Eighth Grade
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Comparative Essay
"World Governments"

Over the next several weeks, students will be hard at work creating a comparative essay and graphic organizer. Students will research the topic on the internet, then the report will be typed using Microsoft Word 2010. Students will then use word processing skills to modify their text and copy/paste a picture onto their document. Using the same information, students will also use various drawing tools in Microsoft Word to create their graphic organizers, including a WordArt title.

 

Technology Objectives:

Open a program

Create a footnote

Create a new document

Add references

Enter text

Add a bibliography

Highlight text

Use the Ribbon, tabs and buttons

Delete text

Save a file

Change font

Locate a file

Change text color

Open a file

Change text size

Change page setup

Center text

Print preview a document

Justify text

Print a document

Spell check document

Use WordArt

Use scroll arrows

Create a text box

Use the tab key

Use lines

Change line spacing

Use arrows

Create a header

Use shapes

Create a footer

Change fill color

Insert date

Create fill patterns

Copy an object

Change line color

Paste an object

Change line style

Format a picture

Change shadow style

Text wrap a picture

Use 3-D effects

Select an object

Change the order of objects

Resize an object

Group objects

Move an object

Exit a program

Undo an action

Use the Internet to perform research

Change margins

Use the copy and collect feature

 

 


Software:

Microsoft® Word® 2010


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8th Grade Comparative Essay Sample (Word 2010)

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8th Grade Comparative Essay Sample (Word 2010)

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8th Grade Comparative Essay Sample (Word 2010)

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8th Grade Graphic Organizer (Word 2010)