Fashion Magazine Project Plan

Project Title: Mackenzie Gross

Teacher: Mr. Gallagher

Grade: 11th

Subject: Music Technology

Summarize the theme for this project. Why do this project?

The theme for this project is Fashion. I am doing this project so I can create a magazine and use media in a different way, from how I used it making music.

Identify the content standard that students will learn in this project.

Students would learn about Twitter, Weebly, and various media sources to be inspired by. For the magazine portion different layouts will have to be looked out.

Identify key skills students will learn in this project. List only those skills you plan to asses.

Skills needed will be working on layout design, photography, researching, writing, and reading. Also, analyzing other magazine works to figure out what is popular and what appeals to the reader.

Identify the habits used

-Reading

-Writing

-Photography

-Journalism

-Layout

State the essential question or problem statement for the project.

What appeals most to young readers, who actually want to buy the various fashions?

Plan Overview

Early in the project	Figure out layout- Such as pages, picture location, columns, articles and more.
During Project	Write articles and take pictures, then transfer hard copy to being online.
End of Project	Have a magazine draft that I could share with the class and receive feedback before publishing
Product	Fashion Magazine

Timeline

Week one - March - Friday 14th -  Study various fashion magazine layouts

Week two - March - Friday 21st – Complete a layout design

Week three - April - Friday - 4th – Figure out article topics

Week four - April - Friday 11th – Figure out logistics of articles such as how much space, and how long will they take to write.

Week five - April - Friday 25th – Figure out photos that would make sense for the magazine (Ask journalism class if they have an interest in writing an article, see if anyone else would be interested)

Week six - May – Friday 2nd – Write two articles and practice taking artistic photos

Week seven - May – Friday 9th – Write two articles

Week eight - May – Friday 16th – Write two articles

Week nine - May – Friday 23rd – Take pictures that relate to article topics

Week ten - May – Friday 30th – Write two articles

Week eleven - June – Friday 6th – Have a rough draft ready to present

Week twelve - June – Friday 13th -  Present rough draft and then upload online

Project Rubric

	Project Earns a One	Project Earns a Two	Project Earns a Three	Project Earns a Four
Weekly Progress	No progress has been shown to complete the timeline schedule.	Little progress has been done but the quality of the work appears rushed or not well thought out.	Most of the time line requirements have been completed but there is room for improvements.	Completes the timeline requirements and shows well throughout work and progress from the previous week.
Layout Design	Illogical layout that is not readable or logical.	Attempt at a layout but does not fully  understand the layout process yet.	The layout has been thoroughly attempted but there is still room for improvement.	Layout is well throughout and is understandable.
Photography Skills	No pictures are provided.	Blurry, red eye, or pictures unrelated to the magazine were taken.	Pictures have been taken but they have not been taken from an artistic angle nor have a distinctive meaning.	Quality pictures are evident that speak for themselves.
Quality of Articles	Little to nothing written.	Article has been written but grammar, punctuation, and spelling are atrocious.	A throughout article has been written but there is nothing that makes it special or personable (just the facts).	Article reflects personality and full understanding of the topic.