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3. COLLABORATIVE ARTICLE #1

  • Now you have found some team-mates, it's time to work on your first article for your magazine!

    Go to your team's page and click on the link to write your article. Each team member should choose a different colour to write.

    Use your team's thread in forum #3 to discuss about the writing process with your team-mates. Check this forum regularly, keep your team-mates updated (what did you do today? what are your plans for next week?) to make sure you are all on the same wavelength and answer your team-mates' posts. Remember: communication is the key to success! :-) Also, upload in the forum the illustrations you'd like to use in your article (personal photos / drawings / videos or creative commons only!)

    Steps to follow:

    Pre-writing

     
    1. Select a topic
    2. Brainstorm ideas
    3. Share the work within the team
    4. Collect resources / information

    Drafting
    1. Put ideas on page (team's google doc)
    2. Organize ideas
    3. Incorporate resources and information collected

    Re-writing
    1. Check coherence of content
    2. Re-write for logic and organization (paragraphs)
    3. Choose a catchy title, the subtitles, etc.

    Editing

    Proof-read your article: check spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, grammar

    Publishing

    Choose the layout and the illustrations and publish on madmagz (choose a person in your team who will be given a login to do this task)

     

    Help:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/creativewriting/commissionsrev2.shtml

    http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/writing-your-article