Inviting Students to Think and Write About Literature
Wollman-Bonilla, Julie
1991
Includes: Why response journals? - Getting Started - Replying to students' responses - Dealing with problems - Assessment - Activities related to response journals.
Babylon Edison arrives in New York City, excited about her summer job working for "Orange" magazine, but she is unprepared for the intense challenges that await her in her personal and professional life.
Describes different kinds of newspapers and periodicals, and profiles various jobs such as advertising manager, features editor, general reporter, and production manager.
Paulina, Miko, Tally, and Ivy are very different seventh-grade girls, but they must try to put their differences aside and come up with a magazine to submit to a competition in order to get funding for a new school program.
Presents an introduction to different forms of media, including information on magazines, film and television, the Internet, newspapers, and radio. Includes illustrations.
The author, a former assistant to the editor-in-chief of Vogue, fictionalizes her experiences in this novel about a small-town girl who goes to work for a New York-based magazine called Runway.