Monday-Inspirational Quote

Famous and important people become famous and are considered important from their words and actions.  Today, you fill find a quote from someone who has become famous through their words and actions.  Follow the steps below to start your project:

Step 1

Find an inspirational quote.  Try the links or search methods below to find your quote:

http://www.inspirationalquotes4u.com/
http://www.inspirational-quotes.info/
Google Inspirational Quotes

Step 2
Complete the docs form with the following information:  Your quote; who said it; when that person was alive; why you chose the quote.

Docs link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEVfVHdyRlhwbGhBQTZhWUcyWVdYVmc6MQ#gid=0


Step 3
Illustrate your quote using Inkskape.  Use the tools that you've learned this quarter to embed your quote in an Inkskape design.  I created an example below.  Choose a good quote and enjoy.

Typing Friday

Log onto the typing web site.  You may do the next exercise, or skip the exercise by scoring an 85% or better on the lesson's test.

http://www.typingweb.com/

Tuesday-Scavenger Hunt

Lane Middle School has its own home page.  It's full of all sorts of information that can be helpful to you and your family.  Some of the information available includes:

• announcements
• who to go to for help with conflicts
• addresses, phone numbers
• school data
• teacher contact information

Use Lane's homepage to complete the scavenger hunt.  Click on the link below to go to the questions, and the link for LMS will be towards the top.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?pli=1&formkey=dEJsMDVpR2NDUlJrTnhIcEFUTjdXanc6MQ#gid=0

Wednesday-Power Point Wrap Up

Finish up your Power Point presentations today.  When you think you are done you should:

• experiment with entry, emphasis and exit animations
• slide transitions
• fine tuning such as-spelling, background and information you present

Students will be presenting their presentations to the whole class on Thursday!  So practice, practice, practice!

Tuesday

Continue working on your Power Point presentations.
Your presentation should contain:

• at least six slides with accurate information
• a unique font or fonts
• various animations when transitioning from slide to slide

Typing Friday (3)

Today is the third day of our keyboarding practice-TYPING FRIDAY!  If you've been here all three Fridays then today you will work on the bottom row keys.  Click on the link below to access the TypingWeb Portal.  Your user name is your first and last name together-no caps, no spaces.  Your password is your student ID.
Example:
username: ericjohansson
password: 123456

http://www.typingweb.com

Power Point Tutorial

Once you have completed your research, create a Power Point presentation that creatively shares the information that you recorded.
Your presentation should consist of at least six slides, have various transitions and animation effects.  Six slides should share the who, what, when, why, where, and how of your research recorder on your graphic organizer.