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Magazine Magazine CoverCover!!

Magazine Title

Article Teasers(short blips of information)

Reverse Text

(Shape behind text)

Barcode & Issue

Date and

Price

Small photo

Color coordination:

No more than 3 colors on the cover;

Matching clothing to article teasers or reverse text.

Get creative

but keep it clean-

looking!

Use different

font styles sparingly.

Use colors for accents rather than changing

the font.

Magazine Cover

Rubric

RequirementPoints

PossiblePoints

Awarded

Page Setup: 8x10 inches, 150 resolution 10

Appropriate magazine title depicting your life in one word (title must describe you, not ‘My Life’)

10

At least four article teasers all about your life (tell me something I don't know about you, your likes, your hopes and dreams, etc.)

20

Picture of self is used on background, appropriately cropped, high quality, and matching overall theme

50

Another small picture is located in a box (i.e., pet, boyfriend, family member, etc.)

10

Reverse text is used on a shape or stripe 10

Issue date and price are conveniently located on publication

5

Barcode is used in convenient location 5

Grammar/spelling 20

Overall professional appearance (colors coordinate, arrangement is clean, no more than two font styles, fonts are legible, fonts are large enough to be seen, font colors are not obnoxious)

10

TOTAL 150