Thursday, February 1st- 7th Grade- Using a Thesaurus online

Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 02-01-2018

Teacher:	Witkowski
Lesson/Unit Topic:	Understanding Word formatting skills- Using the Thesaurus
Standards:	Understanding Word formatting skills

“I Can…” Statement
I can use the Thesaurus feature.

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Thesaurus the word processing feature that allows you to find words with similar meanings (synonyms)     for the text within a document. Click on the REVIEW Tab.  http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/f/fc/Use-the-Thesaurus-in-Microsoft-Word-Step-1Bullet2.jpg/670px-Use-the-Thesaurus-in-Microsoft-Word-Step-1Bullet2.jpg
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
1. Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com 2. Open a Word document.       Go to the applications folder       then click on Microsoft Office 2016 folder        then click on Word
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students (Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson: @ Miss W will review text boxes again @ Miss W will demonstrate how to use the Thesaurus feature. @ Miss W will show how to go to Google and type in       Adjectives that begin with Independent Exercise @ Students will use the Thesaurus feature to complete the Name exercise.    @ If time students will complete their Why Study assignment @ If time students will complete their Word Ribbon worksheet