Tuesday, March 8th- 7th Grade- Word Processing- Using the Thesaurus

Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 3-08-2016

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

“I Can…” Statement	Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can use the Thesaurus feature.	Signed interim reports are due.

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. Go to Applications then Microsoft Office then open a Word file.  3. Finish any missing work.
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students (Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson: @ Miss W will review headers and footers. @ Miss W will demonstrate how to center vertically.       -- Go to the Page Layout Tab       -- In the Page Setup Group click on the tiny arrow in the right bottom corner       -- In the middle of the dialog box, go to the PAGE section       -- In Vertical Alignment click center   @ Miss W will demonstrate how to use the Thesaurus feature.   Independent Exercise @ Students will use the Thesaurus feature to complete the Name exercise.
Higher Order Thinking Questions
How are documents formatted?
Student Technology/Differentiation
Students will format a Word document
Closure Strategy
Exit Activity 1 Easy matching http://www.quia.com/mc/1815326.html         Exit Activity 2  Paragraph formatting http://www.quia.com/rr/1048604.html