LITERARY MAGAZIN1

LITERARY MAGAZINE
We are going to create literary magazines based on topics that interest you. You may choose one partner in class. Choose this person
based upon mutual interests. Make sure you consider the following: Will this person share the workload equally?
THEME
The first step in creating your magazine is to be clear about your theme. The theme you select should be a topic that interests both of
you, is broad enough for you to write about from several different angles, and also something you will stay interested in for two-three
weeks.
POSSIBLE TOPICS:
Sports magazine – choose 1 sport
Fashion
Hobby magazine
News
Music
Entertainment
MAGAZINE REQUIREMENTS
Each magazine must include the following:
Descriptive writing
Narrative writing
Editorial
Expository
Celebrity interview
Letter to the editor/advice column
Poetry spotlight
Horoscopes
Book Review and a movie or song review
Poll
Advertisements
Comics, Jokes, or Riddles
What’s hot/What’s not
Table of Contents
About the Authors
Attractive Cover
Your work is to be divided equally between partners and is due in its entirety on May 11, 2015. Five points per day will be deducted
for assignments turned in after the May 11th deadline.

MAGAZINE PROJECT EXTRAS

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION 1st Draft # of Final Draft # of
Grade points Grade points
possible possible
1. Celebrity Interview You will come up with 10 10 TOTAL 100
hypothetical questions to ask POINTS
2. Advice Column a celebrity (related to your 10
magazine’s theme) and then
3. Poetry Spotlight make up their answers in a Q 10
4. Horoscope & A format. 10
10
5. Book Review In a similar format to “Dear 10
6. Movie or Song Abby” or “Ask the Editor,” 5
Review you will come up with two 5
7. Jokes & Riddles questions/concerns and then 10
8. Poll write back 10
9. Advertisements answers/solutions to those
10. What’s Hot/What’s problems. 10
Not 100
Write one original poem and
11. Cover Page find one published poem
that you really enjoy.

After looking at some sample
horoscopes, you will make
up your own horoscopes for
each zodiac sign related to
your magazine’s theme.

After a reading a library
book, you will write a book
review.

Pick a movie that you’ve
watched or new song that
you’ve heard recently to
critique.

You will look up (or make up
your own) funny riddles or
jokes to include in your
magazine. Include at least 5.

You will come up with a
question to poll your
classmates about, and then
you will record the results.

You will create at least 1
advertisement (real product
or fake) to include in your
magazine.

You will pick a few things
(clothes, people, games,
food, trends) that are in
style, as well as a few that
are not in style at the
moment.

Design a cover that includes
the title, a photograph or
illustration, and previews
what we should expect to
find in the issue.

TOTAL
POINTS