Tuesday, April 21st- 8th Grade- DB test and Publisher Newsletter

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	Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 04-21-2015

Teacher:	Witkowski
Lesson/Unit Topic:	Publisher- Review Skills and Hyphenation
Standards:	DB-6 Format Newsletters

“I Can…” Statement	Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can do well on the test. Test today.	Students make good grades on test.

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)

Newsletters-  Usually keyed in columns, May require one or more pages, Usually prepared for a specific organization, company, or group to provide updates and  information about group members. https://www.flickr.com/photos/hubble_esa/10338297204/

Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

On page 80, type lines 14 and 15. We are using our RIGHT RING finger for the 9  key.

Guided Lesson: @ Students will take database test. @ A review of Using Text in Publisher @ Open up a New Publisher Newsletter call it PRACTICE 1. Add text box  Home tab- then Draw Text Box 2. Zoom-  View tab- then Zoom OR bottom right of screen 3. Text Effects- highlight word, Format tab- Shadow, Outline, Engrave, Emboss 4. Border- select, Format tab- Shape outline button @ Students will practice new skill: hyphenation Your articles needs to have a .5 hyphenation. http://www.gcflearnfree.org/publisher2010/4.5 @ Miss W will review the Publisher Newsletter Rubric. ATMS Newsletter Checklist- Simple Checklist □ 1. Teachers Interviewed  _or Global Awareness Article ____________________ □ 2. A. Students Interviewed  ____________________________________________ □ 3. What's Going On In the Classroom? ________________________________ □ 4. A. Bulldog Sports Updates  Sport ______________________________  Person ______________ OR 4. A. Club Updates Club ______________________________  Person ________________________ □ 5. A.  Books Reviewed  ______________________________________________ OR 5. A. Video Games Reviewed ______________________________________________ OR 5. A. Movies Reviewed  ___________________________________________________ □ 6.  Fun and Games  ______________________________________________ □ 7. All Interviews have Headlines. □ 8. All interviews address who, what, when, where, why and how. □ 9. Spelling and grammar have been checked. □ 10. Citations listed for pictures and quotes. Deadline is November 20th If you want to review past Publisher skills about TEXT: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/publisher2010/4.3 http://www.gcflearnfree.org/publisher2010/4.4 http://www.gcflearnfree.org/publisher2010/4.6 Independent Exercise: @ Students review CTE newsletters and list 2 items that they like and 2 items they do not like AND explain WHY? @ Students will decide on their Newsletter Name and Logo. @ Students will save their Newsletter NAME Template to their lunch number.

Higher Order Thinking Questions

Why would you want to change the hyphenation?

Student Technology/Differentiation

Students use Publisher to create a newsletter.

Closure Strategy

Exit Activity #12: Million dollar Game http://www.quia.com/rr/531753.html Exit Activity #13: Publisher Ribbon http://www.quia.com/mc/320506.html