Digital Magazine Divisions.

Report of Information

  • Sports tips

  • How to buy equipment

  • Pet care tips, Animal tips, Skate tips and tricks

  • How to make, do, etc.

  • Local reporting: What’s happening on campus, in SLO, in California


Be sure to...
How To (Technical)
  • Open by Showing end result.
  • Materials/ Equipment
  • Step by step.
  • Close with tips for going further!
Eyewitness Report
  • Open with an image : show!
  • 5 W's
  • 5 senses
  • The HOW?
  • Importance of the event!
  • NOT autobiographical. You are a spectator, not a participant.

Problem Solution/Opinion

  • Letter to the Editor

  • Suggestions for improving the school/individual classes

  • Is there too much violence on TV?

  • Opinion essays with arguments for/against

  • "There's nothing for kids to do in this town!"

  • Here's how to solve the problem of…



Be sure to...
  • SHOW the problem or explain your side of the issue.
  • EXAMPLES!
  • Use research to back up your arguments.
  • Anticipate arguments against you and refute them
  • Show how you solution is best.

Response to Literature/English Corner

  • Write a new ending for a book/story

  • Explain/demonstrate literary terms

  • Grammar lessons

  • Punctuation and spelling tips

  • Book reviews and analysis



Be sure to...
  • Use examples from the story.
  • Explain the importance.
  • Have a point; AKA a thesis.
  • Use examples.
  • Try to be snappy and fun.

Firsthand Biography/Interview

  • The person I most admire...

  • My dad (uncle, mom, etc.) is a hero because...

  • Other students with interesting life stories to tell

  • Teachers, admins, counselors, cafeteria workers, etc.


Be sure to...
  • Open by showing the person and the setting you interviewed him/her in.
  • Try present the person's life as a story: beginning, conflict to overcome, rising action, climax, etc. OR...
  • Show the importance of this person in your life!
  • Use quotes whenever possible.
  • Describe the person physically.

Evaluation

  • Movies

  • Commercials, burgers, fast food, classes, teachers,  ???)

  • Video game reviews

  • Top football (baseball, hoops) teams + why

  • Predictions for sports/games…



Be sure to...
  • Start with an example of what you're talking about; good or bad.
  • Make a clear and knowledgeable judgment.
  • Include detailed evidence and examples that back up your evaluation.
  • Answer possible objections.

Speculation

  • What if humans lived to be 250 years old?

  • What if you could never forget?

  • What if they lowered the voting age to 16? 14?

  • What if we run out of oil?


Be sure to...
  • Do some research! Find out what's on the cutting edge. Do some Goooooogling!
  • SHOW what might happen if...
  • Open with the scene if your speculation comes true.
  • Use evidence to show why you think this might happen.
  • Try to answer objections.



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