| Express Yourself!
June Vann
Beaufort Elementary School
4/4/03
Subjects included in this lesson Plan: Language Arts
and Technology
Brief Description: compose a poem, use data processing to type and then print.
Approximate time required: two class periods to learn different types of poetry and one class period
in the computer lab to word process.
Standard course of study Goals and Objectives:
Language Arts
5.08 Create readable documents through legible handwriting and word processing.
4.10 Use technology as a tool to enhance and/ or publish a product.
Technology
2.3 Use keyboarding skills to improve
speed and accuracy.
2.4 Use a word processing application to create and format a
document.
Teacher’s Lesson Goals/Objectives: The student will
use the computer to type a poem and then print.
Materials/Resources Needed:
- Computers
- Printers
- AppleWorks word processing
- Poems from previous class session.
Pre Activities:
- Teach class different types of poems
- Let the class write an example of each
Activities:
- Go to the computer lab, so each child can have a computer.
- Review different types of poems
- Let each child type their own poem using
a word processing
application to create and format their document. Students are
asked to center, bold make title 18 pt., poem 14pt. and double
space poem
- Students save and print their poems.
Closure: After each child has typed their poem, let them
read aloud to the class and display their poems.
Assessment: I will use a checklist for possible 100 points
1. Type poem correctly
using a word processing
application to create and format. (Center title 20pts, bold 20pts,
make title 18 pt.20pts, double space poem 20pts)
Total 80 points
2. Students are observed using correct
keyboarding techniques to help improve speed
and accuracy.(20 pts)
|
