Denotation/Connotation

Our first task we were given to do was to compare two 'secondary teachers' magazines, using denotation and connotation. The idea is to show the differences between the same magazine and how they vary each month. At a quick glance I've already noticed that they both have the same layout, a row of plugs at the top, name of the magazine, large picture with a heading and website and date along the bottom.

Secondary Teachers, Magazine one


The title of the magazine is Secondary Teachers, the font large and easy to read. The colour of the font is green fading to blue from the top to the bottom. The word secondary is larger then the word teachers, to emphasise that it's for a secondary school. The title stands our more because the background is white.

Along the top of the magazine there are a row of three plugs. The first plug says 'My Masters inspired me', which is in a red font and is easy to read. The second plug says 'The playground that gets girls moving' with a picture of girls looking like their having fun which links to the quote. The font once again is easy to read but this time is the colour pink. The final plug says 'Super snappy lesson starters', in a clear red font just like the first plug. The pattern along the top is red, pink with picture and red.

The main picture on the cover is a picture of a tray with gingerbread men on, being held by a student in uniform. The image is a close up of mainly the tray but you can see bits of the student. Also i noticed that the the the two gingerbread men are different in an obvious way of that one is a girl and the other is a boy. There is a a title for the picture which says 'Cook with me' in a white font with 'How schools can make lessons tasty' also in a white font but smaller than the cook with me font. I think that the picture is suggesting secondary schools have cooking lessons for students for boys and girls.

Finally along the bottom there is a logo for the department for children, schools and families. The logo for it is a rainbow and it is in the bottom left corner. Also there is the date of the issue followed by a website address 'www.teachernet.gov.uk' in the bottom right corner.





Secondary Teachers, magazine two

This second magazine has the exact same layout as the other one. Plugs along the top, also red, pink and red but this time the last plug has the miniture picture, title of magazine, large picture with title, logo for department for children, schools and families and a date with website.
Although the plugs along the top have the same colour theme, they obviuosly say a different thing because it's a different issue. The first plug in red says ' Your need-to-know guide for next term', the second plug in pink says '15 free fantastic ideas for summer' and the final plug once again is red and it says 'Why the Fonz is back to school' and the picture to go with it is a picture of Arthour Fonzerelli.
The main picture is also different, it is a picture of two boys holding booklets saying arsenal on them, with an arsnel shirt behind them but instead of it saying their name one says numeracy and the other says litaracy. This links with the title for this 'Playing to learn' because its linking learning and football together. Underneath the mian title for the picture it says 'How football can help improve their Maths and English skills' which once again links to the picture.
Then once again along the bottom there is the logo for the department for schools, children and families on the bottom left and the Date of the issue (July 2008) and the teachernet website along side it.