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Quest 8: A Rainforest Publication for a Target Audience

 Topic Heading: A Rainforest Publication for a Target Audience
 Task: Design and produce a mini pamphlet (4 pages maximum) that will provide a range of information on the rainforest
 Materials:
  • Resources suitable for and sympathetic to the content
  • Teacher as an expert consultant
  • ICT facilities for production

Process:

  • Teacher introduces task
  • Introduce concept of content and target audience/ discuss balance between serious issues, content and entertainment
  • Allocate groups
  • Once in groups children should confirm understanding of task

Product Success Criteria:

  • The design should be a prototype that may be adopted as a monthly production format
  • The publication should:
    • Have a name
    • Contain a mission statement outlining its purpose, encapsulating in no more than 25 words
    • Introduce the production team (i.e. editor, feature writers, illustrators, production staff)
  • The team should be able to identify their target audience

Conclusion:

Following presentation of the various prototypes decide on one or more that might go into continued production

Development:

Consider ways of ensuring that the publication is produced in a way that is sensitive to the environment.


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