Monday, March 7, 2016

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.


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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
 
 
 
 
Exit Activity 2  Paragraph formatting
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