PROJECT SIX: MICROSOFT WORD

You will have one daily Microsoft Word assignment due.

National Education Technology Standards

1. Creativity and Innovation

a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas products, or processes

5. Digital Citizenship

b. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity

6. Technology Operations and Concepts

d. Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies 

    The objective of this project is to learn the fundamentals of Microsoft Word, including the formatting of documents in MLA style. This will help you every time you have to type an essay or research paper in all your other classes, including college.

Additionally, you will be expected to type properly using the touch typing technique as we practiced the first semester. By now, you should have already memorized the keyboard. You should no longer need to see the keys you're typing.  Your fingers should always start on the home-row keys. Your fingers should always be hovering over the home-row keys and move down or up depending on which keys you need to type/press. Typing properly increases your typing speed and therefore your production rate. 

All assignments need to be submitted via EdModo.

Assignments:

• Essay formatted in MLA style (2x)
• Two-column newspaper
• Magazine cover
• Flyer
• Create two letterheads
• Business letter (Use one of the letterheads you created for the previous assignment)
• Brochure (For the brochure, you have to create an INFORMATIVE brochure that presents your ID unit topic. Your brochure should include facts, sources cited in MLA style, and the information of an organization where people get go to for more information).

1&2. Essay formatted in MLA style. 

1. For the first page, add a heading. In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date. Be sure to use double-spaced text.
2. Double space again and center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or place your title in quotation marks; write the title in Title Case (standard capitalization), not in all capital letters.
3. Double space between the title and the first line of the text.
4. To double space, go to: FORMAT>PARAGRAPH>LINE SPACING>DOUBLE
5. Font = Times New Roman
6. Font size = 12 Points
7. Leave only one space after periods or other punctuation marks.
8. Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides FORMAT>DOCUMENT>MARGINS> 1" TOP, BOTTOM, LEFT, RIGHT.
9. Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch from the left margin. MLA recommends that you use the Tab key instead of pushing the Space Bar five times.
10. Create a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin. Include your last name. Go to VIEW>HEADER>(ALIGNMENT RIGHT)> type your last name, insert a comma, and space once... INSERT>PAGE NUMBER>ALIGNMENT RIGHT
11. Edit and revise your document several times so that it matches the hard copy you were given.

3. Two-page, two-column newspaper 

1. Set the margins of your page to one inch FORMAT>DOCUMENT>MARGINS
2. Type the name of your newspaper. Be creative. Use proper sentence case. Do not exceed one line of text.
3. Highlight the name, center the name, choose any font, any size, and any color. Go to TOOLBOX>FONT
4. Press ENTER
5. Enter the date, issue number, and name of school. Font for this line should be Times New Roman, bold, 16 points.
6. Press ENTER
7. Change the ALIGNMENT back to left, and change the FONT to 12 points Times New Roman.
8. Go to FORMAT, COLUMNS, and choose TWO. Also select THIS POINT FORWARD so that your title remains on the top of the page. 
9. Go to CNN and find your stories. It is ok to copy and paste, BUT you will need to cite your source for each news story by writing the BYLINE <-- the name of the writer/journalist who wrote the story.
10. All the headlines should be Times New Roman 22 points, bold. Headline means title of the story.
11. All the bylines should be 12 points. Byline means name of person who wrote the story.
12. All the story body text should be 12 points, SINGLE SPACED, BLACK, and LEFT ALIGNED.
13. Each paragraph should be indented by using the TAB key.
14. Each news article should have a picture. Drag and drop from original source. To resize a photo, click the corner and drag in.
15. Add a FOOTER with the name of your magazine and the issue number. To add a FOOTER, go to VIEW>HEADER AND FOOTER and type it. It will look grayed out.
16. Revise, save, and submit via EdModo. 
17. Remember that although you're working with a partner to figure out the formatting, you should have different content. 

4. Magazine Cover

1. Create a magazine cover.
2. All you need for this project is a LARGE photo (over 1000 pixels) and knowledge of fonts. You can take your own picture and be the cover of your magazine. Be sure that your picture is VERTICAL so it fits an 8 1/2" by 11" page.
3. Margins should be .6" all around.
4. You need at least seven headlines. Come up with your own headlines. If your headline goes to two lines, make sure it's single-spaced.
5. The name of the magazine and titles of articles are up to you, but keep topics within one theme. 
6. Use a variety of colors and fonts but keep it simple.

• To enter text, go to INSERT -> TEXT BOX

• To send the photo behind the text, press CONTROL+RIGHT-CLICK the photo and select ARRANGE, BEHIND TEXT. 

• To add WORD ART, click on the appropriate tab. Don't overuse it.

• To use shapes, go to INSERT > PICTURE> AUTOSHAPES... don't overuse shapes.

• Format the text inside the shape AND the color of the shape.
• To enter text inside the shape, RIGHT-CLICK (OPTION+CLICK) the shape and select ADD TEXT.

• Your final product should look like the following:

     

5. Flyer

1. Create a flyer for an event of your choice. For event ideas, go to LA Weekly or come up with your own event. Your goal is for people to want to go to your event. Your flyer needs to be attractive and creative. 
2. Remember you must highlight the font to apply what style you want. Be creative!

         

                

6. Letterhead

1. Create two separate files for two separate letterheads. Both letterheads will be personal, but DO NOT include your real address, phone number, or e-mail address.
2. Enter your letterhead inside the header VIEW>HEADER AND FOOTER
3. Pick a photo that tells me something about yourself. For example, if you like coffee, then find a generic photo of coffee. 

• Once you have added the photo, RIGHT-CLICK the photo, go to FORMAT PICTURE, and select SQUARE.

• Be creative but keep it simple. You need two letterheads and two separate files.

7. Business Letter

1. Please click on every link for this assignment. These are your resources.
2. Get a graphic organizer from the back of the room (folder #4)
3. You will be writing a business letter in block format addressed to President Obama. 
4. Please follow the example for a BLOCK FORMAT letter from Purdue Owl.
5. You will be using one of the letterheads your created on project six.
6. Make sure your language is formal and that you edit and revise your text for proper English language conventions.
7. You will be writing to President Obama. As a concerned citizen, you will be writing to the president with your concerns about global warming, climate change, and the environment. 
8. To brainstorm and learn more about the environment, visit the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Choose one major environmental topic you're concerned about, such as protecting your air, protecting your water, dealing with waste, etc. Your goal is to present the President with a current problem, whether is global, national, or local, and to ask him to do something about it. 

8. Brochure

1. You will be creating a brochure for your ID unit project. Your brochure has to be informative, so it should present facts about your topic, citations in MLA style, and the information of an organization that can provide additional facts and help. 
2. You will use a Microsoft Word template. Go to FILE>PROJECT GALLERY>NEW>BROCHURES
3. Make sure your brochure looks professional. Do not plagiarize from your sources. 
4. This project will be used for your ID unit exhibition in May. Do your best. This is the culminating project for the Microsoft Word lesson.