Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Thursday, Feb. 5th- 7th Grade- Step 1 Determine the Purpose of the Presentation

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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
 
Date: 02-05-2015



Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
PowerPoint Presentation- Effective Design

Standards:
PB-2 Procedure for developing a presentation



“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments

I can use effective design techniques.

Students will be able to decide what is appropriate design.


Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Tab, Group, Ribbon, Multimedia, Informative, Persuasive, Narrative
Persuasive- To advertise so people will purchase an item or to provoke action for a cause.
Language select:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:I_want_you_for_U.S._Army_3b48465u_edit.jpg
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
On page 8 type lines 5 and 6. Remember to use your thumb for the space bar.
Use your your right  INDEX finger for the H key.
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Independent Exercise:

1.  Go to Computer/ Student Docs/ Witkowski folder/
PowerPoint folder/  PowerPoint Part 1 folder/
1 Presentation Purpose PowerPoint


2. Write the complete questions from the 1 Presentation Purpose PowerPoint
                      then in pairs answer with
the correct letter (a, b, c, d) after they are corrected,
you wiill write the entire answer.
                      LEAVE SPACE after the questions!


3. Go to Computer/ Student Docs/ Witkowski folder/
PowerPoint folder/  2 Presentation Procedures PowerPoint

4.  Team Candy Challenge- Name the different ways that this PowerPoint is boring
OR Name the different ways it could be better.

Guided Practice
5. Go to Computer/ Student Docs/ Witkowski folder/
PowerPoint folder/  3 How to Make Effective Presentations PowerPoint.

6. Using the Design techniques discussed in the PowerPoint
create a 1 slide presentation on "You" Include:
your name, things you like (tv, video games, hobbies, sports)
USE the concepts we learned like contrasting colors, etc.
Narrative Purpose (to broadcast messages, tell a story or entertain) Rubric-
It is worth 50 points
2 points off for spelling mistakes
5 points off for contrast mistakes
2 point off if you don't use proper citation for image
 You are allowed 1 picture the rest of the images are clip art
2 points off if you don’t have words size 24 or larger


Homework:
Students need to decide for which ACADEMIC topic
(Typing Posture/Technique, Language Arts, Science,
Social Studies, or Math) they will create a
PowerPoint presentation soon. We will be using the
PowerPoint you create to learn different old and new
features of PowerPoint 2010.

How can you make your design more effective?
Student Technology/Differentiation
Students will use PowerPoint to learn about design.
Closure Strategy
Exit Activity #3  Purpose of Presentation
A continuous loop is like our tv messages. It is a broadcast.

Exit Activity #4:
Practice on the beginner level (#1 home row keys) at http://www.freetypinggame.net/play11.asp
Choose beginner if you are in the beginner category
Choose intermediate if you are in the average category
Click to turn off the sound.

Exit Activity #5:   10 steps of a presentation
http://www.quia.com/mc/2539313.html

Exit Activity #6:
Choose home row and easy. Turn off sound.

Exit Activity #7:
We are practicing for accuracy not speed.
If you get less than 95% accuracy; retake practice.




Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Wednesday, February 4th- Short Cut Links

If you are a 7th Grade Student, click here:  http://www.wclassroom.blogspot.com/2015/02/wednesday-february-4th-7th-grade.html

 
If you are a 8th Grade Student, click here: http://www.wclassroom.blogspot.com/2015/02/wednesday-feb-4th-8th-grade-6-design.html

Wednesday, Feb. 4th- 8th Grade- 6 Design Principles

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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
 
Date: 02-04-2015



Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Publisher- The 6 Design Principles

Standards:
DP5- Format Brochures



“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can create special effects using Publisher.
Students enhance their presentations with special effects.


Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Tabs, Groups, Ribbon, balance, proximity/unity, alignment, repetition/consistency, contrast, white space
Alignment – justification of elements.  Related items should be justified (left, center, right) the same to emphasize their relationship to each other.
Moving On Up: 10 Ways to Help
http://blog.calicospanish.com/2013/10/14/moving-on-up-10-ways-to-help-novice-students-become-intermediate.html
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
On page 6 type lines 7 and 8. Remember to use your thumb for the space bar.
Use your your right and left Pinky fingers for the A and ; Semicolon exercise.
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson:
Creating a quizlet account for test flashcards
Use your lunchnumber@randolph.k12.nc.us for your email password
Write down your password, use your birthday Miss W. will not have it.
If you lose it, you must create all of your flashcards again!!!!!
To the left, click on create a set.
EVERYONE even if you made a 100 needs to create at least
one flashcard so you know how it is done.
You must create a flashcard for each question that was not correct.

Independent Exercise:

1. Finish Student Docs/ Witkowski folder/
Publisher folder/ Design Principles PowerPoint


For Slides 46 through 48
The following questions will be on the test.
Write the number of the question, the red words in the question
and then look through the Design PowerPoint to find which Design principle
(balance, proximity/unity, alignment, repetition/consistency, contrast
or white space)  is described.
For example, you would write:
1. the location, date, time, and cost are centered.
And then the answer to this question is found on slide 21.
You would write that design principle.
Higher Order Thinking Questions
How are the 6 design principles alike and how are they different?
Student Technology/Differentiation
Students will use Publisher to learn the 6 design principles.
Students will create online flash cards,
Closure Strategy
Exit Activity #3:
Match the correct design principle with its definition.
Click on Run this Time, if you get Java message.


Exit Activity #4:
Play until you reach a million dollars.
Answer the questions correctly to win.

Q: In Figure 1, the text boxes at the top and
the bottom illustrate which design
principle? A. Balance

Exit Activity #5:
Practice on the beginner level (#1 home row keys) at http://www.freetypinggame.net/play11.asp
Choose beginner if you are in the beginner category
Choose intermediate if you are in the average category
Click to turn off the sound.

 




Wednesday, February 4th- 7th Grade- Purposes of a Presentation

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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
 
Date: 02-04-2015



Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
PowerPoint Presentation-  Design Concepts

Standards:
PB-2 Procedure for developing a presentation



“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can decide what is appropriate content for a PowerPoint presentation.

I can use effective design techniques.
Students will be able to quickly find the PowerPoint features they need.

Students will be able to decide what is appropriate content.


Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Tab, Group, Ribbon, Multimedia, Informative, Persuasive, Narrative
A Narrative tells a story and/or entertains.
You can also broadcast a message.
Comic book superheros | Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/8058853@N06/7153401117/
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
On page 6 type lines 7 and 8. Remember to use your thumb for the space bar.
Use your your right and left Pinky fingers for the A and ; Semicolon exercise
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson:
1.Creating a quizlet account for test flashcards
Use your lunchnumber@randolph.k12.nc.us for your email password
Write down your password, use your birthday Miss W. will not have it.
If you lose it, you must create all of your flashcards again!!!!!
To the left, click on create a set.EVERYONE even if you made a 100 needs to create at least
one flashcard so you know how it is done.
You must create a flashcard for each question that was not correct.




Guided Practice:

2. Go to Computer/ Student Docs/ Witkowski folder/
PowerPoint folder/  PowerPoint Part 1 folder/



1 Presentation Purpose PowerPoint
   Finish writing the correct answers under the 5 questions

Independent Exercise:
3. Go to Computer/ Student Docs/ Witkowski folder/
PowerPoint folder/  2 Presentation Procedures PowerPoint


  Team Candy Challenge- Name the different ways that this PowerPoint is boring
OR Name the different ways it could be better.

Guided Practice continued:
4. Go to Computer/ Student Docs/ Witkowski folder/
PowerPoint folder/  3 How to Make Effective Presentations PowerPoint.

5. Using the Design techniques discussed in the PowerPoint
create a 1 slide presentation on "You" Include:
your name, things you like (tv, video games, hobbies, sports)
USE the concepts we learned like contrasting colors, etc.

Homework:
Students need to decide for which ACADEMIC topic
(Typing Posture/Technique, Language Arts, Science,
Social Studies, or Math) they will create a
PowerPoint presentation soon. We will be using the
PowerPoint you create to learn different old and new
features of PowerPoint 2010.

Higher Order Thinking Questions
What type of presentations are best for PowerPoint?
Student Technology/Differentiation
Students will use PowerPoint to learn about design.
Students will create online flash cards.
Closure Strategy
Exit Activity #3  Purpose of Presentation
A continuous loop is like our tv messages. It is a broadcast.

Exit Activity #4:
Practice on the beginner level (#1 home row keys) at http://www.freetypinggame.net/play11.asp
Choose beginner if you are in the beginner category
Choose intermediate if you are in the average category
Click to turn off the sound.