Component: Uses the writing process effectively
                   Writes to communicate ideas and information effectively

Objectives: To draft and revise writing
                  To write for a variety of purposes 
                  Use electronic technology to design a web page
                  Produce a final document

Materials: computer, Internet capabilities, Microsoft FrontPage

Procedures:

• The class will brainstorm for ideas related to creating a web page. Visit Web Monkey for Kids

• List the topics on board i.e.
                          statistics
                          riddles
                          cartoons
                          poetry
                          history of smoking

• Students will choose a topic and work in groups. They will create a page to be included in the Web Page

• Each page will contain material related to the topic, a background color, and clip art

How To Make A Web Page

Click on the following:

    Start
    Microsoft Front Page 
    File
    Little white paper on the upper left hand side
    Type information
    Add clip art
    Add links by going online, cut and pasting the website onto the page
    
How To Make A Cover Page For The Web

Type the name of page. 
Add clip art.

Click the icon that looks like a checkerboard.
Highlight the number of boxes necessary to make an information table. 
Press the left mouse once.
Type the name of page into each box. 

• Create a banner for you web page at The Banner Generator

Evaluation: Write all the steps necessary to create a web page. 

Homework: Write all the information necessary to make a personal web page. Edit it by 
                    using spell check, and Thesaurus. Search for clip art that will depict the theme
                    of the page.   

Extended Activities: 

• Search for anti-smoking web pages, visit Action on Smoking and Health  and No To Tobacco

• Design a web page for the class

• Write a resume web page listing background experiences, capabilities, web page ideas and education

Sites to Visit:
Create Your Own Web Page
FrontPage in the Classroom