Teacher’s guide

eSkills 6
Module 1 Designing a document
Task 1 Presentation graphics

Teacher Class Date

Overview • Encourage them to answer the questions.

The general purpose of this lesson is for students to 3. Development – Investigation of knowledge
be able to recognize and add SmartArt and Shapes • Then, hand out the “ES.6.1.1_Worksheet_1.docx”.
to a document. Ask students to match each SmartArt icon with
the correct name and how it is used. Students
Objectives will be able to recognize each SmartArt icon and
• To present information using shapes and what we can present with each one.
SmartArt. • Then, hand out the “ES.6.1.1_Worksheet_2.
• To be able to use appropriate SmartArt docx”. students have to select the proper type of
depending on the information they want to SmartArt for each occasion. Explain that there is
present. more than one option. They need to understand
why they use each type of SmartArt. Encourage
Skills discussion and if they have any questions they
• To insert a SmartArt graphic. can ask for your help.
• To insert a shape from the illustrations window. 4. Application
• To apply a style to the SmartArt graphic and a • Hand out the “ES.6.1.1_Worksheet_3.docx”. In
shape from the SmartArt style window. this activity, students have to create their own
• To add text to SmartArt or to a shape. SmartArt. Let them decide which one is the most
Prerequisites suitable for the information they want to present.
Create a new Word file and insert ClipArt. Ask them to explain their choices.
• Also, they have to format the SmartArt by
Learning difficulties changing its colors. Mention that they can add
What is SmartArt? new text boxes or delete some from the default
Some students may not know what SmartArt to shape. They can try different colors until they
use in order to display their information. There is achieve the desired result. If they make a mistake
the possibility to use inappropriate SmartArt and they can use undo. Don’t forget to ask them to
to present information in the wrong way with a save the document frequently.
different meaning. • In the last part of the activity, students have to
add a ClipArt (they have learnt to do this in the
Lesson Description previous grade) and then add a shape. Ask them
1. Preparation to add text and format it as they like (move it,
Before the lesson starts, paste the file “ES.6.1.1_ change its color and size).
My_Diet_Final.pptx”into My Documents on each • Tell them that they can use the Student Book as a
computer guide to do the appropriate formatting.
2. Start - Brainstorming • Then, hand out the “ES.6.1.1_Worksheet_4.docx”.
• Introduce the purpose of the lesson, telling First, ask students to scan their favorite photo
students that sometimes they may want to or search for a photo on the Internet and save
present a subject but they need to show a lot of it in My Documents. Then ask them to add their
information on one page. This can be done by favorite picture.
using SmartArt or shapes. Tell them to imagine • Afterwards ask students to insert the first
creating a work about the cycle of water and SmartArt and Shape on their sheet. Encourage
instead of a one-page diagram, having a five- discussion amongst them and let them decide if
page document explaining every detail. This can modifications are needed.
be very tiring and monotonous. With SmartArt • Afterwards ask them to search for the
they can show all this information with one appropriate pictures on the Internet or in ClipArt
picture and they can use colors and texts to show libraries and to add them to their SmartArt. Tell
different things. them that they can use the worksheet as a guide
• Explain that if students want to show information to make the appropriate formatting. If they
in a visual way they should use SmartArt and decide on something else ask them to explain
Shapes. Also mention that they can personalize why they have decided on doing different types
SmartArt and Shapes by changing the colors or of formats. Encourage discussion amongst them
their shapes. and to feel free to ask for your help if they have
• Then, ask them a series of questions like: any questions.
o Have you ever used SmartArt? • At the end of this activity, remind students to
o What types of SmartArt are there? save their work and print their diet program.

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5. Completion – Evaluation
After completing the activities,
• Collect all the worksheets and file them in the
class folder.
• Hand out the evaluation sheet to every student
and ask them to complete it.
• Collect the sheets and see if the students
understood all the objectives of the lesson.
• Check which part of the lesson students didn’t
completely understand and make any changes
required in the teaching process.
Resources
• eSkills 6 Student’s Book
• ES.6.1.1_Worksheet_1.docx
• ES.6.1.1_Worksheet_2.docx
• ES.6.1.1_Worksheet_3.docx
• ES.6.1.1_Worksheet_4.docx
• ES.6.1.1_Evaluation_Sheet.docx
• ES.6.1.1_My_diet_final.pptx
Tools & Equipment
Microsoft Word

Notes

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 eSkills 6
Module 1 Designing a document
Task 2 Columns and tabs

Teacher Class Date

Overview different ways to separate paragraphs. They can

The general purpose of this lesson is for students to use one of them or both.
be able to recognize and add columns and first line
indents. Lesson Description
1. Preparation
Objectives Before the lesson start copy and paste the file
• To modify the text with columns. “ES.6.1.2_Clouds.docx” and “ES.6.1.2_Clouds.gif” into
• To name each indentation marker and what each Documents on each computer.
is useful for. 2. Start - Brainstorming
• Introduce the purpose of the lesson to arouse
Skills students’ interest in how a document on clouds
• To add columns from the page layout window. and rain can be formatted.
• To insert first line indents from the ruler. • Then, ask students a series of questions like:
• Select all the text (Ctrl+A). o Have you ever wondered why it is presented?
o Or, do you know why the first line of a paragraph
What is needed doesn’t start from where the rest lines start?.
Prerequisites • Ask them to discuss and answer the questions.
Basic knowledge of Word (open/close a file, format • First, tell students the purpose of using Columns.
a paragraph, insert a picture from file). Explain to them that it enables you to put text
Resources into more than one column, like you would see
• eSkills 6 Student’s Book in a newspaper or leaflet. Tell students to keep
• ES.6.1.2_Worksheet_1.docx in mind that creating good-looking documents
• ES.6.1.2_Worksheet_2.docx is what Microsoft Word is all about and columns
• ES.6.1.2 Evaluation_Sheet.docx present text in an attractive way. Columns make
• ES.6.1.2_Clouds.docx a text easier to read because you have a lot of
• ES.6.1.2_Clouds.gif information in front of your eyes and don’t have
• ES.6.1.2_Contact_card.docx to read from one side of the page to the other
• ES.6.1.2_Cloud_final.docx all the time. This comes in handy especially if you
Tools & Equipment have a really big page like in newspapers.
Microsoft Word • Then, explain why students should use indents.
Tell them that using indents makes their text
Learning difficulties more elegant. Explain that when they apply
• Adding Columns the indent format to a paragraph, they have to
Sometimes students want to create a document specify how far in or out from the margin they
which is easy to read. For this reason they insert would like the text to print. Indents affect only
columns into their text. But they don’t know how the paragraphs they select. Remind them that
to add columns and they use the space bar or there are two ways of changing a paragraph.
the tab key to line up columns of text. They can use a first line indent or a gap between
Some students also have problems inserting the paragraphs. There is no specific rule for this.
columns because they don’t choose the They can use what looks better to their eyes. But
paragraphs they want to put into columns. they have to keep in mind that if they apply first
Finally, some of them face some problems line indents, they have to eliminate any gaps
with inserting big or medium sized pictures between paragraphs.
because they cause some problems such as the • Finally, explain to them that the upper triangle of
alignment. the ruler corresponds to the first line indent and
• Inserting first line indents the lower triangle refers to the left indent in the
There are times that students want to give their remainder of the paragraph.
work a more professional look but they avoid 3. Investigation of knowledge - Implementation
having paragraphs with distance between them. • Hand out the “ES.6.1.2_Worksheet_1.docx”.
To distinguish between paragraphs they use the Students are going to open a document about
spacebar to indent paragraphs because they clouds and to apply some formats. They will
don’t know how to set indentation. learn how to split a text into columns and how to
Moreover, students may not know when to put insert indentation markers.
a first line indent, or leave a gap between the • It is important to understand why we use
paragraphs. They don’t know these are two columns and first line indents. Encourage

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 discussion and if students have any questions
they can ask for your help. They can try different
types of format and indent until they have
achieved the desired result. If they make a
mistake they can use undo. Don’t forget to ask
them to save the document frequently. You can
see an example of what the article should look
like in the file “ES.6.1.2_Clouds_final.docx”.
• Hand out the “ES.6.1.2_Worksheet_2.docx”. In this
activity they have to create a new file on their
own. Here they have to format the text as in the
previous activity. Tell them that they can use the
Student Book as a guide to make the appropriate
formats.
• If they don’t see the horizontal ruler that runs
along the top of the document, tell them to click
the View Ruler button at the top of the vertical
scroll bar.
• You can see an example of what the article
should look like in the file “ES.6.1.2_Contact_card.
docx”.
4. Completion – Evaluation
After completing the activities, collect all the
worksheets and file them in the class folder.
• Hand out the evaluation sheet to every student
and ask them to complete it.
• Collect the sheets and see if the students
understood all the objectives of the lesson.
• Check which part of the lesson students didn’t
completely understand and make any changes
required in the teaching process.

Notes

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 eSkills 6
Module 1 Designing a document
Task 3 Headers and footers

Teacher Class Date

Overview opportunity to have different headers or footers for

The general purpose of this lesson is for students to odd and even pages or they can have a different
add headers, footers and symbols. header and footer for the first page of a document.

Objectives Lesson Description

• To understand the reason we use headers and 1. Preparation
footers to a document. Save the files “ES.6.1.3_Questionnaire.docx” and
• To distinguish the area where we add a header/ “ES.6.1.3_eat.png” in the Documents folder on each
footer. student’s PC.
• To understand that a header/footer is repeated 2. Start
on every page of a document. Introduce the purpose of the lesson, which is to add
headers, footers and symbols.
Skills At the beginning of the lesson, mention the use of
• To add headers. headers. Headers, which are at the top of a page,
• To add footers. can make documents easier to navigate and make
• To add Date&Time/page number/picture/ClipArt them more attractive and professional looking. They
in a header/footer. contain essential information such as the title of the
• To add symbols. document and the author’s name.
Then, tell students about the use of footers. Footers
are at the bottom of a page, containing information
What is needed such as the page number and the date. Afterwards,
Prerequisites tell students to keep in mind that headers and
Basic knowledge of Word. Insert a picture. footers are repeated on every page but they can
Resources also have different headers or footers for odd and
ES.6.1.3_Worksheet.docx even pages or they can have a different header and
ES.6.1.3_Evaluation_Sheet.docx footer for the first page of a document.
“ES.6.1.3_Questionnaire.docx” There are times when standard characters and
“ES.6.1.3_Questionnaire_final.docx” punctuation marks are just not enough. Suppose
“ES.6.1.3_eat.png” students prepare a document and need to insert
Tools & Equipment a special symbol such as a copyright symbol, Euro
Microsoft Word symbol, etc. In this case they can insert a symbol.
Tell them that they can choose whatever symbol
Learning difficulties they desire in their document to make it more
Adding Headers and Footers elegant.
As students already know, headers are at the top Finally, hand out the worksheets to students. Explain
of a page and footers are at the bottom of a page. to them that they are going to insert headers,
They contain important information about the footers and symbols.
document without getting in the way of the rest of 3. Development – Implementation
the text. They contain information such as the title First of all, ask students to open a “ES.6.1.3_
of the document, the page number and the author’s Questionnaire.docx” file which is saved in
name. Documents. They have to create a questionnaire
But how can students insert Headers and Footers? on their sheet. Don’t forget that their questionnaire
Students can add Headers and Footers by double- should contain:
clicking on the header or footer area to open • Personal Information.
the Header & Footer Tools or by clicking on • Eating Habits.
the Header or Footer in the insert tab. They can • Headers with the school name, their project team
select the text they want to change and type a name and clipart.
new header or footer. Then they double-click on • Footers with date and page number.
the body of the document to close the Header & • Symbols.
Footer Tools. Ask students to follow the instructions in the sheet
Sometimes students have problems placing their and to experiment in order to find out how to insert
Headers and Footers in the right position. By symbols, headers and footers. They can use the
default, Word inserts the same header and footer Student Book as a guide.
on all pages of a document. However, there are As students copy the tables, mention that they
options to change this. Word gives students the should leave one blank line between them.

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Help students if necessary. The final form of the
questionnaire is in the file “ES.6.1.3_Questionnaire_
final.docx”.
4. Completion – Evaluation
After completing the activity, collect all the
worksheet and file them in the class folder.
• Hand out the evaluation sheet to every student
and ask them to complete it.
• Collect the sheets and see if the students
understood all the objectives of the lesson.
• Check which part of the lesson students didn’t
completely understand and make any changes
required in the teaching process.

Notes

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 eSkills 6
Module 1 Designing a document
Task 4 The final touch

Teacher Class Date

Overview 2. Introduction-Brainstorm
The general purpose of this lesson is for students to Introduce the purpose of the lesson which is for
learn how to style their texts in different ways. students to understand that it is necessary to
format a text in order to make it more presentable.
Objectives Then ask questions like :
• To distinguish the different styles students can • “Why do we insert a cover page in a document?”
choose in various places in the text document. • “Why do we insert page breaks in a document?”
• To understand how to apply a style to a whole • “Do you think that a title should be formatted
paragraph and to part of a paragraph. differently to the text?”
• To remove styles which already existed in a • “What do we mean when we say that we format
paragraph. a text and what do we mean when we say that
• To distinguish between different cover pages. we format a paragraph?”
• To understand where on a page to do create a • “Do you think we can select styles for a
page break and why. paragraph in order to change the font size, the
font type and the font color at the same time?”
Skills 3. Investigation - Development
• To add a cover page. Divide students into groups of 2-3 and hand out
• To apply a style to a paragraph. the “ES.6.1.4_Worksheet”. Reading this worksheet,
• To change the styles of a whole document. students have to format the text with the name
• To insert a Page break. “ES.6.1.4_Top_10_Theories_About_The_Lost_City_
Of_Atlantis”, which is in the “My Documents” folder.
What is needed This text includes 10 theories about the lost city
Prerequisites of Atlantis and students must format it in order to
• Typing and saving a text in Office Word. create a presentable pull-out.
• Copying an image from the Internet and More specifically students have to :
inserting it into the Office Word. • Insert a cover page.
• Forming a picture and a text in a Word file. • Choose if they want to add a picture from the
• Using the options that a search engine offers, in Internet to the cover page.
order to look for specific file types (e.g. images, • Give different styles to each of the 10 theories
maps, videos, news). and then write the name of the styles in a table.
Resources • Choose the final form for the pull-out.
• eSkills 3 Student’s Book During the activity:
• ES.6.1.4_Worksheet.docx • Point out to students the necessity of the actions
• ES.6.1.4_Evaluation_Sheet.docx <Clear formatting> and <Undo>.
• Text document “ES.6.1.4_Top_10_Theories_About_ • Help students to choose where on the page to
The_Lost_City_Of_Atlantis.docx” create a page brake.
Tools & Equipment • Advise students to put pictures in the middle of
• Internet Explorer the page.
• Microsoft office Word • Encourage a discussion amongst students to
decide the final style of the text.
Learning difficulties 4. Completion
Some students: After completing the activity, students should
1. Find it difficult to apply a style to a paragraph discuss how:
which has previously been formatted. • The choice of different styles helps students
2. Get confused because of the many different make their work more presentable.
styles. • They can format their texts quicker than they
3. Have difficulty understanding where in the used to do with the step-by-step formatting.
document to create a page break and how to Then:
do it. • Collect all the worksheets and file them in the
class folder.
Lesson Description • Hand out the evaluation sheet to every student
1. Preparation and ask them to complete it.
Before the lesson starts, paste the file “ES.6.1.4_ • Collect the sheets and see if the students
Top_10_Theories_About_The_Lost_City_Of_Atlantis. understood all the objectives of the lesson.
docx” in My Documents to each computer. • Check which part of the lesson students didn’t

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 completely understand and make any changes
required in the teaching process.

Notes

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