Word Processing Day 5 Character Descriptions Daily Objectives (Students will be able to) Computer Skills: Change font size and style Use both methods of spell check (right click and tools menu) Copy and paste text (continued practice) Create columns Format font into bold and italics. Literacy Skills: Define and differentiate similar adjectives. Identify antonyms. Answer reading comprehension questions related to character description. Tasks (Students will have completed) Opposites and Synonyms (Adjective Sort Activity) Character and Tone Practice Microsoft Word Exercise 5 Vocabulary Materials & Activities (at the end of this lesson) Laptop, Mouse, USB Disk, Headphones, LCD Projector Opposites and Synonyms (adjective sort activity) Character and Tone Practice Microsoft Word Exercise 5
Activity / Time Description Resources Notes Warm-Up 10 min. Instruction 5 min. Individual Practice 30 min. Applied Practice 30 min. Ask students to list Parts of Speech. Review as class with a special focus on adverbs and adjectives. Introduce and define the terms synonym, antonym and opposite. Have students think of examples of each. Students are provided with a list of vocabulary words (adjectives and adverbs). They have two assignments. The first is to arrange the words by scale and change the text size to correspond (for example small, tiny, miniscule). They should then create columns and copy and paste the adjectives so they are arranged by opposites. Ss individually complete Character and Tone Practice document. As they read and answer the corresponding multiple choice questions, they should bold correct answers and italicize words and phrases within the document that lead them to their answers. Demonstrate the use of spell check, both methods (using right click and the tool bar) Demonstration 15 min. Focused Practice 30 Students should complete Microsoft Word Exercise 5, Spell Check min. Opposites and Synonymshttp://tinyurl.com/com pandlit (click on Opposites and Synonyms - Day 5) Character and Tone Practice http://tinyurl.com/compandlit (click on Character and Tone Practice - Day 5) Microsoft Word Exercise 5 Encourage students not to just ask what a word means, but to use the strategy of process of elimination to try to complete the tasks or ask each other (so students can define the words for each other.) Before class, ask your coordinator for English to English dictionaries students can use to look up unknown words. Before activity, teacher may want to solicit students to model and review how to make text bold or italicized. If possible have students narrate and or model use of spell check for class.
Opposites and Synonyms Worksheet The following is a list of adjectives. Some of the words are related, but have slightly different meanings, because they are larger or smaller in scale (think large, larger, largest). First, group the related words together. Then change the size of the words so it looks like this: Large Larger Largest Pretty Beautiful radiant Next, make your document into two columns, and arrange your adjectives by opposites, so next to the large words would be next to words about little, etc. Ecstatic Miniscule Great Horrendous Small Tiny Good Wonderful Big Scared Huge Bad Awful Enraged Frustrated Nervous Humongous Happy Terrified Angry Pleased
Character and Tone Packet Select the best answer to the questions by making it bold. Then put in italics all the words and phrases that helped you get to your answer. Leonardo Da Vinci Most people know that Leonardo da Vinci was a great painter. However he was also a talented sculptor, musician, poet, scientist, architect and engineer. His work had a strong influence on artists throughout Europe, and his scientific ideas were centuries ahead of their time. Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in the town of Vinci, near Florence, Italy. His parents never married, so Leonardo lived with his father in Florence.At the age of 15, Leonardo went to work with a famous artist. He studied painting, sculpture, music, mathematics, and science. By 20, he was a master painter. Leonardo was so talented that one day one of his teachers threw down his brushes and never painted again. 1. According to the article, which of the following adjectives could NOT be used to describe Leonardo da Vinci? a. Creative b. Intelligent c. Greedy d. Multi-Talented 2. Which sentence best describes the idea that da Vinci was a talented painter from a young age? a. At the age of 15, Leonardo went to work with a famous artist. b. Leonardo was so talented that one day one of his teachers threw down his brushes and never painted again. c. By 20, he was a master painter. d. He studied painting, sculpture, music, mathematics, and science. 3. Which words from the text best support the article s tone? a. strong, famous b. talented, influence c. worked, painter d. ideas, science
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in 1928 in Aracataca, Colombia. He was the oldest of sixteen children. His father was a telegraph operator who also wrote poetry, played the violin, and loved to read. Gabriel s parents were very poor because they couldn t find jobs in their town. They left the children with their grandparents.both of them loved to tell stories His grandmother had a unique way of telling these unbelievable stories. She told them in a natural way, like she was just saying a list of facts. Marquez used this style later on when he wrote his greatest novel. 1. What is the tone of this article? a. Sad b. Suspenseful c. Informative d. Admiring 2. What do we learn about Marquez s family that might explain why he became a writer? a. They were poor and he lived with his grandparents. b. His father wrote poetry and his grandmother loved to tell stories. c. He had 15 siblings and he wrote a book that was vey natural. d. He was from Colombia and his grandmother influenced his style. 3. Which of the following phrases tells us that Marquez was going to be and important writer? a. loved to read b. natural way c. unbelievable stories d. greatest novel
Bruce Lee Bruce Lee was both a superstar and a hero to his Asian audiences. Lee did all his own fight scenes, which was unusual. His movements were so fast that he had to slow down for the movies. If he moved at his normal speed, his arms and legs would be a blur on the screen. In his movies, Lee always played the average person fighting for people s rights. Sometimes he fought against foreign invaders; other times he defended a town against drug dealers. His movies always gave people hope and pride. The people in the audience often stood up and cheered at the end. 1. Which of these words best describes the tone of the article? a. Complicated b. Interesting c. Admiring d. Scary 2. Which of these sentences supports the idea that Bruce Lee was famous? a. In his movies, Lee always played the average person b. The people in the audience often stood up and cheered at the end. c. Bruce Lee was both a superstar and a hero to his Asian audiences d. Lee did all his own fight scenes 3. Which of these sentences best supports the idea that Lee was a very talented person at fighting? a. Lee did all his own fight scenes b. His movements were so fast that he had to slow down for the movies. c. In his movies, Lee always played the average person fighting for people s rights d. The people in the audience often stood up and cheered at the end.
Microsoft Word: Exercise 5 Using Spelling Check This exercise will teach you how to use the computer to help you correct your spelling and grammar. When you type a word in this exercise, type it exactly as it is written. Many of the words are spelled incorrectly to show you how you can use the computer to correct your spelling. Microsoft Word has a dictionary in the computer. This dictionary knows many English words. It does not know the names of people, the names of places, or words that are not English. 1. Open Microsoft Word. 2. Type: computtor 3. Press the ENTER key. 4. Do you see a red line on the screen? The red line means that the computer does not have this word in it s dictionary. 5. Right-click on the word Computtor. 6. Click on the correct spelling for the word that matches this picture. 7. Press the ENTER key. 8. Type: Mowse 9. Press the ENTER key. 10. Click on the SPELLING & GRAMMAR CHECK button. 11. The word mowse is red because the computer does not have this word in its dictionary.
12. Click on the correct spelling for the word that matches this picture. 13. Click on CHANGE. 14. Click on OK. 15. Type: Kibor 16. Press the ENTER key. 17. Click on the Spelling and Grammar Check button. 18. The correct spelling for this picture is not on the list. If the spelling is very wrong the computer cannot find the correct spelling.
19. Highlight the word and type the correct spelling: Keyboard. 20. Click on CHANGE. 21. Click on OK. 22. Type: Mukta 23. Press the ENTER key. 24. Mukta is a woman s name. The computer doesn t know the names of people. Click on the Spelling and Grammar Check button. 25. The name is red because the computer does not know this word. Click on IGNORE ONCE. 26. Now the computer knows that Mukta is not a mistake. Click on OK. 27. Type: dodoma 28. Press the ENTER key. 29. This is the capitol city of the country Tanzania. Remember, the computer does not always know the names of places. Click on the Spelling and Grammar Check button. 30. The city name is red because the computer thinks it is a mistake. Click on IGNORE ONCE.
31. Your computer probably changed the first letter to a capital letter. If it did, skip ahead to number 35. 32. If your computer did not capitalize the first letter, the city name is now green because the computer thinks it is a grammar mistake. The name of a city should start with a capital letter. 33. Click on the capitalized spelling. 34. Click on CHANGE. Click OK. 35. Type: Salsa verde 36. Press the ENTER key. 37. Salsa verde is a sauce used in Mexican cooking. Verde is a Spanish word. The computer only has an English dictionary. It doesn t know most Spanish words. 38. Right-click on the word verde. 39. Click on IGNORE ALL. 40. Type: his name George. he is eating 41. Press the ENTER key. 42. Sometimes the computer will automatically change the first letter of a sentence to a capital letter. Look at the two sentences you just typed. Is the first letter capitalized? If not, capitalize his and he. 43. Click on the Spelling and Grammar Check button. 44. His name George. is a fragment. It is not a complete sentence. Click between name and George. 45. Type: is
46. Click on CHANGE. 47. When the spell check is complete, click on OK. 48. Spell check cannot find all mistakes. There is still a problem with the last sentence. Every sentence should have a period at the end of the sentence. Click after the word eating Type a period. 49. Type: Please turn on the lamb. 50. Press the ENTER key. There are no red or green lines. But there is a problem. 51. The correct word is lamp NOT lamb. The computer did not show a red line under the word because lamb is in the English dictionary. But it is not the correct word for this sentence. 52. Erase the word lamb. Type: lamp. 53. Remember, spelling and grammar check is very useful but you still need to look carefully at what you type and use your brain! 54. Ask a teacher to check your work. They will sign in this box. 55. Close the document. Do not save.