I-SEARCH PAMPHLET
student pamphlets

 

BACKGROUND:
Students have learned how to research a topic of their own choosing. 
After filling out a KWL form, they have taken notes, created an outline, and made a Works Cited.
Now it's time to design a brochure using AppleWorks on your ibook laptops.

 

TASK:
Create an attractive and informative brochure that showcases your research.
(Click here for student examples)

 

AUDIENCE:
Your classmates, the public 
 

PURPOSE:
To share, teach, or explain your research findings.
 

PROCEDURE:
 1. Make a rough draft called a "mock-up."

2. Set up Page 1 on an Appleworks document by turning the page landscape, adding 3 columns, and setting the margins to .3 inches.

3. Use only 2 styles of fonts.  Recommended size for text =10 -14, headings 18-24. (A much larger font for your title on the cover is recommended - size 48-60)
4. Learn how to use the text box tools, and how to insert pictures and graphics from your files and the internet (don't forget credit - list the urls under the picture in a small font - or list the url in your Works Cited.)
5.  Add page 2 by hitting the enter button on the bottom row of your keypad. 
 

6. Follow your mock-up plan, making adjustments where necessary.

7.  After self-editing your writing, print a black & white draft and get a peer edit and a teacher edit.

To save paper, this step can be done via PDF.  (Go to PRINT - SAVE AS PDF)

8.  Print your FINAL DRAFT back-to-back. FILE- PRINT - MAINE LAB COLOR PRINTER - LAYOUT (scroll bar under copies & pages) - TWO-SIDED SHORT EDGE BINDING - PRINT.
 

9. Fill out ASSESSMENT

10. Fold and admire your beautiful work! Pass in brochure and assessment.

 

WHAT'S NEXT? Prepare your presentation/visual.

 

 

Assessment Rubric for PAMPHLET:                                  

NAME                                          SELF  PEER  TEACHER
___________________________________

I.         INFORMATION                 40                           
Details are relevant, rich,
and support the topic and
angle.
 

II.        ORGANIZATION                 20                                     
         Information is organized into
             all 6 sections in a thoughtful,
             logical structure.
 

III.        CONVENTIONS                 20        
Sentences, spelling, punctuation,
and capitalization follow rules.
 

IV.        VOICE/AUDIENCE             10   
The feeling and conviction
of the writer comes out
through the words.
 

V.        LAYOUT                          10  
 Design shows effective use of
and fonts, images, white space, bullets
to emphasize information.

 

To meet the following Maine Learning Results:

Writing

E2 - Use planning, drafting, and revising to produce well-developed, organized piece that demonstrates effective language use, voice, and command of mechanics.

Conventions

F1 - Edit written work for standard English spelling and usage

Style

G3 - Write pieces/ deliver oral presentations that use structures appropriate to audience/ purpose.

Research

 

H1 - Collect and synthesize data for research topics from interviews and field work, using note taking and other appropriate strategies.
H6 - Use magazines, newspapers, dictionaries, journals, and other print sources to gather information for research topics.
H7 - Use computers for research.
H8- . Make limited but effective use of primary sources when researching topics.