Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Wednesday, March 9th- 7th Grade- Formatting a Word document

Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
Date: 03-09-2016


Teacher:
Witkowski

Lesson/Unit Topic:
Understanding Word formatting skills- header, footer, paragraph formats

Standards:
Understanding Word formatting skills


“I Can…” Statement
Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can format a Word document

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)


Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

1. Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com
2. Go to your lunch number and open your Name/Thesaurus file
If you do NOT have your name completed, finish it.
 
3. Go to Computer- Student Doc- Witkowski folder- Word folder-
     open the 2 Formatting and Editing Skills
file. 
 

Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)

Guided Lesson:
@ Quick review of how to use a text box. 
@ Students will learn:
     * the difference between portrait and landscape

                   *portrait- the page orientation in which height of page is greater than width
                   *landscape- page orientation in which width of page is greater than height 
     * the difference between cut/copy/paste
                   *cut-  removes text or graphics from the current location
                   *copy- copied to another location
                   *paste- places text/graphics that have been cut/copied to new location
     * clipboard- the temporary storage location for text/graphics that have been cut/copied     
     * double space- the when 1 line is left between lines of text, hit enter key twice
     * font - a specific design for a collection of letters, numbers, and symbols
 
Independent Exercise
@ Students will add clip art to their Name/Thesaurus file.
@ Students will practice new word formatting skills on their Name/Thesaurus file.
 
If you were absent Monday's/Tuesday's Lesson:
@ Go to Computer- Student Doc- Witkowski folder- Word folder-
     open the 1 Formatting Paragraphs file.
@ Miss W will explain several Word Vocabulary terms:
     @ Horizontal and vertical spacing
     @ Header
     @ Footer
     @ Block Paragraph
     @ Indented Paragraph
     @ Hanging Indent Paragraph 
 





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 Paragraph formatting
http://www.quia.com/rr/1048604.html

Exit Activity 3
Paragraph formatting- http://www.quia.com/hm/728026.html
Words we have not covered yet:
Endnotes- (bibliography) source references placed at the end of a document
Leaders- series of periods between two set of tabs
Tabs- used to align data into groups leaders can be used to guide the reader
Footnotes-  source documents placed at the bottom of the same page
Tables- text in columns and rows
Paragraph Headings- keyed at the beginning of a paragraph to give the reader
an quick idea about the content of the paragraph


Exit Activity 4
Play until you win a million dollars  http://www.quia.com/rr/1026034.html
Formatting- The way text appears, for example: bold, underline, all caps, with color
Editing- The process of updating a document to make changes, correct errors,
and make it visually appealing


Exit Activity 5
Play until you win a million dollars  http://www.quia.com/rr/1001187.html
**When you get to this question choose shift key even though cap locks is a better answer
Mark needs to key a list of state abbreviations in all caps.  What is the EASIEST way for him to do this?
**QWERTY is? the most common arrangements of keyboards
**ASDF is the left hand for the keyboard
**What are the measurements of a standard sheet of paper? 8.5 x 11

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