1. Lesson Description 2. Classroom and Time Management 3. Materials and Teacher Preparation 4. Assessment 5. Technical Skills Guide  1. Lesson Description Period of time required for lesson: 10 days, 45 minutes each day. Overall goal of the lesson: The goal of this lesson is to have students create and publish a storybook with illustrations. Rationale for the lesson: This lesson is designed to meet the Language Arts Standard for 1st grade, "Select a focus when writing. Use descriptive words when writing. Print legibly and space letters, words, and sentences appropriately. Students write compositions that describe and explain familiar objects, events, and experiences. Student writing demonstrates a command of standard American English and the drafting, research, and organizational strategies". Student academic outcome objectives: Students will be able to: write three sentences space, punctuate and use correct spelling represent their story through graphics or illustrations Student social outcome objectives: Students will be able to: follow directions to respect one another's work use appropriate computer lab behavior Student technical skills outcome objectives: Students will be able to: log on and log out open Star Writer and close it use 24-point font center the title use the shift key for capitalization create a graphics folder save a graphic from the Internet into the graphics folder import the graphic from a folder into their document be able to insert a graphic into the gallery save the document to a folder print the document Grouping and use of technology in the classroom: Students will write their stories ahead of time and input them into the computer. Students will then choose the graphics from the Star Office Gallery or they will illustrate them on their own. Students will work individually. Back to Top  2. Classroom and Time Management Group Management: Students will work individually. Time Management: Day Event 1 Introduction to the idea of writing on one topic. Teacher will model this. 2 Students write their sentences. 3 Students edit their sentences and then re-write them. 4-10 Students input their stories into the computer and then illustrate them. Students will learn new technical skills needed for this lesson. Students will print the document and create a storybook. Back to Top  3. Materials and Teacher Preparation As included within the Technical Skills Guide - StarOffice (Zipped - 558 Kb). Back to Top  4. Assessment Teacher evaluation, the completion of the project. Back to Top  5. Technical Skills Guide - StarOffice (Zipped - 558 Kb). Back to Top