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Writing Goal: E-zine (an electronic magazine)

Magazines tell stories; they tell stories about things that are happening in our communities, in the lives of people around us and in the world.

An E-Zine is an online magazine - it's really just a website that focuses on a particular theme or topic.

  • Click here to read the Wikipedia definition for an eZine.

Let's look carefully at some online magazines. It is a chance for you to begin reflecting on what kind of website you would like to produce.  Before you begin to make these decisions, you need to reflect on how a website can be organized and what its components should be. Examining what others have done is a good way to begin.

There are many ways to create an eZine. An eZine can be very sophisticated or it can be more like a newsletter. You can do whatever you wish, but you are going to create a glorified newsletter-type eZine that will include pictures and articles written by you.  You need to consider the important aspects of your novel that could be included in an online magazine.

There are many different aspects to producing a magazine including research, writing, editing, designing, advertising and publishing. Throughout this course you have learned many of these skills, now it's time to put them into action!

Workshop Overview:

  • Identify the purposes of a news article
  • Apply the Who -What -When -Where -Why -How writing technique
  • Write an effective lead
  • Use basic editing principles
  • Apply basic layout principles
  • Produce an e-zine

   Writing Targets:

  • Write a lead sentence that introduces the information in an interesting way.
  • Include purposeful and accurate information, supported by appropriate resources, to fully explain the topic.
  • Write a conclusion that ties the information together.
  • Include appropriate vocabulary related to the topic.
  • Vary sentence structure, using linking or transitional words as appropriate. 

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