Grading – read the criteria below and consider how to get the best grade on your magazine.
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A-A* |
B |
C |
D or below |
Use of IT |
Excellent use of IT so that the magazine looks like a professional magazine. Careful attention to detail. Images are cropped, resized and manipulated as appropriate.
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Excellent use of IT so that the magazine looks almost like a professional magazine. Attention to detail. Most images are cropped, resized and manipulated as appropriate. |
Very good use of IT. A lot of images are cropped, resized and manipulated as appropriate. |
Average use of IT. Very little manipulation of images.
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Font |
A variety of font sizes and types are used. The font size for the articles is quite small and is generally size 12. |
A variety of font sizes and types used. The font size for the articles is quite small and is generally size 12. |
Some variety of font size and type. Font size for double page spread article or other articles may be too big (over size 12). |
The font size use in the text is too big and looks unprofessional. Font size may be too big in order to disguise the fact that the pupil has not written a lot (this does not work!). The font is more or less the same throughout– may have used times new roman throughout. |
Language & Spelling |
No spelling or grammatical errors. The language takes into account the target audience |
No spelling or grammatical errors. The language takes into account the target audience. |
Contains a few spelling or grammatical errors. May contain poor punctuation.
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Contains a lot of spelling or grammatical errors. May contain word omissions or poor punctuation. |
Photographs |
Images are cropped appropriately. Images are sharp and clear in focus. In particular the image on the front cover is in focus. All images are pupils’ own. |
Images are cropped appropriately. The majority of images are sharp and clear in focus. In particular the image on the front cover is good. The majority of images are pupils’ own. |
Some Images are cropped appropriately. Most images are sharp and clear in focus. Some images are not the pupils own and have been taken from a website. |
Some images are in focus. Some images are not the pupils own and have been taken from a website. |
Photographs |
A variety of shot distances are used (ex-close up, close-up, mid shot, long shot.) Images and text are integrated professionally. |
A variety of shot distances are used. Images and text are integrated well. |
Some variety of shot distances are used. Images will be placed on the page with some integration with text. |
Images are just placed on the page with no real thought or effort. |
Mise-en-scene |
Has selected appropriate mise-en-scene including colour, lighting, objects and setting. Careful attention to detail. |
Has selected appropriate mise-en-scene including colour, lighting, objects and setting |
Has selected some appropriate mise-en-scene including colour, lighting, objects and setting |
Mise-en-scene has been considered to a basic standard |
4/5 Pages Cover Contents/ Editorial Double Pg Spread (2pages) |
All 5 pages are produced to an excellent / professional standard. |
All 4/5 pages are produced to a very high standard. |
All 4 pages are produced to a good standard.
May lack professional finish (ex-it may contain empty white spaces, may not have page numbers, may have used images copied from the internet) |
All 4 pages are produced to a basic standard. Work is rushed, unfinished and contains a lot of empty white spaces. EVERY PAGE MUST BE INCLUDED OR THE WORK WILL NOT MEET THE REQUIRMENT OF THE BRIEF. |