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Materials: Word processing application such as AppleWorks
Standards Addressed:
1. The student produces a report that: includes appropriate
facts and details; uses a range of appropriate strategies, such as providing
facts and details, describing or analyzing the subject, and narrating a
relevant anecdote; and includes relevant information.
2. The student demonstrates a basic understanding of
the rules of the English language in written work. The student demonstrates
control of grammar, paragraph structure, punctuation, sentence construction,
spelling and usage.
3. The student analyzes and subsequently revises
work to clarify or make it more effective in communicating the intended
message or thought.
4. The students develop the concept of what qualities
that "heroes" or people who have favorably influenced society possess.
5. The students develop awareness of contributions people
have made in fields such as architecture, arts, religion, science, government,
business, and world peace.
6. The students recognize the impact of people of diverse
cultures on humanity.
Procedure:
1. Students open a word processing document in AppleWorks.
Each student uses the the alignment boxes on the ruler to align the cursor
to center the heading which will include: title (name of hero) student's
name and class. The text menu is used to set the font, size, style and
color of the text. After the heading is entered, the students will align
the cursor to the left for the body of the report.
2. Students will use the completed database sheet from
lesson
3 to determine where to begin each new paragraph. Elicit that each
time a new paragraph is needed, the students needs to press the return
or enter key and the tab key.
3. Students use the notes on their database to enter
a report in paragraph form.
4. Students are given a check
list or rubric as a guide for proofreading and editing their work.
(or students may use this site for a checklist: http://4teachers.org/projectbased/checklist.shtml
5. Students use the thesaurus to add or substitute words
with more interesting words.
6. Students use the spell check and replace misspelled
words with corrections.
7. After students are shown how to copy an image
from the internet, they will paste an image of the person they wrote about
on the word processing document.
8. Students save, print, and share their work with the
class.
A sample of a student's report may be accessed here.
Tip: The reports can be laminated and bound into a class book of heroes.
Evaluation: Students will be evaluated on the quality of their reports. Content, student's justification for saying the featured individual is worthy of being designated a superhero, spelling, punctuation, usage, and presentation of the report will be evaluated.
Related Links:
1. http://thesaurus.com/
Roget's Internet Thesaurus - of English words and
phrases.
2. http://bartleby.com/141/
Find elementary rules of usage and elementary principals
of composition.
3. http://wordcentral.com/
Merriam-Webster's Word Central - offers a cool
student dictionary and Word of the Day, as well as new ways to have fun
with words and language.
1. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002003/index1.htm
"American Heroes of the Twentieth Century," provides
students with a wealth of information about important people of the past
one hundred years in a simple, easy-to-use format.
2. http://distinguishedwomen.com/
This site has biographies of women who contributed
to our culture
3. http://biography.com
This site provides biographical information about
real people in many different career categories.
4. http://time.com/time
This is the Time Magazine Web Site. From here students
can click links to find magazine articles about famous people.
5. http://people.com
From the People Magazine web site, students can access
links to magazine articles about the people they are researching.
6. http://sportsillustrated.com
This is the site for Sports Illustrated Magazine.
Students can click on links to find out about sports figures.
Follow Up: In Lesson
5, students use their reports to create a class slide show.