Word Processing in Language Arts

1. Word Processing in Language Arts By Susan Marshall, Holly Matthews, Tracy Robart, Terra Saulnier, and Cindy Smith

2. Activity #1Description of a Picture Students copy and paste in a picture; write a paragraph describing it. Skills required for this activity: • Open a Word Document • Open Insert and click on Clipart. • Choose a picture and paste to the document. • Type up the sentences. • Press print or save. * This activity is geared towards grades k-2 and can be done in both French and English.

3. Example of Activity #1 This is my dog Sam. He is is my best friend. His favorite thing to do is play fetch.

4. Activity #2Write a Recipe Students write on the computer a procedural piece of writing describing how to make ice cream sundaes. Skills required for this activity: • Create a bullet list for the ingredients and the steps • Spell check • Insert a picture of their sundae or from clipart This activity is geared towards grades 3-5 and be done in both French and English

5. Example of Activity #2 Ingredients: Steps to follow: • Ice cream • Sauces – chocolate, caramel, strawberry • Toppings – sprinkles, cherries, peanuts, whip cream • Open ice cream container • Scoop out ice cream and put in bowl • Open jar of preferred sauce and pour over the ice cream • Choose toppings of choice and put on top of sauce. • Eat and enjoy!

6. Activity #3Poster of a Special Event Students will create an Advertisement that will be displayed in their school or community promoting an upcoming event. Skills required for this activity: • Students will choose to work in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Publisher. • Students will use and create titles, text wrapping, clipart, fonts, size of text, layout of the page and different colors of text. This activity is geared towards grades 6-8 in both French and English.

7. Example of Activity #3 When: Saturday, May 2nd Where: School Gym Cost: $2.00 Time: 6:00 – 8:00 Spring Fling