Criteria
For Magazine Evaluation
Criteria
For Magazine Evaluation
| The following are guidelines for preparing oral and written evaluations of magazines. In addition to the oral evaluation of the magazine you are assigned, your group must submit two copies of a written evaluation on the magazine presentation day: one to the magazine group you evaluated, the other to your own Composition teacher. Issues marked with a star (*) represent the kind of large questions you should address in your oral evaluation; the others are more technical points you should save for the written evaluation. Don't make generalizations; justify your opinions with specific examples. |
Overview |
Basics |
Writing |
Layout
and Graphics |
| *What did you learn from reading the magazine? What did you find most interesting about the topic? Which article was the most interesting or enjoyable for you? Why? |
| *Are
all the articles clearly related to the magazine topic?
Make sure cover: has no pictures, uses only black and white printing, and includes at least a title, the composition teacher's name, the group's letter and number, and the date. Is there a table of contents including the names of articles, full names of writers, and page numbers? Does the magazine include two articles (each at least three pages long) by each group member? |
| *The most important
aspect of the magazine is the quality of the writing. Is the writing
clear, engaging, and original?
*What is the most interesting sentence in the magazine and why? What is the best example of word choice and why? What vocabulary did you learn? Published writing
should be polished and contain no errors of grammar, usage, or spelling
whatsoever. Check writing for the following:
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| *Is the layout neat
and orderly? Explain.
*Are the graphics effective and relevant? How? Make sure the magazine contains no more than one graphic borrowed from an outside source, and that the source of any such graphic is cited. |