Thursday, November 29, 2007

Friday, November 30

Guys I am really sorry. Madison threw up again tonight and I just can't leave her until I can get her to keep food down. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do your work today and not play around. I WILL HAVE A SURPRISE ON MONDAY FOR THE CLASS THAT GETS THE BEST REPORT FROM THE SUB!

NO QUIA QUIZ TODAY! WE WILL HAVE A QUIZ ON TUESDAY OVER THE EXCEL VOCABULARY YOU HAVE BEEN STUDYING AND THE EXCEL FEATURES YOU HAE BEEN LEARNING THROUGH YOUR EXERCISES.

You have a lot to get done today so, every single minute counts. Get busy and work the entire class period.

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS:

  • Display self directions
  • Complete Excel exercises
  • Compare Excel features and Word features in a short essay (quiz)
DAILY ACTIVITIES:

1) Warm-Up- Mavis/Learn2type 10 Minutes

POST YOUR WPM ON YOUR WORDPLANNER DOCUMENTS, make sure you have any rice donation amounts posted.
BECAUSE OF THE BOX AT THE TOP OF THE SPREADSHEET YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR NAME IN THE HEADER, SO FOR THIS DOCUMENT ONLY, YOU WILL CLICK ON CUSTOM FOOTER AND PUT YOUR NAME IN THE LEFT SECTION, DATE IN THE CENTER SECTION, AND THE FILE NAME IN THE RIGHT SECTION OF THE FOOTER. Print out your word planner and turn it in to the tray today. (REMEMBER THIS IS A TEST GRADE.)

2) You will be completing a short one page essay comparing MS Word features to MS Excel features today. This will be part of your Test over Excel that we will be taking next week. (This essay must be One page double-spaced, 12 pitch font, your choice of font.) SAVE IT AS: EXCEL ESSAY

YOU ARE COMPARING WORD TO EXCEL
ESSAY QUESTIONS YOU MUST ANSWER IN YOUR ESSAY ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. Explain similarities-like toolbars
2. Explain differences- wordprocessing vs spreadsheet
3. Compare the type of documents you create in Word to the documents you create in Excel.


ESSAY PRINT OUT IS DUE TODAY!!!
3) Make sure you have completed all of the following exercises, printed out with your header on it, and turn in to the tray.
Additional Unit 2, Lesson 3 Tapping the Power of Excel documents (major bonus points if you can get both of these documents completed and turned in today)
Unit 2, Lesson 3: TApping the Power of Excel
Unit 2, Lesson 2: Formatting and Printing Worksheets

Unit 2, Lesson 1: Introducing Excel
4) You need to continue studying your Excel Vocabulary and Excel concepts. Do this by going to the RESOURCE QUICK LINK section of my blog and practice with the following links:
5. Closure- Freerice.com -Keep track of your donations.
Have a great day. Make wise decisons.
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