Newsletter+Article

You need to write an article that COULD BE used in our school's newsletter. To properly achieve this, you may need to interview teachers, administrators or even other students. Below is the requirements for the article when it is turned in. This will be due on Sunday, December 4th. You will turn this into Schoology. The article will count as 60 points toward Diving In category.


 * 1) The article should be at least 4 full paragraphs, but no more than 6 paragraphs in length. (16 points)
 * 2) The Article Title should be, Times New Roman, size 20 & bold, **small caps** and centered. (2 points)
 * 3) The “by line” (that is the line that says who the article is by) should be Times New Roman, size 9 and blue. The text should be on a line by itself (below the title) and be right aligned. Set paragraph spacing after the by line at 18 pts. (6 points)
 * 4) Line spacing for the entire article (except title and byline) should be set to single space. (2 points)
 * 5) Spacing After all paragraphs (except the by line) should be 3 points and spacing before should be 0. (2 points)
 * 6) The body of the article should be Arial, size 12 font. (2 points)
 * 7) First line indent set to ½ inch. (2 points)
 * 8) Within the article you should document the source of your information. (3 points)
 * 9) Free from __spelling__ and __grammar__ errors. (8 points)
 * 10) The file name should be the name of the article. (2 points)
 * 11) The article should be focused, clear and on topic and show a logical progression of ideas. (15 points)

Possible Extra credit points:
 * Include a chart with your article (7 points)
 * Include a Smart Art graphic with your article. (5 points)
 * A picture that is relevant to your article (3 points)

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Included is a sample showing the proper format of the document.