MS Tech Web

Language Arts

Explanation

Print this pageThese skill sets are selected to meet the requirements of the Technology Applications TEKS for Grades 6-8. A suggested project lesson plan is included, but any project that addresses those skills may be substituted

6th Grade                                                                         To 6th Integrated Lessons

Recommended Skills and Lessons to address Technology Appls TEKS

Skill Set Details
Proj. 1: Keyboarding Discuss Technique, Posture, Speed, Keyboarding standards
Establish goals for Keyboarding
Proj. 2: Word Processing
  • Fonts, Alignment,Spell check,Thesaurus,Header & footer,Print Preview
  • Digital Keyboarding Standards (one space after punctuation)
Proj. 3: Internet
Copyright		 Internet Terminology, Copyright Laws, Issues, Consequences,Using Online databases through the libraries to locate resources

 

 

 

7th Grade                                                                         To 7th Integrated Lessons

Recommended Skills and Lessons to address Technology Appls TEKS

Skill Set Details
Proj. 1: Word Processing
Technical Writing		 Tabs, ruler settings, page layout, text wrapping
Proj. 2: Online resources , Copyright, Keyboarding
  • Review use of ATRT, set keyboarding goals
  • Review Online databases available through libraries
  • Review proper citing of sources
  • Discuss relevance of technology to future careers, life-long learning, and daily living
Proj. 3: Desktop Publishing-Inspiration Use Inspiration to create Venn Diagrams and pre-writing activities.

 

8th Grade                                                                            To 8th Integrated Lessons

Recommended Skills and Lessons to address Technology Appls TEKS

Skill Set Details
Word Processing Use tables and columns to format documents. Use headers and footers and autoformat using hyphens. Properly cite sources.
Integrate 2 or more applications
Desktop Publishing		 Create a Character web in the drawing view of Inspiration, switch to the writing view and fill in outline. Export the outline to word processor and complete writing the essay.

 


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