<p> ANIMAL FARM NEWS Due: ______</p><p>Assignment: As a small group you will publish a newspaper for our bulletin board. The animals on Animal Farm publish this newspaper. This can be a print newspaper or a power-point newspaper.</p><p>Remember what the animals' point-of-view would be. They will not tell the stories from the point-of-view of humans! They will tell the news using propaganda, the way they want the animals to hear it and serving their own purposes. Each student will write one story/article as though you were one of the animals on the farm. Each person within your group should write a different kind of story or design piece based on the list below. You are not limited to the novel’s plot. Instead, create a story outside what we read. </p><p>News Stories</p><p>1. Editorial: Editor's opinion </p><p>2. World news story: interesting to people all over the world...a major story of importance!</p><p>3. National news story: interests mostly people in the country of England </p><p>4. Local news story: Interests only the people locally (close to Animal Farm such as from Pinchfield or Foxwood)</p><p>5. Sports story (Be creative! Pigs vs. the Goats in basketball for example)</p><p>6. Business story: a story about a new store opening in the town of Willingdon, or maybe Animal Farm sells a huge number of eggs to the humans last week for example.</p><p>7. Movie Review: Compare the book to the movie or a review of any movie (starring animals)</p><p>8. Travel Piece: description of a particular travel destination</p><p>9. Advice Column</p><p>10. Obituary</p><p>Design Pieces</p><p>11. Three classified ads: These are small ads in the classified section of the paper. The animals are buying and selling or looking for something from private people outside of Animal Farm...For Sale: or For Rent...or Wanted...</p><p>12. One commercial advertisement: This is larger than a classified ad. This needs to be an ad like you would see in a newspaper. It must be two or three or more inches square (or rectangular). A picture must go with this.</p><p>13. Cartoon: computer or by hand Specific Requirements for Stories</p><p>1. Each story must have a headline. </p><p>2. Each story must tell the five W's.....Who, What, When, Where, Why?</p><p>3. Each story must be typed using an appropriate font for others to read. </p><p>4. A picture to go along with your story. Pictures can be drawn or computer generated.</p><p>5. Each story must be at least one page in length.</p><p>Specific Requirements for Design Pieces</p><p>1. Design pieces must have a prominent headline or title.</p><p>2. Design pieces must be detailed in words and images.</p><p>3. Design pieces must be original drawings.</p><p>4. Pieces must be big and eye-catching enough for the consumer to notice. </p><p>Each individual assignment is worth up to 25 points for the writer. You will also receive a group grade out of 10 points. Rubric is on the bottom of this paper. Each story will be graded on language use, presentation/creativity, and mechanics. No spelling errors, please. Each group will be graded on variety of stories, presentational layout, and overriding theme. No late projects will be accepted. ------Name:______Title:______Language Use: the degree of cleverness of propaganda-like language or images to manipulate the readers 10 (multiple examples of doublespeak and at least one characteristic of propaganda exhibited) 9 (one example of doublespeak and at least one characteristic of propaganda exhibited) 8 (one example of doublespeak or one characteristic of propaganda exhibited) 7 (limited awareness of propaganda-like language/characteristics) 6 (no evidence of propaganda-like language/characteristics) </p><p>Presentation: the degree of effort and creativity in the design of your project 10 (eye-catching) 9 (effortful) 8 (adequate) 7 (below average) 6 (haphazard)</p><p>Mechanics: the degree of accuracy regarding sentence structure, spelling*, punctuation, etc. 5 (excellent) 4 (adequate) 3 (poor) *Note: a spelling error may be purposeful in order to create a desired effect. Group: the degree of creativity in cover page and unity (overriding theme) resulting in your final project. 10 (well-planned; clear sense of organization and theme; cover page) 9 (well-planned; clear sense of organization but theme is somewhat unclear or no cover page) 8 (adequately planned; decently organized; theme is unclear) 7 (limited effort by the group, having little to no awareness of order or theme)</p><p>TOTAL: ______out of 35</p>