7th+Newsletter

Newspaper Assignment – 7th grade __PA standards__ – > __Objectives__ -
 * NETS.1.6-8: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
 * NETS.2.6-8: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
 * NETS.6.6-8: Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems and operations.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use a word processing application on a computer.be able to accomplish everyday tasks associated with creating, formatting and finishing small sized word processing documents/assignments ready for distribution.

various ways to select text,
 * Using the Formatting Palette, Entering text into a document, Using Save and Save As, Working with the Toolbox, Spelling and grammar check, Using the custom dictionary, Working with fonts, Place a Border Around Text, Page borders, Creating a Draw Object, Selecting objects, Object placement, Fill effects, Formatting lines, Resizing objects, Deleting an object, Clip Art Task Pane, Inserting a picture, Picture Formatting Options, Creating WordArt, Modifying WordArt, WordArt placement, Changing character case, Cut, Copy, and Paste

__Warm up__ – Each day I will introduce or review a skill needed (above) to complete the newspaper.

__Vocab__ –
 * columns, word art, text box, insert picture (correctly), font

__Tech lab__ #4 Word Processing & Tech Lab #3

__Evidence of best practice__ – students will be able to refer to the video and helpful tips on my wiki at anytime they get stuck.

__Activity__ - People buy newspapers to read intriguing stories, stay up to date on current events, get the latest news and of course to find out how their favorite sports team did the night before! For this assignment you will create a newsletter about Health topics to inform your reader.

Articles might be about facts related to:
 * healthy eating
 * balanced meals
 * healthy snacks
 * exercise
 * setting goals
 * self esteem
 * feelings
 * stress management
 * anger management
 * food pyramid/plate
 * diseases
 * relationships (family, friends, boyfriend/girlfriend)

 Your job is to create a school newspaper. You will...
 * Using text boxes (insert -> Text Box) and word art in Microsoft Word
 * Design the layout to maximize your space (1-2 pages only)
 * Write and edit different types of news articles - sports, headline news, local news, events, entertainment, classroom happenings, food, about a
 * Include a relevant picture (how to format pictures)

Include...
 * Newspaper Name and logo
 * Come up with interesting articles for your paper (discuss types of articles)
 * Minimum of 4 articles – you can add other stuff in addition (listen in class) – well written (7-10 sentences)
 * One picture for each article – relevant
 * After the articles are written is when you should do the formatting – NOT BEFORE

What formatting should be done…
 * Fit all the text boxes (and picture) on one page with the name and logo on top.
 * Do this by changing size, font, maybe add borders on the text box
 * Use color to make it interesting and appealing - think of our school newspaper

 Grading for assignment
 * 10 points - 4 appropriate article (age appropriate and appropriate for general audiences)
 * 10 points - articles 7 sentences or more
 * 10 points - noticeable title on each article
 * 10 points - 4 formatted picture (sized correctly, not blurry, can move anywhere on page and NOT BEHIND TEXT)
 * 10 points - text boxes used correctly to fit all articles on page (2 at most)
 * 10 points - newspaper has name using word art
 * 10 points - all text is legible
 * 10 points - spelling and grammar correct
 * 10 points - skills are shown to change font, size, and color
 * 10 points - effort
 * article are original (not copied) - every article copied -25 pts

