Lesson #21
- Welcome back to school and to the 2nd Quarter.
- We will continue with out typing skills by visiting various other websites and completing exercises.
- You will again be responsible for logging down and keeping track of your own progress throughout the quarter.
- Here is where our lesson starts:
- First, I want you to open Microsoft Word,
- Enter in you NAME and PERIOD into the upper-right hand corner. Then hit ENTER so that you are on the next line.
- On the next line, hit the CENTER formatting button, so that the cursor is in the middle of the document.
- Here is where you will be entering in the title for this document.
- the TITLE for this document will be: "QUARTER 2 TYPING SKILLS". After typing the title in, highlight it, then press CTRL+B to make it bold, and then hit CTRL+U to underline it.
- Hit ENTER, so that your cursor is now directly under the BOLD and UNDERLINED title that you just created.
- Now hit the LEFT formatting button from the top, so that your cursor is now on the LEFT of the document.
- Next, I want you to INSERT a table that has 3 COLUMNS and 2 ROWS.
- After inserting the table, click in the upper-left box.
- Now enter in the following text: "LESSON #"
- Hit the TAB key on the keyboard, this should take you to the next cell directly to the right of the one that you just typed in.
- In the cell to the direct right of the on labeled LESSON #, I want you to label this cell: "TIME".
- Again hit the TAB key and in the cell that is on the far-right, I want you to type in: "ERRORS".
- SAVE this document as "QUARTER 2 TYPING SKILLS" in your TECHNOLOGY folder on the "Z" drive.
- Read all of the information in Lesson #1.
- Completer the typing activity at the bottom, then log down your results into the QUARTER 2 TYPING SKILLS document.
- LASTLY, before you can play any games, I have been getting complaints from your teachers about students that are not completing their TEENBIZ and ALEKS assignments, and I have informed them that after you are done with your lessons, that you ARE able to work on TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS, so unless you are you are all caught up with your assignments in TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS, you should NOT be playing any games.
- If you are all caught up, you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #22
- Read all of the information in Lesson #2.
- Complete the typing activity at the bottom.
- Then log down your results into the QUARTER 2 TYPING SKILLS document located in your "Z" drive.
- Next, open up Microsoft Word.
- Go to FILE, then PAGE SET UP. Change the margins to 0.5 for the top, left, bottom, and right.
- Change the page's orientation from Portrait to Landscape.
- Place your name, date, and period in the upper left-hand corner of the document.
- Title this document as "My 1 Minute Typing Skills"
- Center you title. Change its size to 16, its font to Times New Roman. Make it bold and underline it.
- Press ENTER. Leave a space between the title and your table.
- Next, insert your table. (Hint: Click TABLE up at the top)
- The table that you will be inserting must have 5 columns and 2 rows. (columns are vertical while rows are horizontal)
- The top 5 boxes will be where you will label each section. Label the top left box as "Story". Label the next box in you table as "Typing Speed". Label the box to the right as "Errors". Label the next box as "Accuracy". Label the last box as "Adjusted Speed". Make all of these labels BOLD and size 12 in TIMES NEW ROMAN.
- Leave the bottom row blank for now.
- Highlight the entire top row, right-click on any highlighted portion, then click on BORDERS and SHADING. Shade only the top row 5 rows in BRIGHT GREEN.
- Highlight the entire top row again and CENTER all the labels. (Hint: use the center button at the top)
- Save this document as "My 1 Minute Typing Skills" in your folder on the desktop. Close this document and then open up your TECHNOLOGY.
- In your folder you will see all of the assignments that you have done thus far.
- In your folder, I want you to create a new folder and name it "My Typing Skills"
- Then, right click on the Word document named "My 1 Minute Typing Skills" and then click on "CUT"
- Move your mouse over the new folder you just created, right click on it, and then click on "PASTE"
- Open up the new folder. You should now see a Microsoft Word document in there named "My 1 Minute Typing Skills"
- Open the document titled "MY 1 MINUTE TYPING" change the title to "MY 2 MINUTE TYPING SKILLS" then save this document as "MY 2 MINUTE TYPING SKILLS".
- Open the document titled "MY 2 MINUTE TYPING" change the title to "MY 3 MINUTE TYPING SKILLS" then save this document as "MY 3 MINUTE TYPING SKILLS".
- These documents will be for Quarter 2 only.
- LASTLY, before you can play any games, I have been getting complaints from your teachers about students that are not completing their TEENBIZ and ALEKS assignments, and I have informed them that after you are done with your lessons, that you ARE able to work on TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS, so unless you are you are all caught up with your assignments in TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS, you should NOT be playing any games.
- If you are all caught up, you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #23
- Read all of the information in Lesson #3.
- Complete the typing activity at the bottom.
- Then log down your results into the QUARTER 2 TYPING SKILLS document located in your "Z" drive.
- Click here to go to the website: Typing Skills
- Take the typing test for: "ASTRONAUTS" for 1, 2, and 3 minutes.
- Log down your results into the correct table that you made.
- LASTLY, before you can play any games, I have been getting complaints from your teachers about students that are not completing their TEENBIZ and ALEKS assignments, and I have informed them that after you are done with your lessons, that you ARE able to work on TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS, so unless you are you are all caught up with your assignments in TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS, you should NOT be playing any games.
- If you are all caught up, you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #24
- Click here to go to the website: Typing Skills
- Take the typing test for: "AESOP'S FABLES" for 1, 2, and 3 minutes.
- Log down your results into the correct table that you made.
- LASTLY, before you can play any games, I have been getting complaints from your teachers about students that are not completing their TEENBIZ and ALEKS assignments, and I have informed them that after you are done with your lessons, that you ARE able to work on TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS, so unless you are you are all caught up with your assignments in TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS, you should NOT be playing any games.
- If you are all caught up, you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #25
- Read all of the information in Lesson #3.
- Complete the typing activity at the bottom.
- Then log down your results into the QUARTER 2 TYPING SKILLS document located in your "Z" drive.
- Click here to go to the website: Typing Skills
- Take the typing test for: "RULES OF BASEBALL" for 1, 2, and 3 minutes.
- Log down your results into the correct table that you made.
- LASTLY, before you can play any games, I have been getting complaints from your teachers about students that are not completing their TEENBIZ and ALEKS assignments, and I have informed them that after you are done with your lessons, that you ARE able to work on TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS, so unless you are you are all caught up with your assignments in TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS, you should NOT be playing any games.
- If you are all caught up, you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #26
- Read all of the information in Lesson #4.
- Complete the typing activity at the bottom.
- Then log down your results into the QUARTER 2 TYPING SKILLS document located in your "Z" drive.
- Click here to go to the website: Typing Skills
- Take the typing test for: "TIGERS IN THE WILD" for 1, 2, and 3 minutes.
- Log down your results into the correct table that you made.
- Today you will be creating a PowerPoint presentation. Use Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Your presentation needs to have 5 slides, each slide must have a picture and some text, and there needs to be at least 1 animation on each slide.
- The topic for your PowerPoint presentation is YOU. All the information found in you PowerPoint needs to pertain to YOU. Later on, we will be doing presentations on other topics, but for now stick to yourself as the topic.
- First you should think of what to title each slide. Example: 1 slide for information about yourself and 4 slides that give more information about the 4 different types of sports/activities you enjoy (karate, basketball, volleyball, etc...).
- Save this PowerPoint presentation as "A PRESENTATION ABOUT ME" in your "Z" drive.
- Lastly, in preparation for the upcoming HSA test, I will only be allowing you to work on TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #27
Lesson #28
- Sign in for Attendance
- Read all of the information in Lesson #5.
- Complete the typing activity at the bottom.
- Then log down your results into the QUARTER 2 TYPING SKILLS document located in your "Z" drive.
- Click here to go to the website: Typing Skills
- Take the typing test for: "THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ" for 1, 2, and 3 minutes.
- Log down your results into the correct table that you made.
- Today you will be starting PART I of your final project for our Technology Class this year.
- The first step will be to create a Yahoo! email account. Click here to create an account.
- Once you have successfully created a Yahoo! account please remember and/or write down your login information.
- If you are unable to create an account for any reason, you will have a tough time with your final project.
- The next step will be for you to create a Google account. Click here to create a Google account.
- Once you have successfully created a Google account please remember and/or write down your login information.
- Lastly, I was informed by Mr. Moniz that several of you require extra time to work on your Science Fair projects. It is recommended that you spend any spare time in Tech class working on your Science Fair projects. Mr. Moniz has given me a list of names for students that need the extra time.
- If you are all caught up, you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #29
- Sign in to GOOGLE using the account you created last time. If you haven't created an account yet, create one and then come back to step #2.
- Sign in for Attendance.
- Read all of the information in Lesson #6.
- Complete the typing activity at the bottom.
- Then log down your results into the QUARTER 2 TYPING SKILLS document located in your "Z" drive.
- Click here to go to the website: Typing Skills
- Take the typing test for: "ZEBRAS - AFRICA'S STRIPED HORSE" for 1, 2, and 3 minutes.
- Log down your results into the correct table that you made.
- Continue creating your GOOGLE and YAHOO! accounts.
- After successfully creating your accounts, fill in this GOOGLEDOC with the correct information: ACCOUNTS.
- Lastly, I was informed by Mr. Moniz that several of you require extra time to work on your Science Fair projects. It is recommended that you spend any spare time in Tech class working on your Science Fair projects. Mr. Moniz has given me a list of names for students that need the extra time.
- If you are all caught up, you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #30
- Sign in to GOOGLE using the account you created last time. If you haven't created an account yet, create one and then come back to step #2.
- Sign in for Attendance.
- Look at this Googledoc: ACCOUNTS. Make sure that your GOOGLE and YAHOO! information is listed.
- Read all of the information in Lesson #7.
- Complete the typing activity at the bottom.
- Then log down your results into the QUARTER 2 TYPING SKILLS document located in your "Z" drive.
- Click here to go to the website: Typing Skills
- Take the typing test for: "THE ENCHANTED TYPEWRITER" for 1, 2, and 3 minutes.
- Log down your results into the correct table that you made.
- If you haven't already done so, continue creating your GOOGLE and YAHOO! accounts then add in your information to this Googledoc: ACCOUNTS.
- Next, go to WEEBLY, and create a user account. Remember to write down your username and password for future use.
- Then add you information to this Googledoc: WEEBLY ACCOUNTS.
- Lastly, I was informed by Mr. Moniz that several of you require extra time to work on your Science Fair projects. It is recommended that you spend any spare time in Tech class working on your Science Fair projects. Mr. Moniz has given me a list of names for students that need the extra time.
- If you are all caught up, you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #31
- Sign in to GOOGLE using the account you created last time. If you haven't created an account yet, create one and then come back to step #2.
- Sign in for Attendance.
- Look at this Googledoc: ACCOUNTS. Make sure that your GOOGLE and YAHOO! information is listed.
- Read all of the information in Lesson #8.
- Complete the typing activity at the bottom.
- Then log down your results into the QUARTER 2 TYPING SKILLS document located in your "Z" drive.
- Click here to go to the website: Typing Skills
- Take the typing test for: "TEST INSTRUCTIONS" for 1, 2, and 3 minutes.
- Log down your results into the correct table that you made.
- Look at this Googledoc: WEEBLY ACCOUNTS. Make sure that your WEEBLY Website information is listed here.
- Today you will be creating a PowerPoint presentation with a MINIMUM of 11 slides: The first slide will be a title slide that has your name, date, and period as well as a creative title for your presentation.
- The other 10 slides will contain SCREENSHOTS of 10 of your favorite websites. Include a sentence or two about why it is your favorite website.
- Feel free to add in animations and special effects.
- Save this PowerPoint presentations as "MY TOP 10 WEBSITES" in your folder in the "Z" drive.
- If you are all caught up, you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #32
- Sign in to GOOGLE using the account you created last time. If you haven't created an account yet, create one and then come back to step #2.
- Sign in for Attendance.
- Look at this Googledoc: ACCOUNTS. Make sure that your GOOGLE and YAHOO! information is listed.
- Read all of the information in Lesson #9.
- Complete the typing activity at the bottom.
- Then log down your results into the QUARTER 2 TYPING SKILLS document located in your "Z" drive.
- Click here to go to the website: Typing Skills
- Take the typing test for: "ASTRONAUTS" for 1, 2, and 3 minutes.
- Log down your results into the correct table that you made.
- Look at this Googledoc: WEEBLY ACCOUNTS. Make sure that your WEEBLY Website information is listed here.
- If you still haven't created a WEEBLY account, create one and then add in your information to the WEEBLY ACCOUNTS Googledoc. Remember that your Weebly website address will be in the form of: www.whatevernameyouchoose.weebly.com
- Continue to work on your top 10 favorite websites PowerPoint slide show. See the instructions in Lesson #31 if you need guidance. Adding in images of you favorite websites from Google Images to your PowerPoint is cool, but using SCREENSHOTS of your favorite website in your PowerPoint is cooler than cool --Mr. Venzon. For a quick refresher on how to do SCREENSHOTS, check out Lesson #5.
- Save this PowerPoint presentations as "MY TOP 10 WEBSITES" in your TECHNOLOGY folder in the "Z" drive.
- If you are all caught up, you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #33
- Sign in to GOOGLE using the account you created last time. If you haven't created an account yet, create one and then come back to step #2.
- Sign in for Attendance.
- Look at this Googledoc: ACCOUNTS. Make sure that your GOOGLE and YAHOO! information is listed.
- Read all of the information in Lesson #10.
- Complete the typing activity at the bottom.
- Then log down your results into the QUARTER 2 TYPING SKILLS document located in your "Z" drive.
- Click here to go to the website: Typing Skills
- Take the typing test for: "AESOP'S FABLES" for 1, 2, and 3 minutes.
- Log down your results into the correct table that you made.
- Look at this Googledoc: WEEBLY ACCOUNTS. Make sure that your WEEBLY Website information is listed here.
- If you still haven't created a WEEBLY account, create one and then add in your information to the WEEBLY ACCOUNTS Googledoc. Remember that your Weebly website address will be in the form of: www.whatevernameyouchoose.weebly.com
- Continue to work on your top 10 favorite websites PowerPoint slide show. See the instructions in Lesson #31 if you need guidance. Adding in images of you favorite websites from Google Images to your PowerPoint is cool, but using SCREENSHOTS of your favorite website in your PowerPoint is cooler than cool --Mr. Venzon. For a quick refresher on how to do SCREENSHOTS, check out Lesson #5.
- Save this PowerPoint presentations as "MY TOP 10 WEBSITES" in your TECHNOLOGY folder in the "Z" drive.
- If you are done with all of the above assignments, you can start UPLOADING all of the assignments that are in your TECHNOLOGY folder in the "Z" drive into your GOOGLEDOCS account. Read this to learn how to UPLOAD your files into GOOGLEDOCS.
- If you are all caught up, you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #34
- Sign in to GOOGLE using the account you created last time. If you haven't created an account yet, create one and then come back to step #2.
- Sign in for Attendance.
- Read all of the information in Lesson #11.
- Complete the typing activity at the bottom.
- Then log down your results into the QUARTER 2 TYPING SKILLS document located in your "Z" drive.
- Click here to go to the website: Typing Skills
- Take the typing test for: "RULES OF BASEBALL" for 1, 2, and 3 minutes.
- Log down your results into the correct table that you made.
- Look at this Googledoc: WEEBLY ACCOUNTS. Make sure that your WEEBLY Website information is listed here.
- If you still haven't created a WEEBLY account, create one and then add in your information to the WEEBLY ACCOUNTS Googledoc. Remember that your Weebly website address will be in the form of: www.whatevernameyouchoose.weebly.com
- Today you will need to start UPLOADING all of the assignments that are in your TECHNOLOGY folder in the "Z" drive into your GOOGLEDOCS account. Read this to learn how to UPLOAD your files into GOOGLEDOCS.
- Lastly, you will practice making a WORDLE.
- First, click here: Declaration of Independence.
- Next, HIGHLIGHT all of the text on the page (CTRL + A).
- Right-click on the selected text. Then click on COPY (CTRL + C).
- Then, click here: Wordle.
- Right-click in the box and then click on PASTE (CTRL + V).
- Once all the text has been added into the box, click on GO.
- Feel free to click on RANDOMIZE located at the bottom of the box and see what happens to the text.
- Lastly, to save the WORDLE, you need to take a screenshot of it, CROP it using Microsoft Paint, then save it into your TECHNOLOGY folder in the "Z" drive as "DOI-WORDLE".
- If you are all caught up, you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #35
- Sign in to GOOGLE using the account you created last time. If you haven't created an account yet, create one and then come back to step #2.
- Sign in for Attendance.
- Today you will be creating a table to keep track of you progress.
- Open Microsoft Word. Put your name, date, and period into the upper-right hand corner.
- Change the page margins to .5 for TOP, LEFT, BOTTOM, and RIGHT.
- Insert a TABLE that has 5 COLUMNS and 2 ROWS.
- Title the upper-left box as STORY. Title the box next to that as WPM, the next box as TIME, the next box as CORRECT, the last box as MISTAKES.
- Label the box under STORY as "The Little Mermaid".
- Save this document as "SELF TESTS" into you folder in the "Z" drive.
- Next, click here. You may or may not have to click on "MY TEXT". The screen should say "MY TEXT".
- Highlight and then right-click to COPY the following text into the white section of the new website.
- The Little Mermaid lives in a utopian underwater kingdom with her father the sea king; her grandmother; and her six elder sisters, each born one year apart. When a mermaid turns 15, she is allowed to swim to the surface to watch the world above, and as the sisters become old enough, one of them visits the surface every year. As each of them returns, the Little Mermaid listens longingly to their various descriptions of the surface and of human beings.When the Little Mermaid's turn comes, she ventures to the surface, sees a ship with a handsome prince, and falls in love with him from a distance. A great storm hits, and the Little Mermaid saves the prince from a near-drowning. She delivers him unconscious to the shore near a temple. Here she waits until a young girl from the temple finds him. The prince never sees the Little Mermaid. The Little Mermaid asks her grandmother whether humans can live forever if they do not drown. The grandmother explains that humans have a much shorter lifespan than merfolk's 300 years, but that when mermaids die they turn to sea foam and cease to exist, while humans have an eternal soul that lives on in Heaven. The Little Mermaid, longing for the prince and an eternal soul, eventually visits the Sea Witch, who sells her a potion that gives her legs, in exchange for her tongue (as the Little Mermaid has the most intoxicating voice in the world). The Sea Witch warns, however, that once she becomes a human, she will never be able to return to the sea. Drinking the potion will make her feel as if a sword is being passed through her, yet when she recovers she will have two beautiful legs, and will be able to dance like no human has ever danced before. However, it will constantly feel like she is walking on sharp swords, and her feet will bleed most terribly. In addition, she will only get a soul if the prince loves her and marries her, for then a part of his soul will flow into her. Otherwise, at dawn on the first day after he marries another woman, the Little Mermaid will die brokenhearted and disintegrate into sea foam. The Little Mermaid drinks the potion and meets the prince, who is attracted to her beauty and grace even though she is mute. Most of all he likes to see her dance, and she dances for him despite her excruciating pain. When the prince's father orders his son to marry the neighboring king's daughter, the prince tells the Little Mermaid he will not, because he does not love the princess. He goes on to say he can only love the young woman from the temple, who he believes rescued him, but adds that the Little Mermaid is beginning to take the temple girl's place in his heart. It turns out that the princess is the temple girl, who had been sent to the temple to be educated. The prince loves her and the wedding is announced. The prince and princess marry, and the Little Mermaid's heart breaks. She thinks of all that she has given up and of all the pain she has suffered. She despairs, thinking of the death that awaits her, but before dawn, her sisters bring her a knife that the Sea Witch has given them in exchange for their long hair. If the Little Mermaid slays the prince with the knife and lets his blood drip on her feet, she will become a mermaid again, all her suffering will end and she will live out her full life. The Little Mermaid cannot bring herself to kill the sleeping prince lying with his bride and, as dawn breaks, throws herself into the sea. Her body dissolves into foam, but instead of ceasing to exist, she feels the warmth of the sun; she has turned into a spirit, a daughter of the air. The other daughters of the air tell her she has become like them because she strove with all her heart to gain an eternal soul. She will earn her own soul by doing good deeds, and she will eventually rise up into the kingdom of God.
- Then click on START.
- Once you have completed the typing assessment, log down your results into the table that you just created.
- At this point you can continue to work on your website (making it look pretty, making practice links, etc...) OR you can create a free account @ http://www.lumosity.com/ and begin growing your brain.
Lesson #36
- Sign in to GOOGLE using the account you created last time. If you haven't created an account yet, create one and then come back to step #2.
- Sign in for Attendance.
- IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE ASSIGNMENT FROM LAST TIME, PLEASE COMPLETE IT BEFORE MOVING ON TO THIS LESSON.
- Next, click here. You may or may not have to click on "MY TEXT". The screen should say "MY TEXT".
- Highlight and then right-click to COPY the following text into the white section of the new website:
- The Beauty and the Beast Part I. A wealthy merchant lived in a mansion with his three daughters, all of whom were very beautiful, but only the youngest, at fourteen, is named Belle (a French name equivalent to "Beauty") for being lovely and pure of heart; her sisters in contrast are wicked and selfish. The merchant eventually loses all of his wealth in a tempest at sea, and he and his daughters must therefore live in a small farmhouse and work for their living. After some years of this, the merchant hears that one of the trade ships sent by himself had arrived in port, having escaped the destruction of its compatriots; therefore he returns to the city to discover whether it contains anything of monetary value. Before leaving, he asks his daughters whether they desire that he bring them any gift upon his return. His two elder daughters ask for jewelry and fine dresses, thinking that his wealth has returned; Belle is satisfied with the promise of a rose, as none grow in their part of the country. The merchant finds that his ship's cargo has been seized to pay his debts, leaving him without money by which to buy his daughters their presents. During his return, he becomes lost in a forest. Seeking shelter, he enters a castle. He finds inside tables laden with food and drink, which have apparently been left for him by the castle's owner. The merchant accepts this gift and is about to leave when he sees a rose garden and recalls that Belle had desired a rose. Upon picking the most lovely rose he finds, the merchant is confronted by a hideous 'Beast', which tells him that for taking his (the Beast's) most precious possession after accepting his hospitality, the merchant must stay his prisoner forever. The merchant begs to be set free, arguing that he had only picked the rose as a gift for his youngest daughter. The Beast agrees to let him go only if the merchant will send his daughter to live in the castle in his place.
- Click on start and begin typing.
- When you are done, log down your results into the table you created titled: "SELF TESTS"
- Lastly, highlight and then right-click to COPY the following text:
- The Little Mermaid lives in a utopian underwater kingdom with her father the sea king; her grandmother; and her six elder sisters, each born one year apart. When a mermaid turns 15, she is allowed to swim to the surface to watch the world above, and as the sisters become old enough, one of them visits the surface every year. As each of them returns, the Little Mermaid listens longingly to their various descriptions of the surface and of human beings.When the Little Mermaid's turn comes, she ventures to the surface, sees a ship with a handsome prince, and falls in love with him from a distance. A great storm hits, and the Little Mermaid saves the prince from a near-drowning. She delivers him unconscious to the shore near a temple. Here she waits until a young girl from the temple finds him. The prince never sees the Little Mermaid. The Little Mermaid asks her grandmother whether humans can live forever if they do not drown. The grandmother explains that humans have a much shorter lifespan than merfolk's 300 years, but that when mermaids die they turn to sea foam and cease to exist, while humans have an eternal soul that lives on in Heaven. The Little Mermaid, longing for the prince and an eternal soul, eventually visits the Sea Witch, who sells her a potion that gives her legs, in exchange for her tongue (as the Little Mermaid has the most intoxicating voice in the world). The Sea Witch warns, however, that once she becomes a human, she will never be able to return to the sea. Drinking the potion will make her feel as if a sword is being passed through her, yet when she recovers she will have two beautiful legs, and will be able to dance like no human has ever danced before. However, it will constantly feel like she is walking on sharp swords, and her feet will bleed most terribly. In addition, she will only get a soul if the prince loves her and marries her, for then a part of his soul will flow into her. Otherwise, at dawn on the first day after he marries another woman, the Little Mermaid will die brokenhearted and disintegrate into sea foam. The Little Mermaid drinks the potion and meets the prince, who is attracted to her beauty and grace even though she is mute. Most of all he likes to see her dance, and she dances for him despite her excruciating pain. When the prince's father orders his son to marry the neighboring king's daughter, the prince tells the Little Mermaid he will not, because he does not love the princess. He goes on to say he can only love the young woman from the temple, who he believes rescued him, but adds that the Little Mermaid is beginning to take the temple girl's place in his heart. It turns out that the princess is the temple girl, who had been sent to the temple to be educated. The prince loves her and the wedding is announced. The prince and princess marry, and the Little Mermaid's heart breaks. She thinks of all that she has given up and of all the pain she has suffered. She despairs, thinking of the death that awaits her, but before dawn, her sisters bring her a knife that the Sea Witch has given them in exchange for their long hair. If the Little Mermaid slays the prince with the knife and lets his blood drip on her feet, she will become a mermaid again, all her suffering will end and she will live out her full life. The Little Mermaid cannot bring herself to kill the sleeping prince lying with his bride and, as dawn breaks, throws herself into the sea. Her body dissolves into foam, but instead of ceasing to exist, she feels the warmth of the sun; she has turned into a spirit, a daughter of the air. The other daughters of the air tell her she has become like them because she strove with all her heart to gain an eternal soul. She will earn her own soul by doing good deeds, and she will eventually rise up into the kingdom of God.
- Click here: WORDLE
- PASTE the text into the box, then click GO.
- Randomize until you find one that you like.
- Do a screen-shot of the image, PASTE it in Microsoft Paint, CROP the image so that you can only see the words and not the menu buttons.
- Save the image as "THE LITTLE MERMAID WORDLE" in your folder in the "Z" drive
- At this point you can continue to work on your website (making it look pretty, making practice links, etc...) OR you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #37
- Sign in to GOOGLE using the account you created last time. If you haven't created an account yet, create one and then come back to step #2.
- Sign in for Attendance.
- IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE ASSIGNMENT FROM LAST TIME, PLEASE COMPLETE IT BEFORE MOVING ON TO THIS LESSON.
- Next, click here. You may or may not have to click on "MY TEXT". The screen should say "MY TEXT".
- Highlight and then right-click to COPY the following text into the white section of the new website:
- The Beauty & the Beast Part II. The merchant is upset, but accepts this condition. He tries, upon arriving home, to hide the secret from Belle; but she pries it from him and willingly goes to the Beast's castle. The Beast receives her graciously and treats her as his guest. He gives her lavish clothing and food and carries on lengthy conversations with her. Each night, the Beast asks Belle to marry him, only to be refused each time. After each refusal, Belle dreams of a handsome prince who pleads with her to answer why she keeps refusing him, and she replies that she cannot marry the Beast because she loves him only as a friend. Belle does not make the connection between the handsome prince and the Beast and becomes convinced that the Beast is holding the prince captive somewhere in the castle. She searches for him and discovers multiple enchanted rooms, but of course, never the prince from her dreams. For several months Belle lives a life of luxury at the Beast's palace, being waited on hand and foot by invisible servants, having no end of riches to amuse her and an endless supply of exquisite finery to wear. Yet eventually, she becomes homesick and begs the Beast to allow her to go to see her family. He allows it, if she will return exactly a week later. Belle agrees to this and sets off for home with an enchanted mirror and ring. The mirror allows her to see what is going on back at the Beast's castle, and the ring allows her to return to the castle in an instant when turned three times around her finger. Her older sisters are surprised to find her well fed and dressed in finery. They grow jealous of her happy life at the castle, and, hearing that she must return to the Beast on a certain day, beg her to stay another day, even putting onion in their eyes to make it appear as though they are weeping. It is their wish that the Beast will grow angry with Belle for breaking her promise and will eat her alive. Belle's heart is moved by her sisters' show of love, and she agrees to stay. Belle begins to feel guilty about breaking her promise to the Beast and uses the mirror to see him back at the castle. She is horrified to discover that the Beast is lying half-dead of heartbreak near the rose bushes her father had stolen from and she immediately uses the ring to return to Beast. By the time Belle finds the Beast almost dead, and she weeps over him, saying that she loves him. When her tears strike him, the Beast is transformed into a handsome prince. The Prince informs Belle that long ago a fairy turned him into a hideous beast after he refused to let her in from the rain, and that only by finding true love, despite his ugliness, could he break the curse. He and Belle are married and they lived happily ever after together.
- Click on start and begin typing.
- When you are done, log down your results into the table you created titled: "SELF TESTS"
- Lastly, highlight and then right-click to COPY the following text:
- A wealthy merchant lived in a mansion with his three daughters, all of whom were very beautiful, but only the youngest, at fourteen, is named Belle (a French name equivalent to "Beauty") for being lovely and pure of heart; her sisters in contrast are wicked and selfish. The merchant eventually loses all of his wealth in a tempest at sea, and he and his daughters must therefore live in a small farmhouse and work for their living. After some years of this, the merchant hears that one of the trade ships sent by himself had arrived in port, having escaped the destruction of its compatriots; therefore he returns to the city to discover whether it contains anything of monetary value. Before leaving, he asks his daughters whether they desire that he bring them any gift upon his return. His two elder daughters ask for jewelry and fine dresses, thinking that his wealth has returned; Belle is satisfied with the promise of a rose, as none grow in their part of the country. The merchant finds that his ship's cargo has been seized to pay his debts, leaving him without money by which to buy his daughters their presents. During his return, he becomes lost in a forest. Seeking shelter, he enters a castle. He finds inside tables laden with food and drink, which have apparently been left for him by the castle's owner. The merchant accepts this gift and is about to leave when he sees a rose garden and recalls that Belle had desired a rose. Upon picking the most lovely rose he finds, the merchant is confronted by a hideous 'Beast', which tells him that for taking his (the Beast's) most precious possession after accepting his hospitality, the merchant must stay his prisoner forever. The merchant begs to be set free, arguing that he had only picked the rose as a gift for his youngest daughter. The Beast agrees to let him go only if the merchant will send his daughter to live in the castle in his place. The merchant is upset, but accepts this condition. He tries, upon arriving home, to hide the secret from Belle; but she pries it from him and willingly goes to the Beast's castle. The Beast receives her graciously and treats her as his guest. He gives her lavish clothing and food and carries on lengthy conversations with her. Each night, the Beast asks Belle to marry him, only to be refused each time. After each refusal, Belle dreams of a handsome prince who pleads with her to answer why she keeps refusing him, and she replies that she cannot marry the Beast because she loves him only as a friend. Belle does not make the connection between the handsome prince and the Beast and becomes convinced that the Beast is holding the prince captive somewhere in the castle. She searches for him and discovers multiple enchanted rooms, but of course, never the prince from her dreams. For several months Belle lives a life of luxury at the Beast's palace, being waited on hand and foot by invisible servants, having no end of riches to amuse her and an endless supply of exquisite finery to wear. Yet eventually, she becomes homesick and begs the Beast to allow her to go to see her family. He allows it, if she will return exactly a week later. Belle agrees to this and sets off for home with an enchanted mirror and ring. The mirror allows her to see what is going on back at the Beast's castle, and the ring allows her to return to the castle in an instant when turned three times around her finger. Her older sisters are surprised to find her well fed and dressed in finery. They grow jealous of her happy life at the castle, and, hearing that she must return to the Beast on a certain day, beg her to stay another day, even putting onion in their eyes to make it appear as though they are weeping. It is their wish that the Beast will grow angry with Belle for breaking her promise and will eat her alive. Belle's heart is moved by her sisters' show of love, and she agrees to stay. Belle begins to feel guilty about breaking her promise to the Beast and uses the mirror to see him back at the castle. She is horrified to discover that the Beast is lying half-dead of heartbreak near the rose bushes her father had stolen from and she immediately uses the ring to return to Beast. By the time Belle finds the Beast almost dead, and she weeps over him, saying that she loves him. When her tears strike him, the Beast is transformed into a handsome prince. The Prince informs Belle that long ago a fairy turned him into a hideous beast after he refused to let her in from the rain, and that only by finding true love, despite his ugliness, could he break the curse. He and Belle are married and they lived happily ever after together.
- Click here: WORDLE
- PASTE the text into the box, then click GO.
- Randomize until you find one that you like.
- Do a screen-shot of the image, PASTE it in Microsoft Paint, CROP the image so that you can only see the words and not the menu buttons.
- Save the image as "THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST WORDLE" in your folder in the "Z" drive.
- UPLOAD "THE LITTLE MERMAID WORDLE" & "THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST WORDLE" INTO YOUR GOOGLEDOCS ACCOUNT.
- At this point you can continue to work on your website (making it look pretty, making practice links, etc...) OR you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #38 - DA ePORTFOLIO INSTRUCTIONS
- Sign in to GOOGLE using the account you created last time. If you haven't created an account yet, create one and then come back to step #2.
- Sign in for Attendance.
- IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE ASSIGNMENT FROM LAST TIME, PLEASE COMPLETE IT BEFORE MOVING ON TO THIS LESSON.
- For today's class session, you will be editing you weebly page and slowly turning it into an electronic portfolio.
- Login to WEEBLY.
- Click on the EDIT button next to your page.
- Next, click on PAGES at the top.
- DELETE ANY AND ALL OF THE PAGES THAT YOU MAY HAVE CREATED THUS FAR OR YOU MAY SIMPLY SELECT "HIDE PAGE IN NAVIGATION MENU" FOR ALL YOUR PERSONAL PAGES. I ONLY WANT TO SEE 2 PAGES IN THE NAVIGATION MENU THAT IS AT THE TOP OF YOUR WEBSITE.
- Click on ADD PAGE on the left side.
- Change the name of this page to INTRODUCTION.
- Add another page and name it "ePortfolio"
- You should now see 2 pages listed on the left side: "INTRODUCTION" & "EPORTFOLIO"
- Click on the INTRODUCTION page from the left side, then click on EDIT PAGE on the right side.
- This will take you to the INTRODUCTION page and allow you to edit and make changes to this page.
- Drag down the PARAGRAPH button in to the body of the page.
- On the INTRODUCTION page, I want you to write a 1 paragraph introduction about yourself. Tell us that your website is for 7th TECHNOLOGY class, and that it is for displaying some of the projects that you have worked on during the year.
- Next, I want you to edit your EPORTFOLIO page. Select it from the PAGES tab at the top.
- Once there, I want you to drag down the "PARAGRAPH WITH TITLE" button from the top.
- Then click on MORE on the left side, then drag down the "DIVIDER" button under the "PARAGRAPH WITH TITLE" button on your page.
- Now I want you to select a project that you have worked on from anytime in the year thus far. You should have uploaded it into you GOOGLEdocs account.
- Once you have selected a project move on to #22 below.
- Now you are going to add in text. Click where it says CLICK HERE TO EDIT.
- Here I want you to type in the name of the project your are thinking of. For example if you are thinking about the PowerPoint presentations you made about your Top 10 Favorite Sites on the Internet see the example below.
- Now highlight everything in BOLD, click on the link icon at the top (it looks like little chain links).
- Paste the URL from your GOOGLEdocs (make sure to change the share settings to anyone with the link) in and check of "OPEN LINK IN NEW WINDOW".
- Now your title should be linked to your project. Try and click on the title. You should see a URL pop up. The link will become active once you PUBLISH your page (more on this later).
- Next, you will typing a short summary.
- Click in the box under the linked title that you just made.
- In this box give us a brief summary of what this assignment is all about. The reason you are doing this is because everyone will be selecting different assignments to link to and I would like to know what assignments it is that I am about to see. The summary should be 2-3 sentences long.
- Now I want you to drag down the button titled "PARAGRAPH". Place it under you summary and above the DIVIDER line.
- Edit the text so that it says "My Reflection"
- Click here to download the reflection guideline into your GOOGLEdocs account.
- You assignment here will be to write a 1 page double space reflection about the assignment that you have selected to link to. Use the reflection guideline paper as a guide to for your reflections. (No you do not have to answer all of the questions listed on the page. To double space, after you have typed your reflection, highlight the entire text then press ctrl+2).
- Congratulations, you have successfully created the first assignment for your ePORTFOLIO.
- By the end of the school year you will need to have a total of 4 links to assignments, all of which need to have reflections. In other words 4 links to 4 separate assignments, and a reflection for each (this means 4 reflections).
- You may click on STUDENT WEB PAGES located at the top of this page to see last year's tech student's eportfolios.
- Also, your webpages are linked in the STUDENT WEB PAGES section, and if your is not linked, it is because you did not add your webpage address to the WEEBLY ACCOUNTS GOOGLEdoc, so you can do it now.
- KEEP IN MIND THAT I AM STILL WORKING ON THE STUDENT WEBPAGE SECTION, SO IF YOUR NAME IS LINKED, BUT WHEN YOU CLICK ON IT, 1 OF 2 THINGS COULD BE WRONG: (1)YOU TYPED IT IN WRONG INTO THE WEEBLY ACCOUNTS GOOGLE DO, OR (2) I TYPED IT IN WRONG WHEN I WAS MAKING ALL OF THE LINKS. SO GO TO THE STUDENT WEB PAGES SECTION AND CHECK TO SEE IF THE LINK TO YOUR WEBPAGE WORKS AND IF YOU EVEN HAVE A LINK ON YOUR NAME.
- At this point you can continue to work on your website (making it look pretty) OR you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
My Top 10 Favorite Sites
Your brief, 2-3 sentences summary will go here, so that I know what assignment it is that I am about to see. This may or may not be different for everyone.
Lesson #39
- Today you will be working with the Microsoft Paint application. You can find it by clicking on the START button on the bottom left.
- Next, click here to find out what picture you will be trying to draw using the Microsoft Paint application.
- Then, explore the tools in Microsoft Paint to replicate the image you see on the screen. I am not expecting perfect drawings, but I am expecting you to learn through exploration.
- Remember to save this Microsoft Paint file into your TECHNOLOGY folder on the "Z" drive as "My First Drawing".
- AGAIN, CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOUR EPORTFOLIO. THESE WILL BE PRESENTED NEAR THE END OF THE YEAR. A SIGN-UP GOOGLEDOC WILL BE COMING OUT SOON.
- At this point you can continue to work on your website (making it look pretty) OR you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.
Lesson #40
- Do a Google search for FLAGS OF THE WORLD.
- Find a flag that you would like to draw using Microsoft Paint (NO EASY ONES LIKE JAPAN)
- Draw the flag using Microsoft Paint
- Save it as "My Flag Drawing 2" into your TECHNOLOGY folder on the "Z" drive.
- Upload the images you drew in LESSON #39 & LESSON #40 into your GOOGLEdocs.
- At this point you can continue to work on your website (making it look pretty) OR you may play Fantastic Contraption, Fantastic Contraption 2, Poptropica or Typing Games only OR TEENBIZ and/or ALEKS.