Thursday, April 5, 2018

Week 9 April 3-5, 2018

Week 9 
We have been working on a newsletter of sorts all week. It has been full of formatting and making sure what we write is our own with a few quotes from different sources.

 Newspapers, magazines, the internet are all great places to find news articles, but writing about something that you have studied and writing it in your own words is a rewarding experience. 

This will help you with your grammar skills, spelling, vocabulary, and your typing skills!

Here is the format that you will use for your rough draft of the article. 


Newspaper Article

Word 2016
Open Blank Document
Go to: Layout Tab> Click on Margins: set to Narrow
Go to: Layout Tab> Click on  Columns: set to Three
Go to: Home Tab> Click on Font: Set to Times New Roman
                                                                Set Font Size to 12 for Title
Click on Bold and Underline
                                               
Write your  Title for the article
Go to Home Tab> Click on Font Size: Set to 9 and unclick Bold and Underline for the body of your article.

Write three paragraphs about a topic that is something you would read in the news, it is your choice of topic.
List of ideas for the article:
·         Weather
·         Current Event
·         Upcoming Event (like a concert, Reunion, or a rally)
·         News article
·         Health article
·         Beauty article
·         School Event
·         Legal articles (like gun control issues, violence issues, DACA, or laws that are pending)
·         Truth in Media

Whatever you choose to write about, please make sure that you include these things:
·         What the article is about
·         Why are you writing about it
·         What do you want me to know about it.

You can use pictures, make sure that it is in the public domain and is royalty free.  You can use one of your own pictures or have a friend give you a photo. You can also create a picture of your own in Paint3D. You can easily insert the drawing or collage of pictures into your article.

We have a model of what we would like the newspaper to look like, and we have looked at the different templates that we could use to achieve this look. 
One is the Newsletter Design template
The second is Newsletter (Apothecary design)

Both can be found if you do a search for Newsletter Templates in the search of the Word 2016 templates.