Friday, Sept. 28, 2012

Go Big Red! Beat Heritage!!
Complete all unfinished work.
I will not add any new assignments today.

Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012

Finish the Globalization Report
Finish the 3-- Word It Activities that we began yesterday.
Finish the Explorer's Report on pg. 207 in the Century 21 book.

FBLA meeting on Thursday after school in Mrs. Miller’s room

Essential Question-  What is the shortcut for “Save as?”

Students will key the report “Four Outstanding Americans” on pg. 213 of the Century 21 book.

You will insert

·        footnotes

·        page numbers (Do not put a page number on the title page)

·         use heading 1 for the title and heading 2 for the subtitles

You should have:

·        A Title page

·        Table of Contents

·        Body of paper

·        Reference Page

Save as 69BRPT1

Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012

FBLA meeting on Thursday after school in Mrs. Miller’s room

Essential Question- What is a watermark on a document?

Word It! Activity 32 on pg. 63 College Application Process

·        Students will create an alphanumeric outline using the number toolbar

Word It! Activity 34 The New You! Pg. 68

·        Read directions in book

·        Insert files into a document

Word It! Activity 36 NFL Players pg. 73

·        Insert a watermark behind text

Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012

FBLA meeting on Thursday after school in Mrs. Miller’s room

Essential Question- What is a footnote?

Students will type the report “Explorers” on pg. 207 in the Century 21 book.

You will insert

· footnotes

· page numbers (Do not put a page number on the title page)

· use heading 1 for the title and heading 2 for the subtitles

You should have:

· A Title page

· Table of Contents

· Body of paper

· Reference Page

Monday, Sept. 24, 2012

Finish the Globalization Report on pg. 159-162 if you have not.
Be sure you make a reference page using all of the footnotes. You should have the author's last name first, a comma, and then the author's first name.
The references must be in alphabetical order by the author's last name.
Complete the Word It Activities that were assigned on Friday. See Friday's post.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Go Big Red! Beat Apalachee!!
Word It! Activity 21

·        Re-create a business letterhead

·        Insert a footer

Word It! Activity 22

·        Create an original business letterhead

·        Finish any unfinished reports and work being prepared to have graded.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Essential Question- How do you create a table of contents using headings?

Century 21 Book - Page 159-162 - Multi-Page Report with footnotes

·        To insert footnote (References / Insert footnote

·        Use Styles—Heading 1 for title and Heading 2 for side heading

·        Make a title page

·        Insert a Table of Contents on the page after the title page ( You will have to insert a page break)

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

 

Essential Question- What is a bookmark?

Word It! Activity 18 pg. 34 How to Buy a Used Car

·        Insert bookmarks into a document

·        Hyperlink text to bookmark

 

Finish Word it! Activity 33- MLA Report

o Format a report in MLA style

Century 21 Book - Page 159-162 - Multi-Page Report with footnotes

·        To insert footnote (References / Insert footnote

·        Use Styles—Heading 1 for title and Heading 2 for side heading

·        Make a title page

·        Insert a Table of Contents on the page after the title page ( You will have to insert a page break)

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Essential Question: How do you format columns in a document?

Assignment:
Word it! Activity 17 – Wipeout

Format columns in a document

Justify text

Wrap text around image

<    Word it! Activity 33 - MLA Report
     Format a report in MLA style

Monday, September 17, 2012

Start up: Video “Make the switch to Microsoft 2010” video and handout

Start up: If you have not finished or started the “Play Review” on pg. 73 in the Century 21 book, complete it.  It should be:

·      Double-spaced

·      All errors corrected

·      The font should be Times New Roman size 12

There is no reference page

·      Save as 27B-RPT2

In the Word It! Book pg. 71 Complete Activity 35 months of the year. 

Center align, bold, and change the case of the title”How Months of the Year were Named” to all caps

Insert a drop cap of the first letter of each month; dropped two lines

·      Change each original name (name in parenthesis) of the months of the year to all caps

·      Bold each month’s name

Friday, Sept. 14, 2012

Start up:
Go to powerschool and check your grades. Make up any 0's that you have.
Students need to make certain that all work is complete until this point.
I will be adding grades of work completed.

If all is complete,
Type the “Play Review” on pg. 73 in the Century 21 Book.

·      Double-space entire document

·      Save as 27B-RPT2

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Word It! Activity 15 Creative Clipart pg. 29

• Insert clipart into a document
• Resize clipart

You will type the phrases in the book and find one clipart image that helps illustrate each of the phrases. The clipart must be resized so that all phrases and clipart fit on one page.

Change the font of the phrases to Arial and bold.

Word It! Activity 16 In the News pg. 30

• Insert and format text boxes
• Group text boxes and graphics

Using a text box allows you to place the text exactly where you want it rather than on a specific line. 

Finish any unfinished reports.

Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012

Wednesday

Essential Question- What is a heading?

In the Century 21 Book on pg. 72 type “immigration to America. ”

·      You will create a reference page using the references in the left column.

·      Don’t forget the hanging indent on the references!

·      Use Heading 1 for the title and Heading 2 for the subtitles

Word It! Book Pg. 59 Activity 30--Top 5 Vacation Destinations

·      Create a bulleted list

·      Create a numbered list

·      Customize a bulleted list.

Word It! Book Pg. 61 Activity 31 Fruit Smoothie

·      Expanded use of bullets and numbering

Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012

I am at a Microsoft Training today---I want a great report from Mrs. Souther! I will be grading some of your work on Wednesday.

Essential Question- What is a thesaurus?

Students will type the report “Samuel Clemens” on page 70 in the Century 21 book.

·      Set top margin at 2 inches and side and bottom margins at 1 inch.

·      Type the references and make a hanging indent

o   Highlight the reference and then

·      Go to paragraph

·      Special then to hanging

Save as 26B-RPT

In the Word It!  Complete Activity 14 the Winter Scene and finish any unfinished work you have.

Monday, September 10, 2012

WE BEAT BUFORD!! GO BIG RED!!

Monday

Essential Question- What is a hanging indent?

Start up: Take a timed typing test at www.learn2type.com

Learn to Format Unbound Reports

Students will learn the proper formatting of reports including:

·      Proper page margins

·      Headers and footers

·      Insert page numbers

·      Use of headings

·      Hanging indents used for reference pages

·      Proper line spacing

Activity 4 on pg. 67 Save as WP@ACT4

·      Students will learn to use the indent feature and hanging indent

Activity 6 on pg. 67
 

Century 21 Book------Students will type the report “Effective Communicators” on pg. 65. Save in your Word folder as “Effective Communicators.”
 

Activity 7 on pg. 68—use the thesaurus and replace the words in bold print.

Save as WP2ACT7