MAG LLCER

Creating a magazine

COMPOSITION

Make sure you know all the elements that compose an article before writing yours

CLASSROOM

LAYOUT OF AN ARTICLE

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to communicate and find out relevant pieces of information

Elements to pay attention to:

- the police used and its size - margins, page numbers, etc. - The punctuation :

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TOOLS TO USE

typing signs

writing numbers

CANVA

capital letters

Proofreading

to create your design

COVER

STEPS & CHECKLIST

FREE-OF-USE PICTURES

to attract readers

Canva

Wikimedia Commons

CONTENTS

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Creative Commons licenses

OTHER PAGES

to organize the different articles

CAPTIONS

Write a caption for each picture to explain it

ILLUSTRATe THE ARTICLE

CONTIBUTORS

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to name all the people who contributed to the issue

PHOTO CREDIT

to credit the authors of the pictures taken to illustrate the articles

CREDIT

Write the correct credit for every picture you use

The illustrations are very important : they draw the readers' attention when they look at the page. That's why they need to be eye-catching.

To illustrate your article, you can either draw or you can look for free-of-use pictures online. Remember to check the copyrights of every online picture you would like to use.

What about the other pages you want/need to include?

• Cover
• Contents
• Credits
• Contributors
• Quizzes, Games, Horoscope, Adverts, etc.

Prepare a to-do list and work as a team to share the tasks.

The layout of an article

Make sure you understand the composition of an article before writing and designing yours.

Elements to pay attention to :

• the titles & subheadings,
• the punctuation,
• the choice & size of the police,
• the colours,
• the printing margins

Join the different tools that are going to be used for the creation of the magazine

• MAGAZINE on CLASSROOM;
• Miss Talineau's class on CANVA;
• Make sure you have access to the MAGAZINE folder on CANVA!
• Read the document HOW TO ACCESS CANVA to understand how to work on CANVA