Using Microsoft Word to Write a Story

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Using Microsoft Word to Write a Story

• Amanda Niles
• Edu 357

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Lesson Objectives

• Students will learn how to use a computer game
  called Clean Up Your Grammar to practice their
  grammar and then use Microsoft Word to write a
  few sentences about their weekend and then a
  creative short story about a magazine clipping.

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Technology Used

• Computers
• Computer game called Clean Up Your Grammar
• Microsoft Word
• Projector to display how to use the game as well
  as Microsoft Word

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Introducing the Learning ActivityDay One

• I will tell the students that we are going to
  play a game to practice their grammar skills.
  They will already have knowledge about nouns and
  verbs. Then I will tell them that once they are
  done with the game they will be using Microsoft
  Word to write a short story about their weekend.

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Introducing the Learning ActivityDay Two

• They will play the game again for review.
• I will motivate the students by explaining that
  once they have gotten 7 out of 10 answers correct
  in the learning game they will be able to pick
  their magazine clipping so they can start to
  write their story.
• I will also explain that the stories will be
  posted on a bulletin board once they are finished
  so they will want to do well because it will be
  displayed for their classmates to read.

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Provide Information

• Clean Up Your Grammar
• http//teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure
  /grammar1.htm
• I will show them how to play the game by playing
  it myself and displaying it with a projector at
  the front of the room so the students will
  understand how to play the game.

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Provide Information Cont.

• I will show them how to use Microsoft Word using
  a projector to display it at the front of the
  room.
• Finally, I will show them a completed story I
  have written so they will know what I am
  expecting them to accomplish.

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Provide Practice

• Play the game!
• They will play the computer game to practice
  their grammar skills.
• Write about their weekend activities
• They will practice using Microsoft Word by
  writing a couple of sentences about what they did
  over the weekend.

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Provide Knowledge of Results

• Verbal Feedback
• I will provide verbal feedback to the students
  about their practice efforts by walking around
  the classroom while they are playing the game and
  while they are writing about their weekend in
  Microsoft Word. If they seem to understand what
  they are doing I will tell them they are doing a
  good job. If they seem to be struggling I will
  answer any questions they may have or pair them
  up with a student who has a better understanding
  of the game/Microsoft Word than they do so they
  can receive help from a peer.

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Provide Knowledge of Results cont.

• Written Feedback
• I will provide written feedback on their papers
  about their weekend by having them hand it in for
  me to look over and comment on.
• I will also provide written feedback about their
  final stories written about their magazine
  clippings.

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Review the Activity

• The students will play the game at the beginning
  of the second class so they can review the
  differences between nouns and verbs.
• I will also ask the students questions about how
  to use Microsoft Word to make sure they are not
  confused.

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Methods of Assessment

• I will assess whether or not the students
  understand how to distinguish between verbs and
  nouns by walking around the room and making sure
  they are doing well with the computer game.

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Methods of Assessment Cont.

• I will assess whether or not the students
  understand how to use Microsoft Word by having
  them hand in their finished stories about the
  magazine clippings so that I can look over them
  and make sure they have done it correctly.

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The End