Monday---Open House (7:00 pm)---Warmup p.11/5B treasure hunt! Tuesday---Warmup p.12/5D
Introduction to PowerPoint 2007
*5-slide demonstration on favorite movies
1. intro slide (has all 4 favorite movies)
2. first favorite movie
3. second favorite movie
4. third favorite movie
5. fourth favorite movie
*each slide should have 5 bulleted items per slides 2-5.
*each slide should have different background.
*each bulleted item should have picture with it. (from the internet)
*each item and picture should be "animated."
*each slide should have a different transition.
*each slide should have a sound.
*each slide should have something "emphasized" (using custom animation).
*You should have different fonts for each slide (they should be easily visible). Wednesday---Warmup p.13/6B
Work on slide 2 Thursday---Warmup p.14/6D
Put sounds from the internet into slide 2.
Another good page.Friday---Warmup p.15/7B
Show warmups to Schafer
*add internet background to slide number 2
*finish slide 3 with sound and background appropriate for movie
Monday---*warmup p.28/activity 4 (don't forget to fill in the blanks!)
*today we're starting a fake "dating service" in excel.
*this will be non-functioning and must be school appropriate.
*you should have 2 sections, the first for information about you
*the next should have at least 10 different drop down menus concerning traits
a person would be interested in for a potential date/long term relationship
*besides sex (male/female), each drop down menu should have at least 10 items
*remember, this is just for fun!
*please ask questions that are appropriate in a school setting!
*create a school appropriate name and logo design.
*put a custom background, interesting font, and arrange your validation tables way down
the page so you can't see them when you're entering in information. Tuesday---Careers writing books (page 1 paragraph 1)---work on dating service Wednesday---Late Start---page 1 paragaph 2---grade dating service Thursday---page 2 paragraph 1---begin shopping spree in excel
*must have minimum 40 items from 30 different websites
*examples: target, dell, ford, sears, walmart, dollar store, etc.
*no more than 3 of same item.
*each item must be individual (not random amount spent at a store).
*must end up with no money left
*must spend $1,000,000 for a B
*must spend $10,000,000 for an A
*must spend $100,000,000 for an A+
*project is worth 100 points (as follows)
2 points for each item (80 total)
10 points for spending all your money (10 total)
10 points for spending at least 10,000,000 Friday---page 2 paragraph 2---work on shopping spree.
Starting today, you'll get 10 points participation.
If I catch you playing a game before your work is complete, you'll receive a 0 for the day!
Make the right choice!!
Monday---Warmup p.16/paragraph 2
*first, check warmups from last week
*next, physics and computing demonstration and practice. Tuesday---Warmup p.16/paragraph 3
*type excel sheet on climate to import into word tomorrow. Use try this link Wednesday---Warmup p.17/paragraph 1
*First, create a chart in Excel for the temperature information from yesterday.
*next, get a handout and key the addresses into a mail merge.
*next, type the letter inserting the appropriate fields.
*next, insert the chart into your letter at the appropriate spot.
*finally, conclude your mail merge and make sure that all 5 letters are showing up.
*watch punctuation and spelling. Thursday---Snow Day! Friday---Student of the Month---Warmup p.18/paragraph 1
*get mail merge graded by me (all 5 letters must be present).
Monday---student mail link
FROM HERE ON OUT, YOU'LL BE GETTING 10 POINTS PER DAY PARTICIPATION
*for a tardy, you'll miss 3 points
*if I catch you on a game before you're done with your assignment, you'll miss 5 points (twice you'll get a 0)
*I'll look at your overall productivity for the day when determining you grade.
*I'll enter your participation grade in at the end of each week.
Warmup: "what I did over break" (6-7 lines)
alternate warmup: p.23/paragraph 2
Today, we're doing our last bit in Publisher, making a simple web page.
*click on publisher, web sites, and select your choice of a template
*in "your site goals", select all of the items except the following 3
sell products, display a list of projects/activities, provide links to other web pages Tuesday---Student of the Month---
Warmup: "what I'd do if I won the lottery"
*work on your web page in Publisher
alternate warmup: p.23/paragraph 3 (continues on p.24) Wednesday---
Warmup: "where I want to be in 10 years"
alternate warmup: p.24/paragraph 2
*finish and present web page in Publisher to Schafer for 75 point assignment
*begin thinking about Movie Maker Project dealing with your travel business (last one!)
*you'll need to find 8-10 pictures dealing with all of your 6 locations.
*you'll need to potentially find some music to go with. Thursday---
Warmup: "qualities I look for in a best friend"
alternate warmup: p.24/paragraph 3 Friday---
Warmup: "I do/do not want to have children because"
alternate warmup: p.25/paragraph 1
Monday---
Warmup: Tell me about your weekend
alternate warmup: p.30/paragraph 3 HTML Tutorial GIF site Good site for backgrounds More backgrounds HTML goodies
*HTML focus: Backgrounds
Tuesday---
Warmup: If you could build your own house and not worry about money, describe it...
alternate warmup: p.31/paragraph 1
*HTML focus: Animated GIF images
Wednesday---Prom King/Queen Voting---
Warmup: Describe a big mistake you've made, how it affected you, and what you learned from it.
alternate warmup: p.31/paragraph 2
*HTML focus: Bars and Dividers
Thursday---Student of the Month---
Warmup: Tell me about 5 things you'd like to do in your life before you die.
alternate warmup: p.32/paragraph 1
*HTML focus: ordered and unordered lists
Friday---
Warmup: Explain your favorite movie to someone who has never seen it...
alternate warmup: p.32/paragraph 2
*Work on web sites
Monday---Memorial Day (no school) Tuesday---This week we're doing something different for warmups.
We're using toondoo, a cartoon generator/
You'll have to create an account, so use your school one (joe_student@rainierk12.org).
This will be your sign in name each time you sign in. Please save your work.
As these are a bit harder than usual, they'll count for 10 points per day.
We'll decide as a class on Friday whether we want to keep going with this or go back.
You'll need to get them checked off each day.
I won't accept them late, so make sure and get them done.
They'll show up on your grade as warmups for the day, but they'll be COMICS! Wednesday---
Toondoo Warmup: Scary story with scary backgrounds (we will always use the 3 pane option). CIS activity 1 (in excel). click here for CIS page
Name: rainier
Password: rhs
*select SKILLS assessment in lower left
*select skills in appropriate area (take your time!)
*complete the worksheet. You must do 2 jobs in each of your top 3 areas. Thursday---Student of the Month
Toondoo Warmup: outerspace adventure with aliens.
Work on spreadsheet from Thursday Friday---Senior's Last Day! Congratulations!!!
Toondoo Warmup: sports-related story.
1. Turn in CIS spreadsheet
2. For extra, credit, do CIS activity for scholarships you might go for.
We're collecting information on the 10 Pacific-10 schools:
University of Washington (Seattle)
Washington State University (Pullman)
University of Oregon (Eugene)
Oregon State University (Corvallis)
University ofArizona (Tuscon)
Arizona State University (Tempe)
UCLA (California) University of California Los Angeles
USC (California) University of Southern California
Stanford University(California)
University of California (Berkley)
Wednesday---
Toondoo Warmup: wintertime fun.
Work on your pac-10 Access project Thursday---
Toondoo Warmup: crazy fun in my house.
Finish pac-10 project
*do a variety of sorts/reporting and turn in. Friday---
Toondoo Warmup: so you want to be a rock star? (use stage background).
Choose your own topic of interest for your own Access project.
Each field needs to have a mininimum of 5 different areas.