BTT1O - ESL - Make a Business Card

It is easy to create your own business cards in publisher to print yourself at home or at a store such as Staples or Kinko’s.

Create a business card that features a job that you would like to have. When you finish the card, you will present it to the class and explain how you designed it.

Business Card Essentials

Always include:

• Company Name
• Your Name
• Job Title
• Contact Information
• Use clear fonts that are easy to read

Don’t put too much information on the card.

Instructions

Create a business card with:

• Your name, job title and company name
• A picture or clip art
• A background
• Fonts and colours

Click here for an example.

BTT1O - ESL - Microsoft Publisher Poster

Introduction

• Microsoft Publisher is used by students for school newspapers, businesses to create posters and business cards and community groups to create newsletters.
• It is similar to Word but used for projects with more graphics and images.
• You can insert pictures, text, tables, borders and backgrounds.
• Example: Golf Tournament Flyer

Getting Started

• When you open Microsoft Publisher, you see a screen that allows you to select what you will work on:

1. Select Quick Publications
2. Choose the style that you want
3. Customize your publication
4. Click on Create

• Once the publication is open, you can add objects by clicking on the bar on the left hand side:

• Double-click on parts of your project to change the colour and other features.

Your Task

1. Open Microsoft Publisher and create a New Publication.
2. Under the Task Pane, select Quick Publications.
3. Select one of the Design Templates to create your design.
4. Create a poster for an event at Kipling C.I. or in your neighbourhood.
5. Each poster must include:
   • A Design Template
   • A Picture
   • Clip Art
   • Word Art
   • A Text Box
   • A Table
6. Customize the poster as you wish.
7. Use the sample (“Golf Tournament Poster”) to help get started.

BTT1O - ESL - MS Word - Links

Here is the information that you need in one place:

1. My Favourite Website
2. Website Review
3. Rubric (Marking Scheme)

BTT1O - ESL - Don't Trust Every Website

This video of a wolf in the Athlete's Village at the Sochi Olympics caused a commotion*.

Is this reliable?

* excitement or confusion. "The video caused a commotion since everyone was excited because they thought that a wild animal was inside the building."

BTT1O - ESL - Microsoft Word Assessment

Deadline

Please submit all three Micrsoft Word documents to the drop-off box by Friday February 27th.

Rubric

Click here for the rubric.

Checklist

You will be evaluated on these three items:

1. Internet Safety Terms Tables
2. “My Favourite Website”
3. Review of Website Reliability

BTT1O - ESL - Typing Assessment on Thursday

• On Thursday February 27th, there will be an in-class typing assessment.
• If you are not present Thursday, you can do the test the next class that you attend.
• It will be based on what you have been practicing recently.
• Criteria for Success: Accuracy, typing technique, speed.
• Strand: Application.

BTT1O - ESL - Website Review (Is this website reliable?)

Purpose

Google News (http://news.google.ca) allows you to search the most recent news items about a topic. However, you still need to ensure that the source is reliable.

Task

1. Search for a topic in Google News
2. Write down the important information about the article (title, author, address, source, date)
3. Write a short summary of the article
4. Rate the website according to reliability, objectivity and accuracy and explain why
5. Use a table to create a 4 row, 3 column table that has terms (reliable, objective, accurate), synonyms (words with similar meanings) and definitions (word meanings).

M.S. Word Formatting

Include this formatting in your document.

• A table with borders and shading
• Single line spacing
• A title and headings, with fonts

Example

Click here for a sample document.

Additional Resources

Create a Table

Table Borders and Shading

BTT1O - ESL - My Favourite Website (MS Word Document)

Agenda

1. Continue typing with UltraKey at the start of the period. This will lead to a typing assessment.
2. Finish your M.S. Word table with Internet Safety terms.
3. Create another Word document. Review a website that you enjoy visiting.
   1. What is the website about?
   2. How often do you visit the website?
   3. What do you like about the site? (use a list/numbers for this)
   4. Include these items:
   1. bold/underline/italic/different fonts/colours to make a title and headings
   2. a list of at least three terms
   3. a picture
   4. check spelling and typing
   5. change line spacing to Double Line Spacing
4. Drop off the assignment in the class box.

Example

Click here for an example of the task.

Resources

How to Make a List

Insert a Picture

Check Spelling

Change Line Spacing

BTT1O - ESL - Example of MS Word Table

So far we have

• talked about online safety terms and how to protect yourself
• created a table in MS Word
• created a banner using WordArt

Example Table

Click here for a sample table.

To hand in

When you have finished your own table of terms, save it with your name in the file name and drop it off on Thursday or Friday. Thanks.

BTT1O, ESL - Table of Online Safety Terminology (Part 2)

Learning Goals

The objective of this task is to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of internet safety terms and how to protect yourself online; and
• Format a table and WordArt in M.S. Word.

Success Criteria

I will know I am successful when:

• The definitions and safety tips are detailed and complete;
• The phrases have been written in my own words and typed correctly; and
• The Word document is easy to understand and contains interesting designs.

Instructions

1. Open the M.S. Word document that we worked on in Tuesday's class about online safety terms and online habits
2. Complete the table based on information from class discussion
3. Format a table in M.S. Word with borders and shading
4. Use WordArt feature to create a title (we will cover this in class)
5. Save your work and drop off the assignment in the drop-off box.

Drop-Off Box

For the ESL BTT1O class, use the drop-off box for Mr. Bourgase.

1. Open the Kipling CI folder on your desktop
2. Open the Drop-Off folder
3. Open the folder named Bourgase
4. Drag and drop your finished work into the folder named BTT1O ESL First Period

Always put your full name in the file name and in the document that you are submitting

BTT1O ESL: Online Habits (Terminology)

Minds On

Would you be Facebook friends with this person?

Vocabulary

Keep a list of vocabulary words in your home drive in a folder labelled "BTT1O" with a clear file name.

Term	Definition	How can you protect yourself?
Phishing
Flaming
Viruses
Cyber-Bullying
Sexting
Trolling
Spam

Today's Task

• To test your Microsoft Word Skills, recreate the table above in M.S. Word and save it on your home drive.
• I will post the document we have been showing on the screen during our discussions after it is completed to be an example.