Objective 1A - Internet Safety/Ethical Issues
Begun August 9 (Monday of week 2)
Due September 2 (Thursday of week 5)
Homework: After reviewing the Internet
Safety Plan together, students and parents will sign and return
the detachable portion
by Friday,
September 3.
Classwork: After reviewing the Internet Safety Plan in class
with the teacher and turning in their forms, individual students
will
answer 10
ethics questions and must earn a C before they can use the
Internet. (retakes available)
Objective 1B - Basic Dreamweaver Skills
Begun September 2 (Thursday of week 5)
Due September 17 (Friday of week 7)
After being guided through basic steps to create a Dreamweaver
page by the teacher, individual students will have 2 lab
days to create a sample page on a topic of their choice. The
page must
contain at least one heading, one image, one body paragraph,
one link, and one email link.
Objective 2 - Teamwork (Rules)
Begun September 24 (Friday of week 8)
Due September 24 (Friday of week 8)
After participating in the class discussion on rules for
teamwork, groups of 2-3 students will create a poster demonstrating
a teamwork
rule from the orally generated class list.
Objective 3 - Outlining and Summarizing Information (Class Notes)
Begun September 27 (Monday of week 9)
Due October 1 (Friday of week 9)
Using one of the methods discussed in class, individual
students will outline the information in their children's
book from
home.
Objective 4 - News Stories (Class News)
Begun October 18 (Monday of week 11)
Due October 22 (Friday of week 11)
Using articles brought from home, students will identify
the who, what, when, where, why and how of the article.
They will also generate
a list of at least 5 questions the reporter had to ask
to write the article.
Objective 5 - Current Events (Current Events)
Begun October 25 (Monday of week 12)
Due October 29 (Friday of week 12)
After comparing articles and conferring among themselves,
each group of 4-5 students will generate a list of at
least 5 acceptable
current events topics and share 1-2 of them for a class
list.
Objective 6 - Biographies (People)
Begun November 1 (Monday of week 13)
Due November 5 (Friday of week 13)
After reading and comparing sample biographies, groups
of 2-3 students will generate at least 10 questions to
ask in
a biography interview
and share at least 2 of them for a class list.
Objective 7 - Writing a Good Review (Entertainment)
Begun November 8 (Monday of week 14)
Due November 12 (Friday of week 14)
After comparing several reviews brought from home with
the class, individual students will write reviews on
their children's
books
from home.
Objective 8A - Communications Skills (Email)
Begun November 15 (Monday of week 15)
Due November 18 (Friday of week 15)
After listening to the business letter presentation,
individual students will write replies to their letters
to the editor
samples.
Objective 8B - Proofreading
Begun November 18 (Friday of week 15)
Due November 18 (Friday of week 15)
Using the proofreading marks handout they received earlier
in the year, individual students will proofread a neighbor's
letter.
Objective 9 - Templates
Computer lab visits in October and November (weeks 10
and 16)
Begun December 3 (Friday of week 17)
Due December 10 (Friday of week 18)
Part A: Using guidelines provided by the teacher, student Web
Groups will create appropriate folders for storing information
on the
network.
Part B: Using all Dreamweaver notes and sample pages for reference,
student Web Groups will create a template page
for their first assigned
rotation, including all headers, pictures, links,
and email links.
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