COMPUTER APPLICATIONS



COURSE SYLLABUS


Semester 1
Semester 2
Week 1 (September 1-5)
Week 20 (January 26-30)
Week 2 (September 8-12)
Week 21 (February 2-6)
Week 3 (September 15-19)
Week 22 (February 9-13)
Week 4 (September 22-26)
Week 23 (February 16-20)
Week 5 (September 29-October 3)
Week 24 (February 23-27)
Week 6 (October 6-10)
Week 25 (March 2-6)
Week 7 (October 13-17)
Week 26 (March 9-13)
Week 8 (October 20-24)
Week 27 (March 16-20)
Week 9 (October 27-31)
Week 28 (March 30-April 3)
Week 10 (November 3-7)
Week 29 (April 6-10)
Week 11 (November 10-14)
Week 30 (April 13-17)
Week 12 (November 17-21)
Week 31 (April 20-24)
Week 13 (November 24-28)
Week 32 (April 27-May 1)
Week 14 (December 1-5)
Week 33 (May 4-8)
Week 15 (December 8-12)
Week 34 (May 11-15)
Week 16 (December 15-19)
Week 35 (May 18-22)
Week 17 (January 5-9)
Week 36 (May 25-29)
Week 18 (January 12-16)
Week 37 (June 1-5)
Week 19 (January 19-23)
Week 38 (June 8-12)
Summer Vacation!

ACADEMIC SCHEDULE


First Quarter

Week 1 (September 1-5)

Monday---Holiday-No School
Tuesday---Welcome back Freshman and New Students!
Wednesday---Welcome back everyone!!
*go over student handbook
*
class syllabus, rules and regulations
*get signed onto the computers.

Thursday---tour Mr. Schafer's Website
Microype lessons 1 and 2
Friday---Microtype lesson 3 and 5 (and reviews done for extra credit)

Week 2 (September 8-12)

Monday---Columbian Time
Warmup-p.6/2C (save in a folder you create called "warmups") in u drive.
*name the file "warmups week 1" and put all this week's warmups in it.
*I'll check it (off the screen) on Friday and give 25 points if complete (5 per day).
Microtype lesson 6 and 7
Tuesday---Open up your warmups week 1 file from yesterday and add to it!
Warmup-p.7/3B Microtype lesson 9 and 10
Wednesday---Warmup-p.8/3D Microtype lesson 11 and 13
Thursday---Warmup-p.9/4B Microtype lesson 14 and 15
Friday---Warmup-p.10/4D (have Schafer check off your warmup sheets)
Microtype lesson 17, 18, 19
*You can finish lessons later on your own time for no penalty.
lesson 1 Home Row
lesson 2 H E
Lesson 3 I R
Lesson 5 O T
Lesson 6 N G
Lesson 7 L. Shift, period
Lesson 9 U C
Lesson 10 W R. Shift
Lesson 11 B Y
Lesson 13 M X
Lesson 14 P V
Lesson 15 Q Comma
Lesson 17 Z Colon
Lesson 18 CAPS LOCK
Lesson 19 Tab

Week 3 (September 15-19)

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.
  1. Number of stars out of 10 from IMDB
  2. Director
  3. Release Date
  4. Major Star (actors name and character's name)
  5. Run Time (in minutes)
*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

Week 4 (September 22-26)

Monday---Columbian Time---Warmup p.16/7D
Slide 4
Tuesday---Warmup P.16/7E (1-6)
Slide 5 Wednesday---Warmup P.16/7F Grade Powerpoints (100 points)
Thursday---Warmup P.19/9B
Begin final
powerpoint presentation project
slides 1 and 2
Friday---Warmup P.20/9C (lines 1-6)
*show warmups to Schafer for 25 points as always.
slides 3 and 4

Week 5 (September 29-October 3)

Monday---Warmup P.20/9D
slides 5 and 6
Tuesday---Warmup P.20/9E
slides 7 and 8
Wednesday---Late Start---Warmup P.21/10B (lines 1-6)
slides 9 and 10
Thursday---Warmup P.21/10B (lines 7-12)
slides 11 and 12
Friday---Progress Report 1---Warmup p.21/10C
slides 13 and 14

Week 6 (October 6-10)

Monday---Inservice-No School
Tuesday---Warmup P.22/10D
*discuss introduction, conclusion, and transitions between slides.
*hand out notecards for student use.
slide 15 and conclusion
Wednesday---Homecoming Court Voting---Warmup P.22/10E
cover speech requirements/scoring
*draw for order. If you "pass" once, you lose 30% of your presentation points.
*you may still earn points for your actual PowerPoint presentation.
*you may not "pass" twice!
**fill out nececessary note cards
Thursday---Homecoming Court Tapping---Warmup p.23/11B (lines 1-6)
tweak presentations
Friday---State Inservice-No School

Week 7 (October 13-17)

Monday---Warmup P.23/11B (lines 7-12) Last Day for presentation preparation
Tuesday---Presentations
*No warmups during presentations
*10 points/day for audience
*you may work on your powerpoint as you listen, but no game playing.
*if I see a game in action, you'll lose your points and your computer privledges for the day.
*no talking. If I have to warn you once, it's 5 points, twice is 10.
*it's hard talking in front people, so make sure you are a good, positive audience.
Wednesday---Work day (too many kids at PSAT's!
Thursday---Presentations
Friday---Pep Assembly---Presentations

Week 8 (October 20-24)

Monday---Columbian Time---Presentations
Tuesday---Microtype lessons in numeric keyboarding
*As I am going to be gone for the remainder of the week, this is a good time for you to work on numbers and symbols by touch.
*You should not be working on powerpoint this week.
*Mrs. Gibson is going to give you a daily grade of 10 based on how hard you're working and your techniques.
*You should be able to get through 2-3 lessons per day, which I'll check when I get back.
*Make sure you're signing in to Microtype and that you get a red check next to each lesson on the list when you're done with one.
*You should be able to finish lessons 1-16 by the end of next week.
Wednesday---Microtype lessons in numeric keyboarding
Thursday---Microtype lessons in numeric keyboarding
Friday---Microtype lessons in numeric keyboarding

Week 9 (October 27-31)

Monday---College Visitation (1-3pm)---Presentations (work on Microtype)
Tuesday---Canned Food Drive Assembly---Microtype warmups Introduction to Excel handout
Wednesday---Microtype warmups (labor cost excel handout)
Thursday---Microtype warmups (Invoce excel handout)
Friday---Student of the Month---Microtype for entire period

Week 10 (November 3-7)

Monday---Microtype warmup (grades excel handout)
Tuesday---Microtype warmup (finish grades excel handout with if/then statements and validation tables)
*check off your microtype lessons 1-16. I need to know how many you got done!
Lessons 1-10 are 10 points each.
Lessons 11-16 are 5 points each.
Review is worth 5 points extra credit.
Wednesday---Late Start---
Thursday---End of First Quarter---
Friday---No School-Grade Day

Week 11 (November 10-14)

Monday---Veteran's day assembly
*LCC Presentation for College Credit Sign Ups
Tuesday---No School-Veteran's Day
Wednesday---Warmup-P.23/11C
*Budget Handout (do together)
Thursday---Warmup-P.25/12B (lines 1-6)
*Find apartment and car online.
Friday---Warmup-P.25/12B (lines 7-12)
*Find a job, calculate car payment, and determine final budget.


Week 12 (November 17-21)

Monday---Warmup-p.25/12C
Make sure you find a job and then we're going to graph your expenses and balance your budget!
1. Make a pie chart with a title and X and Y axis titles.
2. Get your spreadsheet graded.
*it's worth 50 points (must show me job for 10 of the 50 points).
----job must be full time, list a wage, and be available for high school graduate with no experience.
Time to check off your personal budgets. Tuesday---Warmup-p.26/12D (lines 1-6)
Set up an excel sheet with the title "Countries I'd like to visit." Do 20 countries!
Please use the
CIA world factbook website for information and include the following column headings: Country name
Population
Capital City
Size (in Sq. Kil.)
Life Expectancy
Main Religion
Wednesday---Warmup-p.26/12D (lines 7-12) Work on countries
Thursday---Warmup-p.26/12E Finish countries/extra credit option
Friday---Warmup-p.27/Activity 1
Stock Market Researchexcel
*complete stock market info according to handout in Excel


Week 13 (November 24-28)

Monday---Columbian Time---warmup-p.27-28/Activity 2 (lines 13-19)
*finish stock market spreadsheet
*remember, the last 5 companies you choose have to be either NYSE or NASDAQ listed!
Tuesday---Student of the Month, Parent teacher conferences (4-8:00 pm)
*warmup p.28/activity 3 (lines 29-36)
*sign off stock market activity for points and catch up on any missing assignments
Wednesday---No School-Morning Conferences (8:30am-12:00pm)
Thursday---Thanksgiving Weekend (no school)
Friday---Thanksgiving Weekend (no school)

Week 14 (December 1-5)

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.

Week 15 (December 8-12)

Monday---Columbian Time---page 2 paragraph 3
*work on shopping spree
Tuesday---page 3 paragraph 1
*work on shopping spree
Wednesday---page 3 paragraph 2
*grade shopping spree
Thursday---page 3 paragraph 3 (continues on page 4)---introduce
jeopardy assignment to class
Friday---Progress Report 2---page 4 paragraph 2---work on jeopardy

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!!


Week 16 (December 15-19)

Monday---Late start (no warmup)---jeopardy
Tuesday---Late start (no warmup)---jeopardy
Wednesday---Snow Day
Thursday---Snow Day
Friday---Snow Day


Week 17 (January 5-9)

Monday---Snow Day
Tuesday---page 5 paragraph 1---jeopardy
Wednesday---page 5 paragraph 2---jeopardy
Thursday---page 6 paragraph 1 (continues on page 8)---jeopardy (extra credit for web backgrounds on slides)
Friday---page 6 paragraph 2---jeopary games due! Play them for the class!!!


Week 18 (January 12-16)

Monday---Senior Ball Court Voting---page 6 paragraph 3
*Those who aren't done with their games, you may finish them.
*For a majority of those who are finished, creat a simple spreadsheet mapping out your 15 favorite movies.
Use
Internet Movie Data Base
Set up the following column headings (and use a 20% gray scale)
1.Movie Name
2.Number of stars
3.One actor in the movie
4.Year released
5.Runtime
*Your spreadsheet should obviously be 15 rows and 5 columns (as described above).
*Find an appropriate background and make sure the font is a color that "pops".
*Create a bar chart showing the movies according to number of stars.
Tuesday---page 7 paragraph 1---finish/grade spreadsheet from Monday
Wednesday---page 7 paragraph 2---Introduction to drawing in Word (draw train)
Thursday---Senior Ball Tapping---page 7 paragraph 3 (continues on p.8)---work on train
Friday---Senior Ball king/queen voting---page 8 paragraph 2---work on train

Week 19 (January 19-23)

Monday---MLK Holiday-No School
Tuesday---train (no warmups this week, take advantage of your time!)
Wednesday---train
Thursday---Semester 1 Grades Due!---hand in train (for wall)
Friday---Grade Day-No School

END OF SEMESTER

Week 20 (January 26-30)

Monday---Warmup p.8/paragraph 3---Intro to tables (p.89/activity 1)
Tuesday---Snow Day!---
Wednesday---Warmup p.9/paragraph 1---P.90/Activity 3---intro to
menu in Word using tables (quick sample) without the pictures)
Thursday---Warmup p.9/paragraph 2---Work on Menu
Friday---Student of the Month---Warmup p.10/paragraph 1---Work on menu
*Show warmups for the week (only 4 this week).

Week 21 (February 2-6)

Monday---Warmup p.10/paragraph 2---Menu
Tuesday---Forecasting PowerPoint---Warmup p.10/paragraph 3---Menu
Wednesday---Late Start!---No warmup---Present Menu
Thursday---Electives Assembly---Warmup p.11/paragraph 2
Today, we're going to do timings to get a read on your words per minute.
P.36, 16A (once each).
P.36, 16C (line 1, 2 1-minute timings)
P.36, 16C (line 2, 2 1-minute timings)
P.36, 16C (line 3, 2 1-minute timings)
Pick your best line for your final timing!
Friday---Warmup p.12/paragraph 1
*today, you're doing the tables on p.216 of the text.
***you have to turn the book over and open it upside down to find p.216!
***it should be typed exactly as it appears in the table.
***correct borders, shading, colors, bolding, etc.
*when done, finish menu, or do your floor plan for your restaurant in word.

Week 22 (February 9-13)

Monday---Warmup p.12/paragraph 2---First, sign off warmups from week 21 (should be 4) and the two tables from p.216 (last Friday's assignment)
*today, we're going to have an introduction to report writing.
*first, we're going to add our sources to Word from the report on p.70-71.
*next, we need to set our starting point 2" from the top (do together).
*now, type the report as it's laid out on p.70-71 (insert page break at the bottom of p.70).
*finally, add in your references we've already included in the document.
*proof read carefully and hand in both pages stapled.
*This is a 30 point assignment. 2 points off for each mistake (including spelling, font face, organization, etc.)
Tuesday---SNOW DAY
Wednesday---LATE START--no warmups!
Finish report from page 70-71. Don't forget to add the references on the last page!
*Insert a manual page break in the bottom of p.70 (page layout tab, breaks, page).
Thursday---Warmup p.13/paragraph 2
*Type report on p.72, exactly as yesterday.
*Since Word doesn't have a bibliography for encyclopedias, type the document first, then creat the
bibliography using the generator I've given you.
*select other, and then encyclopedia.
*it needs to be in APA format! Simply copy and paste the information from the generator.
this bibliography generator, next, get 2" from the top and go for glory!
Friday---Warmup p.13/paragraph 3 (continues on p.14)
*create refereences for report2 on the generator together and finish report 2 (it should be double-spaced as report 1 was).
*make sure reports 1 (p.70-71) and 2 (p.72) are done. This is the last day!!!!!!!
*if you're done with both, type report on p.73 for extra credit. Double space and correct errors as you find them.

Week 23 (February 16-20)

Monday---No School-Presidents Day
Tuesday---Warmup p.14/paragraph 3---Introduction to memos, p.56
*discuss setup and type together
*put word into style set for Word 2003
After finishing 22A Memo on p.56, print and hand in.
Complete memo on p.57 (22B) print and hand in.
Wednesday---Warmup p.15/paragraph 1
Today, we're talking business letters with mail merge. We'll all start together!
*Remember to change the Style in Word to 2003 for this exercise.
We'll use the following addresses up front:
Ms. Julie Hutchinson
1825 Melbourne Avenue
Flushing, NY 11367-2351

Mr. Rasheed Bryant
520 Brentwood Street
Boston, MA 02134-1301

Ms. Marsha Rawlins
1105 Blackstone Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63112-2907

Ms. Maria Ramirez
673 Stockton Street
Salinas, CA 93907-2327

Mr. Brandon Van Horn
4010 Green Tree Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34233-4052

*Next, we'll type the return address two inches down from the top on p.78.
*Now, we'll go through the mail merge process together!
Thursday---Warmup p.15/paragraph 2
CHANGE WORD TO 2003 SETUP!
*first, type the memo on page 102 (document 2) with the same setup as the one we did on p.56. Print and hand to Mrs. Gibson.
*next, type the business letter on page 81 (document 3) with the same setup as the one we did on p.78. Print and hand in to Mrs. Gibson.
Friday---Warmup p.16/paragraph 1
CHANGE WORD TO 2003 SETUP!
*type the report on p.103 with the exact same format as the one on page 70 (EVERYTHING DOUBLE-SPACED)
before you begin, add in the following 2 sources for a bibliography using the citation tool in Word:

Book 1: Author-Joe Smith
Title-Theatre Greats
Year-2008
City-Baltimore
Publisher Random House

Book 2: Author-Jane Doe
Title-Greek Mad
Year-2007
City-New York
Publisher-Beautiful Books
Week 24 (February 23-27)

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).
Week 25 (March 2-6)

Monday---Columbian Time---Warmup p.18/paragraph 2
*find a topic to do a mail merge similar to last week.
*you're going to type a letter having to do with your "theme" (mine was retirement cities).
*your excel sheet should have 10 different items next to numeric information.
*make up 5 addresses with actual states and zip codes.
*perform a mail merge with an address block, a name block, and at least 2 fields in your actual letter. It should be 3 paragraphs long.
Tuesday---Warmup p.18/paragraph 3---finish yesterday's assignment
Wednesday---Late Start---No Warmup! Sign off assigment
Thursday---Warmup p.19/paragraph 2
today we're starting a Microsoft Publisher unit.
*you're going to open your own travel agency!
*the first thing you need to do is to pick a name, find a picture, and create a slogan.
*You should have 6 cities in mind that have a common theme or thread.
*for example: rafting, skiing, fishing, hunting, history, ancient civilizations, etc.
*the name and slogan should work well together.
*first, I want you to come up with a name, catch-phrase, and logo design.
*next, type a one-paragraph description of what your business is all about and why you chose it.
*the first publication we're going to do is the business card.
*click on "start", "programs", "microsoft office", "microsoft publisher".
*click on "business cards." under publication types (choose the one that will work for you)
--insert your picture, slogan, business name, and other information as needed.
Friday---Progress Report 3---Warmup p.19/paragraph 3 (continues on p.20)

Week 26 (March 9-13)

Monday---Warmup p.20/paragraph 2---Business Cards in Publisher (print)
Tuesday---Warmup p.20/paragraph 3
Today we're writing a newspaper article on the grand opening of your busines.
Use microsoft word and change to 2 columns in page layout.
No indenting and an extra space between paragraphs.
It should have the following elements:
1. Title of Article
2. Newspaper
3. Actual Article
paragraph 1
*good introductory sentence (attention grabber!)
*business name
*owner's name
*business location
paragraph 2
*describe business and what makes it unique (what your theme is)
*at least two quotes from the owner should stress uniqueness. *cities the business will serve
*activities in the cities you'll serve
paragraph 3
*grand opening (date, times, etc)
*type of grand opening festivities (give people a reason to attend)
*prizes
Wednesday---Warmup p.21/paragraph 1
*next, I want you to use Publisher and create an informational flyer with the following information:
-name of business
-slogan
-picture (or graphic representing business) --same as from business card
-name of the places served
-type of services offered (air travel, ground transportation, hotel accomodations, etc.)
-description of business that's opening
-benefits (listed) of using business
-name, address, phone number, fax number, web site, e-mail
-insert a coupon (with dashed line)
-spot for grand opening (include contest and prizes!)
Thursday---Warmup p.21/paragraph 2
Today and Friday, we're working on a tri-fold brochure for our agency.
*on tab 1, back panel (left), you should have the story of your business (with pic and caption)
*on tab 1, back panel (center), you should have the address information, name and logo.
*on tab 1, back panel (right), you should have business name, picture, tag line, and product/service info.
*on each of the inside panels (tab 2), you should have 2 of your 6 travel locations.
****each panel should have pictures and information (including rates) for 2 different destinations.
Friday---Warmup p.21/paragraph 3 (continues on p.22)

Week 27 (March 16-20)

Monday---Columbian Time---Warmup p.22/paragraph 2 (make sure it's the right one)---finish/hand in brochures
Tuesday---Warmup p.22/paragraph 3---catch up day
Wednesday---Warmup p.23/paragraph 1---create a gift certificate (print), and an invitation card in microsoft publisher
*gift certificate should give 25% off of a "travel package" and should include important company information and a picture.
*invitation card should invite a person to the grand opening.
*it should contained detailed information about the grand opening, with pictures and company info.
Thursday---Parent/Teacher Conferences (4-8:00pm)--write 10 "prompt" ideas---(print only prompts)
*today, you have 3 choices, all will get you 20 points for "productivity".
*your productivity points will be either a 0 or 20.
--playing a game, wandering and not working, etc. will result in 0.
1.finish unfinished assignments (including invitation card and gift certificate).
2.do extra credit (6-slide powerpoint on each of your cities/places with 3 bits of info on each and animation plus pictures.
3.work from another class (preferably on the computer).
Friday---No School-Parent/Teacher Conferences (9:00am-12:00pm)

Week 28 (March 30-April 3)

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

Week 29 (April 6-10)

Monday---Columbian Time---
Warmup: "Tell me about your weekend." alternate warmup: p.25/paragraph 2
Choosing an appropriate topic/theme for your web page.
*Because of the broad requirements for your home pages, you need to pick a topic broad enough to have enough info, pictures, etc. on.
*Page should not have anything to do with friends.
*Obscure (unknown) bands don't have necessary information.
*Past successful topics: solar system, movie stars, sports teams, school-related, music, animation, video-game related, etc.
*Choose your topic wisely, as this is a long-term, and very in-depth project.
Web Page Requirements
Log into your website here
Sample Web Page a student made.
a few pointers to help you get started.
Tuesday---
Warmup: "The best memory of my life".
alternate warmup: p.26/paragraph 1
*first, learn a little about using HTML to affect text.
*get signed into your homepage.
*add a title, a background, and a picture to your sight using html
*discuss how to upload pictures to your sight. Don't reference outside pics or Tripod will delete your site!
Wednesday---
Warmup: "My ultimate vacation"
alternate warmup: p.26/paragraph 2
*learn how to do a basic table and put one on your first page.
Thursday---3rd quarter grades due!---
Warmup: "If I could be any superhero it would be..."
alternate warmup: p.26/paragraph 3
*refine your table and put in pictures, and a background color for the table.
Friday---Grade Day-No School

Week 30 (April 13-17)

Monday---
Warmup: Tell me about your weekend
alternate warmup: p.26/paragraph 3
Work on your index table, putting pictures and text in to be able to link each to your web pages.
Tuesday---
Warmup: "If I were a teacher I would...."
alternate warmup: p.27/paragraph 1
My Codes thus far!
Finish your table with pictures on index page.
Wednesday---
Warmup: "This is how I make my favorite meal."
alternate warmup: p.27/paragraph 2
Work on second web page (pictures, text, etc.)
Thursday---
Warmup: "If I could start my life over again, I would..."
alternate warmup: p.27-28/paragraph 3 (finishes on page 28)
Work on third web page (pictures, text, etc.)
Friday---
Warmup: "Today I'm going to tell you about my family...."
alternate warmup: p.28/paragraph 2
Work on fourth web page (pictures, text, etc.)

Week 31 (April 20-24)

Monday---Columbian Time---
Warmup: Tell me about your weekend
alternate warmup: p.28/paragraph 2 (last one)br> *create a navigation table to go through your site.
Tuesday---Prom Court Voting---
Warmup: "My idea of a perfect Saturday is..."
alternate warmup: p.29/paragraph 1
Finish navigation table through your site.
Wednesday---
Warmup: "Let me tell you about my dream job and why I want to do it."
alternate warmup: p.29/paragraph 2
Thursday---Prom Court Tapping
Warmup: A day in the life of my pet (make it up if you don't have one).
alternate warmup: p.29/paragraph 3 (continues on p.30)
Prepare for
HTML Quiz for tomorrow Friday---quiz
Warmup: My worst experience in a restaurant
alternate warmup: p.30/paragraph 2

Week 32 (April 27-May 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
Week 33 (May 4-8)

Monday---Columbian Time---
Warmup: Tell me about your weekend
alternate warmup: p.32/paragraph 3
*HTML and web pages
Tuesday---
Warmup: Tell me about the 3 items you'd have to have if you were stranded on a deserted island and why they're important.
alternate warmup: p.33/paragraph 1
*HTML and web pages
Wednesday---
Warmup: Tell me about 1st grade memories
alternate warmup: p.33/paragraph 2
*HTML and web pages
Thursday---
Warmup: If you could go back and relive any year of your life, which would it be and why (with stories).
alternate warmup: p.34/paragraph 1 (continues on p.34)
*HTML and web pages
Friday---Progress Report 4---
Warmup: Describe in detail the most amazing thing you've ever seen..
alternate warmup: p.34/paragraph 3
*HTML and web pages

Week 34 (May 11-15)

Monday---
Warmup: Tell me about your weekend
alternate warmup: p.35/paragraph 1
HTML and web pages
Tuesday---
Warmup: Describe the scariest dream you've ever had (or describe scariest movie)
alternate warmup: p.35/paragraph 2
HTML and web pages
Wednesday---
Warmup: Tell me about how you hope your Summer vacation goes...
alternate warmup: p.36/paragraph 1
HTML and web pages
Thursday---
Warmup: Describe Rainier to a person that has never been here..
alternate warmup: p.36/paragraph 2
HTML and web pages
Friday---Choir Idol Round 1---
Warmup: What makes a good teacher?
alternate warmup: p.36/paragraph 3

Week 35 (May 18-22)

Monday---Spring Fling Kick-off Assembly---
Warmup: Tell me about your weekend.
alternate warmup: p.37/paragraph 1
Work on websites
Tuesday---Choir Idol Round 2---
Warmup: Describe your perfect summer day.
alternate warmup: p.37/paragraph 2
Work on websites
Wednesday---
Warmup: Describe the rules for your favorite card game.
alternate warmup: p.37-38/paragraph 3 (continues on p.38)
Thursday---Choir Idol Finals---
Warmup: Tell me about your favorite TV Show.
alternate warmup: p.38/paragraph 2
Friday---Spring Fling(per. 6 and 7)
Warmup: What thing(s) would I like to change about myself and why?
alternate warmup: p.38/paragraph 3

Week 36 (May 25-29)

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.

Week 37 (June 1-5)

Monday---
Toondoo Warmup: attack of the animals.
Finish activities from Friday (including extra credit)
Tuesday---
Toondoo Warmup: adventure in the countryside.
Introduction to ACCESS!
*we're going to create a database about colleges using
CIS
*remember, name: rainier, password: rhs

Fields:


  1. School Name

  2. Public/Private (general information)

  3. City (school name and address)

  4. State (school name and address)

  5. Zip Code (school name and address)

  6. Total Number Students (student body)

  7. Percent from out of state (student body)

  8. In-state tuition (costs)

  9. Out-of-state tuition (costs)

  10. High School GPA required (costs)

  11. Number of faculty (academics)

  12. Number student clubs (student life)

  13. percent students living on campus (housing)


We're collecting information on the 10 Pacific-10 schools:


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.

Week 38 (June 8-12)

Monday---
Toondoo Warmup: "a bad day at the office."
If finished with Excel, we're going to do a review powerpoint next.
It should be 11 slides long and each slide should have a happening/event that defined a specific decade
  1. 1900-1910
  2. 1911-1920
  3. 1921-1930
  4. 1931-1940
  5. 1941-1950
  6. 1951-1960
  7. 1961-1970
  8. 1971-1980
  9. 1981-1990
  10. 1991-2000
  11. 2001-2010
Each slide should have 4-5 brief (no sentences) pieces of info about the event.
The slide show should be fully automated.
Custom backgrounds and a good, crisp look.
Ideas could be cures for diseases, inventions, wars, storms, etc.
**whatever you choose, it has to be extremely important in defining that decade.
Tuesday---
toondoo topic-Your choice!
Wednesday---
toondoo topic-Lost in the City
Begin work on your powerpoint: see above specifics...keep in mind:
12 slides (including introduction).
All slides animated
Different background for each slide (which helps text colors jump from page)
3 pictures per page
5 bulleted pieces of information per page minimum.
Topics should require some research.
Mrs. Gibson will grade them Monday (or Friday if you're ready)
Thursday---
toondoo topic-My Experiences Sightseeing (pick famous place)
Work on PowerPoint
Friday---
toondoo topic-Karate Match
Work on PowerPoint

Week 39 (June 15-16)

Monday---
Finish/Present PowerPoint to Mrs. Gibson for grade.
toondoo topic-Summer fun!
Tuesday---1/2 day---Last day for students....congratulations!