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College
Newsletter
Introduction
Choosing a college is one of the first
big decisions that you will make that will shape your future
life. What characteristics are important to you in a
college? In this project you will put together a newsletter
about one college. You are a journalist for an
independent company that produces newsletters that are designed to
give high school juniors and seniors an encapsulated view of a
college. Each newsletter is two to three pages long and covers
a specific set of information. You are newly hired, your
first project is to design and write one newsletter to add to the
company's selection.
Task
Using Microsoft
Publisher 2003 create a newsletter about a college of your
choice. Toward a balanced, attractive, and easily read
newsletter, you will need to use:
Background/borders
Headlines and
Article Titles
Word Art
Clip Art and/or Photos
Text
Boxes
Design Elements (fonts, color, shapes, ruled lines,
etc.)
The following articles (in separate text
boxes) must be included:
Location
Size
Tuition and
fees
Admission Requirements
Activities and Sports of
Interest
Majors of Interest
Process
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Decide which college will be the
subject of your newsletter. Pick a college that you
are interested in attending. If you need ideas go to http://www.collegenet.com/
and use the search option.
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Go to the web page of the
college and/or use the college's catalogue (our library has some)
to locate the information you need.
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Decide on a visual theme for
your newsletter. For example you might use a musical theme,
thus your borders, ruling lines, and article titles would follow
the theme and contain notes or CDs  or people dancing  .
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Write your articles. Each
article should provide information (i.e. The school is located in
Newark, Delaware), but should also provide detail about the
implications of that information. (i.e. It is a small town, so
you won't have to be concerned with crowds, but don't expect a
fully developed bus transportation system. So if you don't
have a car . . . ) Articles should be between one and two well
developed paragraphs (8 to 10 sentences).
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Find pictures and clip art to
enhance your articles. Be sure to save all in your own file
folder.
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Finish the layout process.
Be sure to include a Headline for the newsletter and titles for
each article. Your newsletter should be between two and three
pages.
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Print your
newsletter.
Evaluation
The journey we take to
accomplish this project is a goal in itself, but as grades are
expected to be assigned I will use the scoring system below to
assess your final product:
| Project
Name: Newsletter |
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| Student Name: |
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Possible Points |
Earned Points |
| Followed directions -- project is
printed (2-3 pages) and saved in correct folder on system, all
files needed by the project are in the same folder. |
10 |
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Demonstrated proficiency with tools
used -- used a variety of objects to achieve purpose of
project. Including:
Backgrounds and borders(5)
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Headline (4)_____
Word Art(5) _____
Article
titles(6) _____
Clip Art and Photos(6) _____
Text
Boxes(6) _____
Design Elements(3) _____ |
35 |
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| Layout is pleasing to the eye
-- used a variety of pictures, fonts, colors, etc. in a
balanced, themed format. |
10 |
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| Layout is easy to read -- colors
used and font choices allow the user to see clearly and direct
the user's focus to logically proceed to the next
item. |
10 |
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Content reflects thought and
communicates clearly. Content is free of grammar and spelling
errors.
Required:
Location (6)
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Size(5)_____
Tuition and fees (6)
_____
Admission Requirements (6) _____
Activities and
Sports of Interest (6) _____
Majors of Interest(6)
_____ |
35 |
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Total |
100 |
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Conclusion
1. Has your knowledge about the
college you studied increased?
2.
As you consider other colleges to attend do you know what to look
for?
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