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Magazine Cover Project Magazine Cover Project Create a magazine cover that looks like a real magazine. Choose the title of the publication. Then, be sure you include a title, photos, headline articles, dateline and follow a monthly theme. Be creative and make the finished product look as professional as possible. Be aware of the marketability and audience appeal of your magazine. Follow all your desktop publishing guidelines using InDesign and Photoshop. The final project must be an Indesign document. Rubric Code: Y246W78 By baarnaiz Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Journalism Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Magazine Cover
	Great 10 pts	Good 8 pts	Fair 6 pts	Poor 3 pts
Photo	Great Photo is in focus and utilizes the composition elements. Photo is compelling and brings the reader into the magazine.	Good Photo is not in focus, it lacks clarity, and/ or the subject matter is not in line with magazine. Photo does not bring reader to the cover.	Fair Photo is of poor quality and does not add to the overall quality of the magazine cover. The photo detracts from the magazine.	Poor Photo is missing.
Graphics/Color	Great Colors/graphics are used to add interest to the cover. color is used to effectively bring in reader.	Good Colors/graphics used does not bring in the viewer. The use of colors/graphics are ineffective.	Fair color/graphic used is plain. It shows no research.	Poor colors or graphics are used ineffectively.
Magazine Title/Name	Great The title reflects the targeted audience. It is school appropriate.	Good Title does not reflect the targeted audience. It is still creative.	Fair Does not follow expectations. Is not creative.	Poor The title does not meet any of the criteria.
Article Headlines/Introductory Phrase	Great Article headline/Introductory phrase is interesting bringing the audience into the cover.	Good Article headline/Introductory phrase are not interesting and do not pertain to the magazine.	Fair Lack of interesting article headline/Introductory phrase	Poor No titles
Textual Design	Great The texts have proper style, sizes, spacing, and language conventions (grammar, spelling, organization)	Good The texts have proper style, sizes, spacing, but have erroneous language conventions (grammar, spelling, organization)	Fair The texts have improper style, sizes, spacing, and have erroneous language conventions (grammar, spelling, organization)	Poor no available texts
Overall Appeal	Great The magazine cover has a very good appearance and attracts attention to the audience	Good The magazine cover has a good appearance and attracts attention to the audience	Fair The magazine cover has a good appearance but does not attract attention to the audience	Poor The magazine cover has lacks appeal