"A" My Name is Alice by Jane Bayer Basic Word Processing Skills and Pattern Writing
Objective: The student will learn to change fonts and colors in a word processing program. This project will help to reinforce the English lesson that proper nouns begin with capital letters. Students will also incorporate Social Studies/Geography skills, categorization, as well as words beginning with certain letters of the alphabet.
Before Beginning: Show your students how to open the word processing program and begin a new document. Review with your students the concept that proper nouns begin with capital letters. Demonstrate how to Format fonts and change colors, size, style, in the same window. Demonstrate the use of the Shift key while typing names. Students should have a rough draft of their pattern writing before going to computer.
Management Tips and Procedures: Read the book A My Name is Alice by Jane Bayer to the class as an introduction. Discuss the alphabetical order and the pattern that can be found in each page. Assign students a different letter of the alphabet and give them the pattern for writing their part of the class book. Brainstorm possibilities for words beginning with different letters in the categories of: 1. Names - male and female 2. States, countries or places 3. Products to sell 4. Animals Students complete the writing process of first draft, revision, and editing before going to the computer center. Once the final draft is completed on the computer and printed, students should illustrate their part of the book before binding as a class book.
Created by Vicki Blackwell Pattern for "A" My Name is Alice
____ my name is ______and my husband's name is ______. We come from ______and we sell ______. ______is a ______. ______is a ______.
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__(letter)__ my name is __(girl's name)____ and my husband's name is _(boy's name)__. We come from __(place)___ and we sell _(product)__. _(same girl's name)___ is a _(animal)______. _(same boy's name)___ is a _(animal)______.
Created by Vicki Blackwell