MS Powerpoint Presentations: Methodology and various tips for effective presentations.
Lesson Outline
MS Powerpoint Presentations: Methodology and various tips for effective presentations. Creation of a second "mini-powerpoint" as an additional practice exercise.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's session, PJ was well focused and attentive to the various instructions and description of how to create an effective MS Powerpoint multi-media presentation. This new skill is expected to be very beneficial to
his project work this year and through his upcoming high school career.
Development of the U.S. Constitution: Abbreviated class due to MAPP testing.
Lesson Outline
Development of the U.S. Constitution: Abbreviated class due to MAPP testing. Reasons for establishment of the U.S. Constitution in 1789. Constitutional Convention, Federalists vs Anti-Federalists. Need for better balance of Stat's Rights vs Central (Federal) government authority.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Today's Civics session was abbreviated due to MAPP testing. PJ was given a brief overview of how and why the U.S. Constitution was developed in 1789.
Grammar Spelling Wordly Wise Literature Language Arts Reading Comprehension
Lesson Outline
Pj Went over his spelling homework. He completed an activity demonstrating his ability to recognize the difference between a common noun and a proper noun. He worked on a lesson distinguishing the difference between a verb in the active and passive voice. We began a study of the horror genre. We discussed in detail the elements that compose a horror story.
Chapter 2 Solving One-Step Equations and Inequalities
Lesson Outline
2-7 Problem Solving: Guess, Check, Revise – We practiced the Guess, Check, Revise problem-solving strategy on real-world problems. Then we learned that a guess is a reasonable trial solution. We learned that estimating our answers will help us determine if our answers to equations are reasonable or not.
Assignment: Complete problems assigned for homework.
Method of creating an MS Powerpoint Presentation. Instructions and demonstration of how to create an MS Powerpoint presentation. Using MS Office 365, student created a powerpoint presentation titled "Panda Low IQ" and learned how to create titles, embed pictures /images into slides, and to write text using appropriate font size and phrases. The method of saving the MS Powerpt. presentation as a file and how to send as an attachment to an email was taught.
Assignment
None new. Student encouraged to practice various Powerpoint features through creating several interesting PP mini-presentations.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Today's session with PJ was dedicated to teaching him the basic features and method of how to create an effective MS Powerpoint presentation. He was genuinely excited to learn about how to embed useful images/pictures into various slides along with tips regarding how to effectively write and display phrases/text information. PJ thoroughly enjoyed creating his first MS Powerpoint entitled The Low IQ of Koala Bears
Grammar Spelling Literature Reading Comprehension Nouns
Lesson Outline
Pj explained his answers to his homework assignment from "To Kill a Mockingbird." He was assigned more questions that are due Friday. We reviewed what a noun is, and he completed an activity demonstrating his understanding of what constitutes a noun. He learned how to recognize words that are compound words used as nouns.
