Katherine Engel, Amphi Middle School
ESL, Grades 6-8
Lesson
Plan 4
Christmas Cards
Standards:
Technology
1, 2, 4; Language Arts W-E1, W-E6
Objectives
·
Academic:
To practice reading and following instructions, and to learn the writing form
of a greetings card;
·
Technological:
To learn about the bluemountain.com site and email.
Pre-requisite
Technology Skills
Student
should be able to open Internet sites and type.
Materials
·
computers
with Internet access;
·
my
home and school email addresses;
·
students’
floppies with their digital photos;
·
computer
instructions (Attachment 1).
Procedures
Students access the Internet site and follow
instructions on the site. They will
need to choose the card, write down the addressee’s name, carefully copy my two
email addresses into the sender and recipient’s lines, and write a greeting to
their parents. They can insert their
photos with the signature.
Assessment
Students’ cards are graded as I receive them in the
email for their format and conventions.
Attachment 1--Computer Assignment
1. Go to the Internetà http://www.bluemountain.com
2.
Click
on a card and fill in your parents’ names, your name and my 2 email addresses:
Recipient:
kengel0@aol.com
Sender:
kengel@amphi.com (No spaces)
3.
Write
Christmas greetings to your parents. I
will print out the card when I receive it.
Your can write more than one card.