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Join Mrs. Schofer's 9-week Writer's Workshop to improve overall writing skills, sentences, grammar, punctuation and unleash your creativity. Develop a unique magazine reflecting your personality through various activities and exercises. Analyze different magazines to understand audience, topics, advertisements, and language styles. Get inspired by articles and written pieces to create the best magazine possible.
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Writer’s Workshop A 9 Week Course Mrs. Schofer
What will we do in our Writer’s Workshop? • Work on improving writing overall • Work on improving sentences • Work on improving grammar, spelling and punctuation • Work on being more creative with writing
What kinds of activities will be doing? • You are going to put together a magazine which reflects your personality! • You’ll write different articles, decorate and even create advertisements for your magazine. • You’ll work on exercises to help improve your skill at writing so you can create the best magazine possible. • You’ll decide the theme for your magazine and decide what type of articles and art should go into it. • Your magazine will go on display, and you will also show it to our class.
What type of magazines are there? • Some magazines focus on mainly one topic. • The articles, interviews, and essays are mainly about that subject. • The advertisements and artwork are about that subject. • There may be slight variation. For example this magazine may have an interview with a chef.
Other Magazines • Some magazines are about a variety of topics, but the topics relate to each other somehow. • These magazines are usually meant for a certain audience, for example, teens, housewives, older men or entertainment fans.
Six Class Rules • Be on time. • Be prepared with class materials and assignments. • Be respectful and non-disruptive. • Bring only water out in class, not gum, candy or any other snacks. • Keep all personal items put away. • Remain in your seat except to put away or collect materials, and expect to stay in class the full period. Limit any need to leave class.
Other Tips for Success • Bring your magazine materials every day, or you may leave some of them in the writer’s workshop container. • If you leave materials behind, you are taking a chance that something may happen to them! • It is always your responsibility to see that your work gets turned in on time.
Materials Recommended • One plain white binder with clear outside pockets. This will be your final container for your magazine. All writing and art should go into the binder. • Loose-leaf paper and plain white printer paper • Construction paper • Markers or color pencils • Glue sticks and small scissors
Your Assignment • Bring in at least one magazine. It could be an old one. • Consider what type of magazine you are interested in creating. The title, with an explanation of who your audience is, will be due by the end of the week.
Analyze 3 different magazines For each one, answer the following questions: • What type(s) of topics are covered in the magazine? Is the title relevant? • Name 3 products advertised. Why do you suppose these products buy space in this magazine? • Who is the audience for this magazine? • Name 3 titles of articles or written pieces in the magazine. • Read at least one article in the magazine. What is the language like? Is it formal or informal? Is there a lot of difficult vocabulary? Are the sentences long or short or a combination?
