Project (Create a Newsletter)

Your assignment is to create a four-page newsletter on a topic of your own choosing. For example, your newsletter may be about Christmas, baseball, music, computers, cooking, hockey, yoga. Or it could be a company newsletter for a real or imaginary business.

The newsletter must contain the following features:

Multiple columns per page (like a newspaper)
Vertical rule lines between columns
A page header that shows the title of the newsletter
A page footer that shows a centred page number
Bold centered headlines
At least 8 different stories
Enlarged and dropped capital letters at the beginning of each story
At least 4 different font styles and sizes
4 advertisements
Justified paragraphs
2 tables
2 or more examples each of ClipArt and WordArt
2 examples of borders around paragraphs
Correct spelling

Also remember the following to make your newsletter design and layout attractive:

• Use white space. This means balance text and graphics with empty space so that your newsletter is not too crowded or "busy".
• Break up text into manageable "chunks" by using headings, borders, ruling lines, graphics, etc., to separate text.
• Use primarily upper and lower case letters rather than all capitals.
• Avoid lines of text that are too long or too short.
• Use font styles and sizes that are attractive and easy to read.
• Create interest and help the reader understand the text with graphics, maps, charts, and other diagrams.
• Make the titles of the articles slightly larger than the bodies.
• Italicize any titles of books, magazines, songs, team names, etc., which appear in any of your stories.
• Align the information in your tables.
• Use your imagination in the design and layout of your newsletter. Experiment with different alignments, font sizes and styles, colour, bold, italics, underlining, and more. This is your opportunity to be creative and express yourself!