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Project Twenty-Five lets you try something else with tables and
stylesheets.
This combination makes a perfect way to format something like a newspaper that will have
columns of text with some graphics to liven it up. For this project, you will create a
school-based newspaper. It can be humorous or serious (or both), but it needs to stick
fairly close to actual facts of what is going on around SRHS.
NOTE: If you decide to be satirical, just remember that students don't
actually have all that much freedom of speech. Please steer well clear of
slander and libel! (Don't know what those words
mean? Look them up HERE.)
NOTE: Simply copying and pasting from the school Web site is not
sufficient to get this job done. The school already has a Web site and doesn't need
another. Newspapers go out of date pretty quickly, though, so you write
us a current one. Just make sure you write news stories. They typically
include information about who, what, why, when, and how. This means
you need to include names, places, dates, and a little analysis of events, too.
Guidelines: The successful project will offer a clear, readable document
formatted to look like a newspaper. It will consist of several pages
in which you detail some of the current school news about developments around here--general
news, special awards, athletic events, clubs, scholarships, etc. The scrolling announcements
will be on so you can get some ideas as to what is going on here. The design should be
consistent from section to section, and you should include a navigation section on each
page so that readers can easily get to any section from
any page.
NOTE: Most of you are not making proper use of the style sheet.
Be sure to check HERE for
more options. To do this job well, your style sheet will need at least 20 entries,
each of which has three or more attributes.
It may be helpful to look around at some models. The following are links to some
local online newspapers:
The News and Observer
The Daily Tar Heel (UNC)
The Technician (NCSU)
The Chronicle (Duke)
NOTE: Notice how these professional sites handle the issue of
consistency and ease of navigation.
It will probably be helpful to design your tables with the borders, but
then remove them for your final "edition." Almost all of the formatting--the colors, the
fonts, the design generally--needs to be done with stylesheets.
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