WORD PROCESSING II

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Students will develop acceptable speed and accuracy levels by touch on the

computer keyboard. Continued practice of formatting documents in Word,

Access, and Excel will also be included. Students will use decision-making skills

and learn to think more critically and creatively to evaluate the quality of

acceptable document formats.

COURSE LENGTH: One Semester

GRADE LEVEL: 10-12 Grade

PREREQUISITE: Word Processing II

TEXTBOOKS: Keyboarding with Computer Applications, 2000 Copyright,

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

SUPPLEMENTAL

MATERIALS: See software

METHOD OF TEACHING:

This course is taught by hands-on computer applications, lecture, demonstration, student-lead discussion, and group work.

HARDWARE & SOFTWARE:

Course Title: Word Processing II
Hardware Configuration
Item:	Lab Configuration:
Operating System	Windows 98
Processor	Pentium and Pentium III
Memory	64 mg
Hard Drive Size	10gb
CD ROM or DVD	CD ROM
Monitors	15 inch
Video Ram	1024 kb
Printing	Laser Quality
Internet Access	Networked – 356 k line
Network	Netware 5
Scanner	Microtek ScanMaker Color
Digital Camera	Yes

Course Title: Word Processing II
Software Configuration
Software package:	Software Brand name	I. Version #	II. Use	III. Not Use
Windows 98	Microsoft	Version 98	X
Word Processing	Microsoft Word	Version 2000	X
Spreadsheet	Microsoft Excel	Version 2000	X
Data Base	Microsoft Access	Version 2000	X
Presentation Software	Microsoft PowerPoint	Version 2000		X
Keyboarding	Glencoe Keyboarding with Computer Applications Ainsworth Keyboard Trainer Ainsworth Keypad Trainer Typing Instructor SouthWestern Skillbuilders	Version 2000 Version 4.0 Version 4.0 1997 1999	X X X X X
MultiMedia	Linkway Live! Adobe Photoshop	Version 6.0		X X
Desktop Publishing	Adobe PageMaker Microsoft Publishing	Version 6.5 Version 2000	X	X
Internet	Microsoft Internet Explorer	Version 5.0	X
Clip Art	The Print Shop Deluxe	Ensemble II		X
Utilities Software	McAfee Virus Detection		X

PRE-TEST & POST-TEST:

No pretest is given, however, a posttest is given at the end of each 9-wks period.

GRADING METHOD:

First and Second Nine Weeks Percent of Grade

Daily Work 50%

Timed Writings 20%

Test 20%

Work Habits/Attitude 10%

Grading scale for timed writings:

First Nine Weeks 5’ Straight-Copy

GWPM Errors

52 – up A+ 0

42 - 51 A 0 - 1

36 - 41 B 2 - 3

29 - 35 C 4 - 5

20 - 28 D 6 - 7

Second Nine Weeks 5’ Straight-Copy

NWPM = GWPM - (errors x 2)

52 - up A+

42 - 51 A 36 - 41 B 29 - 35 C 20 - 28 D

COURSE OUTLINE:

I. PRESENTATION OF TABLES

A. Creating tables

B. Column size

C. Table position

D. Titles and subtitles

II. PRESENTATION OF REPORT FORMATTING

A. Reports with parenthetical references and quotes

B. Reports with works cited page

1. Headers

2. Footers

C. Footnotes and Endnotes in Reports

D. Title page and bibliography

III. PRESENTATION OF CORRESPONDENCE

A. Reinforcement of business letters

1. Copy notation

2. Delivery notation

3. Postscript

B. Reinforcement of personal-business letters

C. Composing of business letters

IV. JOB APPLICATION DOCUMENTS

A. Resume

B. Application letter

C. Application form

D. Follow-up letter

V. OTHER COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

A. Desktop publishing

1. Special characters

2. Font colors and features

3. Borders and fill

4. Text and graphics boxes

B. Spreadsheets

1. Navigating

2. Entering data

3. Create, align columns

4. Entering formulas

C. Databases

1. Create database tables

2. Revise and add records

3. Monetary and numeric fields

4. Sort and query

VI. OTHER ACTIVITIES

A. Career exploration

B. Internet activities

C. Cross-curricular activities

D. Vocabulary building

E. Composing at the keyboard

CURRICULUM

INTEGRATION: The business department and the Sophomore English instructor have developed an integration project dealing with the sophomore class doing an I-search. A business instructor teaches job application letter writing and the English instructor coordinates the job visitation. Students are also encouraged to format reports, outlines, and poems for other academic areas when time allows.