8th Grade- Publisher Newsletter- Understanding formatting choices

Bell Ringer:
1.Open your Publications Characteristics Word document,
you will be typing the  Business Card section.
2. Get your GREEN Project Rubric from the crate.
3. Open your NEWSLETTER.
4. Finish any missing work on the board.

What are we learning? 
Elective Food Drive- Winning Class wins Pizza and Donuts

DP-6	Format Newsletters

Guided Practice:
@Review common newsletter mistakes:
    spelling,
    no citations for pictures,
    too much white space
    poor headlines- needs a noun and an action verb
@Page 2 must be finished by FRIDAY

Independent Exercise:
@ Students will finish making corrections to page 1.
@ On page 2, students will change hyphenation to .8 or .85
@ On page 2, students will have one drop capital
@ Students will finish BOTH their teacher AND sports/club/other interviews.
@ On page 2, students will create a 3d format effect.
@ On page 2, students will put frames with appropriate colors around their clip art pictures and regular pictures OR create a shape and add word art on top or within the shape (see CTE newsletter example)


Links to help you to format your newsletter
@ Students will increase the hyphenation to .8
@ Students will use a drop capital for their articles.
@ Students will make their headlines larger and more stylish.
@ Students will make sure their headlines are creative.

Exit Activities
1. Students will glue their NSA glog to a piece of construction paper.
2.  Million dollar Game http://www.quia.com/rr/531753.html
    Publisher Ribbon http://www.quia.com/mc/320506.html