COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Personal Newsletter

 

You have been assigned the task of creating a personal newsletter about your life.  The time span for this newsletter goes from birth to your current age.  Use a Publisher template to create this newsletter.  Listed below are the requirements that you must follow.  This will be printed on the color printer and posted in the hallway when completed.

 

 

Requirements:

 

1)       You must include a masthead.

a)       Nautical The top of a mast.

b)       The listing in a newspaper or periodical of information about its staff, operation, and circulation.

c)       The title of a newspaper or periodical as it appears across the first page, front cover, or title page of each issue. Also called nameplate.

2)       Include a volume number, issue date, and ruled lines separating this from the masthead.

3)       You are to include your life history—start with your birth and end where you are currently.

4)       Include a section of your future aspirations—what you plan to do once you graduate and what you hope your future holds for you. 

 

5)       Include a digital camera picture of yourself.

6)       Include word art.

7)       Include a filled drawing shape with text inside (called reverse text).

8)       No more than two pages (one page, front and back)

9)       You are to print ONLY ONE COPY in color so make sure there are NO MISTAKES before sending to print.  Drafts will be printed in black and white.

 

10)   Remember to have fun and be creative!

 

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Personal Newsletter

 

CRITERIA

POINTS

COMMENDABLE

ACCEPTABLE

UNACCEPTABLE

Masthead

10

Included a masthead (10)

 

Did not include a masthead (0)

Volume number, issue date

10

Included a volume number and issue date (10)

Included only a volume number or only an issue date (5)

Did not include a volume number and an issue date (0)

Ruled lines between the masthead and body

5

Included ruled lines separating the masthead and the body (5)

Included a rule line separating the masthead from the volume number or the volume number and the body (3)

Did not include ruled lines (0)

Overall appearance

20

Set up in appropriate newsletter format, easy to read, attractive (20)

Set up in a format but the layout made it hard to read and follow (10)

Did not follow a newsletter format (0)

Scanned picture

5

Included a scanned picture of yourself (5)

 

Did not include a scanned picture of yourself (0)

Digital picture

5

Included a digital picture of yourself (5)

 

Did not include a digital picture of yourself (0)

Word art

5

Included word art (5)

 

Did not include word art (0)

Filled drawing shape with text

10

Included a filled drawing shape with text (10)

Included a drawing shape that was only filled or only included text (5)

Did not include a drawing shape (0)

Reverse text

10

Included reverse text on the newsletter (10)

 

Did not include reverse text on the newsletter (0)

Early life history

10

Included your early life history—where your life began (10)

 

Left out your early life history (0)

Life in chronological order

10

Newsletter chronicles your life in order (10)

Newsletter tells of your life but the skips around in the order (5)

Newsletter does a very poor job of sequencing your life (3)

Future aspirations

10

Includes your future aspirations/goals (10)

 

Future aspirations/goals were left out (0)

Spelling errors

20

NO SPELLING ERRORS (20)

Only 1-2 spelling errors (15)

More than 2 spelling errors (5)

Grammatical errors

20

NO GRAMMATICAL ERRORS (20)

Only 1-2 grammatical errors (15)

More than 2 grammatical errors (5)

Did not have this scoring guide

-15

 

 

 

TOTAL POINTS

/150