Mrs. Niehus’s Lesson Plans for October 20-October 24, 2014

MONDAY(Orange)

Advisor: Read AR book (15 minutes – must read during this time); CNN Student News; Review Friday’s Lesson - Respect

6 th Computer : Do Now – (5 minutes) “What rights do you have as a creator?”/Lesson – Introduction into Lesson “A Creator’s Right” – Pre-test (example on board); vocabulary; creation online rights; partner work-411 for Creators; Introduce the Truth about Happy Birthday; Introduction into Unit Test – guided notes study guide and study together for test/Shared Practice – Students will work on activities about creation rights and understand; share what you find out about creator’s rights on the internet/Assignment (Independent Practice) – Students will complete activity worksheets; students will take a quiz on creator’s rights (Due Today); Study for Unit Test with guided notes study guide (Test on Wednesday)/Closure – (Last 5 minutes of class) “Name one way you are going to honor the creator’s rights.”Objectives – Understand that copyright is a legal system that protects their rights to creative work; Compare different ways people license their copyrighted work; Create an original song, perform in front of the class, and reflect on their copyright for the song.

TUESDAY(Black)

Advisor: Read AR book, check agendas, homework; Top 20 Lesson; Share Friday’s Respect Lesson; CNN Student News

8 th Computer : Do Now – (5 minutes) “What does it mean be a positive digital citizen? Be specific – write 2 paragraphs.”/Lesson – Review for Digital Citizenship Unit Test – partner study; Take Digital Citizenship Unit Test; Take Unit 3 Assessment on Common Sense Media Website; Introduce Research Project – Urban Legends (hand out research paper note taking sheet)/Shared Practice – Students will study for the unit test together with partners by them/Assignment (Independent Practice) – Students will complete Unit Test and Assessment Online (Due Today); Students will start research paper – researching activities/Closure – (Last 5 minutes of class) Discussion on what you found on Urban Legends with others around you.Objectives – Students will demonstrate knowledge and usage of Digital Citizenship skills; Demonstrate researching a particular subject

WEDNESDAY

(Orange)

Advisor: Read AR book, check agendas, homework; Top 20 Lesson; Share Friday’s Respect Lesson; CNN Student News

8 th Computer : Do Now – (5 minutes) “What does it mean be a positive digital citizen? Be specific – write 2 paragraphs.”/Lesson – Review for Digital Citizenship Unit Test – partner study; Take Digital Citizenship Unit Test; Take Unit 1 Assessment on Common Sense Media Website; Introduce Research Project – Strange Town Names (hand out research paper note taking sheet)/Shared Practice – Students will study for the unit test together with partners by them/Assignment (Independent Practice) – Students will complete Unit Test and Assessment Online (Due Today); Students will start research paper – researching activities/Closure – (Last 5 minutes of class) Discussion on what you found on Strange Town Names with others around you.Objectives – Students will demonstrate knowledge and usage of Digital Citizenship skills; Demonstrate researching a particular subject

THURSDAY(Black)

Advisor: Read AR book (15 minutes – must read during this time); CNN Student News; Top 20 Lesson

8 th Computer : Do Now – (5 minutes) “What do you remember about creating Cites Worked Page when writing a research paper? Be specific.”/Lesson – Review of Writing a Research Paper using Microsoft Word (Lesson 2) – hand back out question worksheet and go through the questions; Walk through activities in Lesson 2 of Microsoft Word (open packets in share drive; Go through Research Project more as a class/Shared Practice – Together go through questions on Word Lesson 2; Work through word research

Mrs. Niehus’s Lesson Plans for October 20-October 24, 2014

practice together as a class/Assignment (Independent Practice) – Students will complete activities for Word Lesson 2 (Due Today); Continue to work on research project/Closure – (Last 5 minutes of class) “Name 1 new thing you have learned about Microsoft Word?” (share with a person next to you)Objectives – Describe the MLA documentation style for research papers; Modify a style; Change line and paragraph spacing in a document; Use a header to number pages of a document; Apply formatting using keyboard shortcuts; Modify paragraph indentation; Insert and edit citations and their sources; Add a footnote to a document; Insert a manual page break; Create a bibliographical list of sources; Cut, copy, and paste text; Find text and replace text; Find a synonym; Check spelling and grammar at once; Look up information

FRIDAY(Black)

Advisor: Read AR book (15 minutes – must read during this time); CNN Student News; Top 20 Lesson

6 th Computer : Do Now – (5 minutes) “What have you used Microsoft Word for? List all that you have done in this program.”/Lesson – Introduction into Lesson 1 – Introduction to Microsoft Word/Shared Practice – Students will work together on activities associated with Lesson 1 of Microsoft Word – they will also look for answer to questions for worksheet given out/Assignment (Independent Practice) –Students will work on Lesson 1 Microsoft Word Activities/Closure – (Last 5 minutes of class) “Name things you learned to do today in Microsoft Word.”Objectives – Show how to use the basics in Microsoft Word to write paragraphs and insert items.