Day 14

6th:  We will be wrapping up our lesson in Scratch this week.  Today we will each create our own "Pong" game.

7th:  We will continue to explore some of the features of Microsoft Office Power Point today as we create a simple presentation about ourselves.

8th:  If you have not already saved your Propeganda Poster as a JPEG and e-mailed it to me at heidihemmesch@gmail.com you must do so by the end of class today in order to receive credit for the assignment.

Today we will be exploring the powers of Wordle as a free form of expression.  Please go to wordle.net to begin our discovery.

Day 13

6th:  Today we will continue our work in Scratch to create a presentation for your Christmas project.  Remember, although our goal is to learn to utilize the software, it is still important that your presentation makes sense.  Be sure that you are constantly monitoring yourself before you get carried away with coding.

8th:  Today we will finish up our work in Sumo Paint.  By the end of class today, I expect to be able to grade your completed assignment.  You can find the rubric that I will be using to evaluate your poster below.

By the end of class, I expect that you will have saved your poster as a JPG file by going to "File" then "Save to my computer."  After saving to the computer with your name in the file name, e-mail your JPEG file to me at heidihemmesch@gmail.com for evaluation.

Persuasive Propaganda Revolutionary War Poster – 25 points

You need more soldiers for your side of the war! It is your assignment to create a poster that would recruit men to join your side of the war. Your poster must have the following elements. Use this paper as your check sheet to make sure you do not forget any elements.


Elements:

Have a heading or slogan __________
Have a place to meet __________
Have a corresponding date to meet __________
Have a time(s) to meet __________
Have graphics that match your __________
side of the war and/or slogan
Must be colored and attractive __________
Persuasive & eye catching __________

Day 12

7th-  Today we will begin working in Microsoft Office Power Point. We will be creating interactive games using simple commands that will help further your understanding of how the program works.  The skills that you will learn over the next couple weeks will help you in the future and in High School when you are asked to create a .ppt to display information fro projects-  you'll be a pro!

Lets begin by locating and opening up the power point application from your computers start menu.  After you have opened, please type PPT Game in the 'click to add title' field, followed by your name typed in the 'click to add subtitle' field.  While you are waiting for your classmates you have permission to adjust font color, style, size, alignment, etc. as well as the slide background color.

Day 12

6th:  We will be working on our Christmas Presentations in Scratch.  We will begin adding scripts, costumes, and speech to our sprites to create a presentation on what Christmas is like in various cultures.

8th:  We will be closing up our Sumo Paint projects today.  Each student is expected to create a Revolutionary War propeganda  poster using the rubric as a guide.