Design Your Fanzine

Editing & Publishing
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You’ll need a piece of writing that you’re going to edit and
get ready to publish. Get the draft you’re working on now.
For Storyteller Con: get your fanzine draft.
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Discuss: Where are the missing punctuation marks in this sentence?
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Look through your writing to check for punctuation. If any are
missing, you can add them.
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Discuss: Where is the missing capital letter?
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Check the start of every sentence, and all proper nouns, to make
sure they begin with a capital letter. If any don’t, you can change
the letter.
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Discuss: Where is the spelling mistake in this sentence?
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Use all the spelling strategies you know to help you spell your words.
You can also use resources in your classroom to help you if you’re
not sure how to spell a word.
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Discuss: What could you add to this sentence to make it a complete
sentence?
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Read your writing to check to make sure your sentences are
complete. You can read in your head or whisper read to yourself.
If you find a sentence that is incomplete, you can add more to fix it.
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Recopy your work in your best handwriting.
For Storyteller Con, get your Final Fanzine pages.
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If you need a natural stopping point!

Teachers: This is a natural stopping point. The next steps will guide students through folding and assembling their final fanzine. If students are typing, print student fanzines before moving on. If you stop here, be sure to put all the VIPs somewhere safe!

If you’re continuing right now, go to the next slide.

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Get your supplies.
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Get your fanzine cover. Fold it in half on the line.
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Think of a title for your fanzine, and design your cover.
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Get the first page of your fanzine. Write page numbers 1 and 2 in the
circles. If you have more pages, continue adding page numbers to
keep your fanzine in order.
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Decorate the inside of your fanzine.
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Fold each of your fanzine pages in half on the line. Make sure your
writing is on the outside of the folded paper. Run your finger along
the edge to make a strong crease.
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Stack your folded fanzine pages in order in a pile with page 1 on
the top. Make sure they are in a neat pile with the edges lined up.
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Take your folded cover page with the title on the front. Open the
fold like this, and place your stack of folded fanzine pages into
the cover page.
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Make sure all your pages are lined up and neatly stacked inside of
your cover. Use a stapler to put three staples on the staple icons.
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Fold over the left side of your fanzine on the line here. Be aware of
the staples while you fold—they can be sharp! Press down to make
a strong crease, then unfold it.
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Design Your Fanzine
Editing & Publishing
5.0 (1 review)

Students will...

Print Prep
  • review work to edit and focus on fixing punctuation, capitalization and spelling.

  • use quotation marks to denote direct quotes.

  • review and revise fragments to make complete sentences.

Before this lesson...

Students should have completed Lessons 1-5 of this unit.
Final Fanzine Cover worksheet 1 per student
Final Fanzine (digital) worksheet 1 per student
Final Fanzine Pages worksheet 1 per student
Body 1 Draft from previous lesson
1 per student
Body 2 Draft from previous lesson
1 per student
Conclusion from previous lesson
1 per student
Introduction from previous lesson
1 per student
Stapler
1 per class
Prep Instructions
  • Students will need to bring their completed work from the previous lessons to this lesson.

  • This lesson is separated into two parts and can be taught in two different sessions if needed. A natural stopping point is included after students are prompted to recopy onto their final fanzines.

  • We recommend printing extra fanzine pages for students with longer essays who may need more writing space.

  • The step-by-step instructions for how to assemble the final fanzines are provided in the second half of this lesson.

  • Students can recopy their work by hand, or type by making a copy of the digital worksheet. If you choose to let students type their fanzines, be sure they are printed out before completing the second half of this lesson.

Standards

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Introduction

5 mins

Writing Activity

30 mins

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Ideas for how to share student writing can be found here .

Activity

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Students can use feedback slips to leave feedback for each other’s writing here .

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