ABC Book February 1 - 17

Must Include:

1)      Cover Page (Names, Title, and ONE picture)

2)      Each letter of the alphabet needs to represent something from your topic.

3)      There must be a picture on every page with the words “___ is for _____” ( A is for Austin)

4)      There also needs to be a 1 sentence description of whatever the letter stands for.

5)      Cite each picture and direct quote on a reference page. LOOK AT EXAMPLE FOR FORMAT! 

MAKE EVERY PAGE LANDSCAPE (Page Layout, Orientation, Landscape)

Topics:

• The Food Around the World Alphabet Book
• anitpasto (Italy); curry (India); crumpets (England)
• Animals
• Aardvark; Baboon; Lion
• States (Texas, Oklahoma; New York)
• A is for Austin
• B is for Bluebonnet
• C is for cowboys
• Jobs
• Anthropologist; baker; chemist
• Sports
• Archery; Badminton; Cheerleading
• Famous Quotations
• Aesop: "Do not count your chickens before they are hatched."
• P. T. Barnum: "There's a sucker born every minute."
• Confucius: "Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors."
• Countries
• Australia; Egypt; Yemen
• Famous People (Celebrities, World Leaders, Athletes, Poets etc.)
• Albert Einstein; Mya Angelou; Abe Lincoln

Comic Strip Project - January 30th - February 1st

Comic Strip |  3-4 images

1. Open a new file in Microsoft Word to begin your comic book project.
2. Insert Header (Name, TAB, Period)
3. To create the comic strip template you will use for your images and words; first, draw the squares individually. Use the "Insert" "Shapes" function to draw a box the size you want. Then copy and paste to reproduce the box to form a strip.
4. Insert pictures into your comic strip by placing the cursor in the box where you want the image to appear, then selecting "Insert" and "Picture."

5. Format images so that you can move them anywhere in the box by selecting "In-Front of Text" as the text-wrapping option after you have inserted them into the document.
6. Insert callout boxes using the AutoShape feature to give speech or thought bubbles to the characters in your comic strip. Right-click on the callout to add or edit the text, and resize the callout to fit the amount of text by clicking and dragging a corner of the shape. Click and drag the yellow box on the tip of the callout pointer to match the speech or thought bubble with the appropriate character image.
7. Save your comic and print or share the file.

January 23-27 Project 3

Revise and edit your final draft of your essay & Change the title to Chapter 1

Print all pages of your book and staple together

1) Cover Page
2) Abstract
3) Poem
4) Chapter 1

January 23-27 - PROJECT 2

PROJECT 2

Edit Poem: Autobiography

1. Insert Header
2. Choose 1 poem from below and type it into word as you  make words look like they sound
3. HAS TO FIT ON 1 PAGE!!!
4. SAVE and SAVE OFTEN!!! 

**** DO NOT COPY AND PAST POEM

HINTS:

***Picture giving you trouble? = Left Click, Wrap Text, Behind Text

POEM 1

NEVER

I’ve never roped a Brahma bull

I’ve never fought a duel,

I’ve never crossed the desert

On a lop-eared, swayback mule,

I’ve never climbed an idol’s nose

To steal a cursed jewel.

I’ve never gone down with my ship

Into the bubblin’ brine,

I’ve never saved a lion’s life

And then had him save mine,

Or screamed Ahoooo while swingin’ through

The jungle on a vine.

I’ve never dealt draw poker

In a rowdy lumber camp,

Or got up at the count of nine

To beat the world’s champ,

I’ve never had my picture on

A six-cent postage stamp.

I’ve never scored a touchdown

On a ninety-yard run,

I’ve never winged six Daltons

With my dying brother’s gun . . .

Or kissed Miz Jane, and rode my hoss

Into the setting sun.

Sometimes I get so depressed

‘Bout what I haven’t done.

-    Shel Silverstein

POEM 2

WHATIF

Last night, while I lay thinking here,

Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear

And pranced and partied all night long

And sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I’m dumb in school?

Whatif I get beat up?

Whatif there’s poison in my cup?

Whatif I start to cry?

Whatif I get sick and die?

Whatif I flunk that test?

Whatif green hair grows on my chest?

Whatif nobody likes me?

Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?

Whatif I don’t grow taller?

Whatif my head starts getting smaller?

Whatif the fish won’t bite?

Whatif the wind tears my kite?

Whatif they start a war?

Whatif my parents get divorced?

Whatif the bus is late?

Whatif my teeth don’t grow in straight?

Whatif I tear my pants?

Whatif I never learn to dance?

Everything seems swell, and then

The nighttime Whatifs strike again!

-    Shel Silverstein

POEM 3

THIS BRIDGE

This Bridge will only take you halfway there

To those mysterious lands you long to see:

Through gypsy camps and swirling Arab fairs

And moonlit woods where unicorns run free.

So come and walk awhile with me and share

The twisting trails and wondrous worlds I’ve known.

But this bridge will only take you halfway there - - -

The last few steps you’ll have to take alone.

-    Shel Silverstein

January 23-27 - PROJECT 1

PROJECT 1

Cover Page & Abstract: Autobiography

STEP 1
First, you need a good cover page.

In Microsoft Word, click on Insert, then choose a Cover Page.

PLEASE DELETE WHERE IT SAYS TO PUT AN ABSTRACT, that is step two on a different page.

It must include:

Title

Name

Date

Picture (optional)

*****MUST get citation if you take from the web!
http://www.citationmachine.net/




Here is an example of a cover page

 

STEP 2
Next, is the abstract. That is basically a big word for summary.

STEPS:

1)    Scroll down to a new page
2)   FONT = TIMES NEW ROMAN - 12 point

3)    The first line of the abstract page, center the word “Abstract” (not bold).

4)    Your abstract should be a single paragraph double-spaced.
5)    Your abstract should be between 150 and 250 words (Check under word count)

It is a summary about your life!!!

USEFUL: http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/word2007_2010/Word-2007-2010.html

*** Double space is under Paragraph, click the little arrow at the bottom...
*** If a picture will not let you move it freely, left click, wrap text, behind text!

*** If a word is misspelled, left click on it and see Word’s suggestions.

*** If it is underlined in green, it is not a complete sentence… so re-word it!

*** To get a photo from Google=  left click and copy; come back to your document,  left click and paste.

Here is an example of an abstract