cel.letter10

Title: Letter to a Celebrity  Objective(s): o Students will copy and paste pictures from the internet into a Word document   o Students will write a letter to a celebrity   Bridge Technology Standards  o 1.1.1 o 1.1.3 o 2.2.2 o 3.1 o 3.2 o 4.1 o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4.2 <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Materials o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Chart paper/white board o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Microsoft Word o **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Flash Drive ** o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Google o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Construction paper o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Glue o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Scissors o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Markers/crayons <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MONDAY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">BEGINNING ACTIVITY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INTRODUCTION <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MODEL <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">TUESDAY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INTRODUCTION <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain that this week they are going to write a letter to their favorite celebrity
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">the goal for today is to choose a celebrity and find 2-3 pictures of him/her
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">first, brainstorm some celebrities (it can be people or cartoon animals or movie stars) and write them on the white board ** <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">SAVE THIS LIST FOR TOMORROW! <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">go to www.google.com
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">click “**images**” at the top left
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">type in a celebrity’s name in the search box
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">when you find a picture of the celebrity, click on it
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to right click and choose “**copy**”
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">minimize Google and open Microsoft Word
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">right click on the Word page and click “**paste**”
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">the picture should copy onto the page
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to make the picture larger or smaller
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain that they may only have 1 page to print, so they may need to make the pictures bigger or smaller to fit (they should have 2-3 pictures total)
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">find 1-2 more pictures and copy/paste them onto the Word document
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">print out the pictures
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to cut out and glue the pictures onto a piece of construction paper
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">the students need to glue the pictures around the edge or at the top and bottom because their letter is going in the middle!!
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">tell the students that you will keep their work for tomorrow
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask for questions
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">have students move to a computer
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist/monitor while they find pictures of their celebrity
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist/monitor while students print and cut out their pictures
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">when students have glued their pictures on the construction paper, collect the work and save it in a safe place for tomorrow
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:50/5:50 if students finish early, they may have free time
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review this week’s lesson (they are going to write a letter to their favorite celebrity)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">the goal for today is to write a rough draft letter to the celebrity
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">remind the students about the different parts of a letter that they learned a couple weeks ago
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review the list of celebrities from the brainstorm list
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">next, choose one of the people from the brainstorm list and write a practice letter to him/her
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">tell the students that the letter needs to include the following
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Date
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Greeting
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Body
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Closing
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Signature
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">SEE EXAMPLE BELOW
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> have students help you come up with the greeting, body, and the closing
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">please make sure you emphasize punctuation (commas, periods, capitals)
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">tell the students that this will be a rough draft and tomorrow they will write the final copy
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review the parts of the letter (Date, Greeting, Body, Closing, Signature)
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">have students move to a computer
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist/monitor while students write their letters (tell them to do their best with spelling because it is a rough draft. Tomorrow you will help them correct mistakes)
 * 2) **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">save the letters onto the flash drive for tomorrow! **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:50/5:50 if students finish early, they may have free time

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> Dear Shakira, <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> My name is Susie Q. I am 9 years <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> old and in the 3rd grade. I live in <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> Denver, Colorado. I have 2 cats <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> and 1 bird. Do you have any pets? <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> What is your favorite food? Do you <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> Like to jump rope? <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> Sincerely, <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> Susie Q.  <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">WEDNESDAY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INTRODUCTION <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">THURSDAY
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review the lesson for this week (they are writing a letter to their favorite celebrity)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">the goal for today is to make a final copy of their letter, print it out, and glue it to the construction paper with the pictures of the celebrity
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review the directions for writing a letter and what needs to be included (Date, Greeting, Body, Closing, Signature)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain that today you will help them correct spelling/grammar issues
 * 6) **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">make sure you set up a system for helping kids (raise hands, give you a sign etc.) and for printing!! **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">have students move to a computer
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">move their letter from the flash drive onto the desktop
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> assist/monitor students with spelling and grammar errors
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">when the students’ letters are correct, they may print them out
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">students may cut out and glue their letter onto the construction paper
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">** <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">SAVE THE LETTERS FOR TOMORROW! <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">**
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">the students are going to share their letters with the class tomorrow
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:50/5:50 if students finish early, they may have free time
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain that today they are going to share their letters with the class
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to share
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">first, introduce your celebrity (my celebrity is __________________)
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">tell why you chose him/her (I chose Shakira because__________)
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">read the letter
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> you may use one of the student’s letters as an example of how to share
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review the expectations for the audience (quiet mouths, criss-cross, hands in lap, raise hands for questions/comments)
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">call on students to share their letters with the class
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:50/5:50 if students finish early, they may have free time