PINK & SAY
A Civil War Story of Courage and Friendship
By: Karyn Concannon
Lesson One
o Create a visual dictionary using
PowerPoint. A visual dictionary
uses pictures instead of words to
define key vocabulary terms in
the story Pink & Say by Patricia
Palacco.
Vocabulary List
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Abraham Lincoln
Boxcar
Porridge
Buckboard
Union Soldier
Confederate Soldier
Lead Ball
Spectacles
Stockades
Vittles
Mahogany
Musket
Places to Find Images
o Library of Congress at
www.loc.gov
o Encarta
o ClipArt
o Civil War Images at
Directions for Creating the Slideshow
o Open new PowerPoint
FILE>NEW
o Check your tool bars and make sure the Standard and
Formatting Tool Bars are open and placed properly.
o Look in the Task Pane on the right. Click on NEW
PRESENTATION>FROM DESIGN TEMPLATE
o Select a design that will set the mood of the book Pink
and Say. The book deals with the Civil War, Loss,
Friendship, and Slavery.
o Select the Layout Button found in the upper right corner
of the Formatting Tool Bar or under FORMAT>SLIDE
LAYOUT.
o Select the Title Only slide from the task pane if your slide
show will contain only the terms and a picture
Copying a Picture to a Slide
o Locate a picture of the term you are
defining. (refer to slide 3 and 4)
o Copy the picture from your source by
right-clicking in the middle of the
image and selecting the word copy.
o Go to the slide you wish to paste the
picture to. Right click anywhere in
the open space and click on paste.
o See the next slide for an example.
TIGER
Add a Title to the Slide
o Click in the box and type the
term.
Adding More Slides
o Continue adding more slides to
your show using the NEW SLIDE
button located towards the top
of the screen on the right side of
the Formatting Tool Bar
o Remember, the best slide layout
to use is the TITLE ONLY slide.
Using this slide will allow you to
apply animation to the image.
ANIMATION
o The first and most important rule
of animation is telling the
computer what you want to
animate.
o YOU MUST CLICK ON THE ITEM
YOU WANT TO ANIMATE FOR IT TO
WORK. I call this lighting the
image.
LIGHTING AN IMAGE
o You light an image by clicking
on it.
o The image is lit when the area
around it changes and small
white dots appear.
o Text boxes can be lit in the same
way.
ANIMATION
o Once an item is lit, select SLIDE
SHOW>CUSTOM ANIMATION from
the menu tool bar at the top of
the screen.
o Click on Add Effect in the task
pane to the left.
o If nothing happens, it is because
the image or text box is not lit.
REMOVE ANIMATION
o To remove an unwanted
animation, light the item.
o Look to the task pane on the
right.
o Locate the unwanted animation.
o Click on it in the task pane.
o Click on word remove in the task
pane.
SLIDE SHOW ELEMENTS
o Pick an entrance and an exit for your
title.
o Pick an entrance and an exit for your
image.
o Apply the SAME animation to each
slide in the whole show.
o A slideshow that has too much
animation is confusing and gives the
reader a headache.
o LESS IS MORE when creating a
presentation.
ANIMATION
o To start, click on Entrance in the
pop up menu, >More Effects
o A wide variety of effects will be
displayed.
o Click on the one you like.
o To see your effect, “grab” the
window with your mouse and
move it over.
o Once you have the one you like,
click ok.
GRADING
o Your slide show will be given two
grades. One for amount of work
you do and one for quality.
o To get the best possible grade,
locate your images, paste, and
type in all your information first.
Animation should be the final
step.
o Double-check your terms with a
dictionary to make sure the
pictures match.
GRADE SCALE for QUANTITY
o 12 terms and images
%100
o 11 terms and images
%90
o 10 terms and images
%80
o 9 terms and images
%70
o Anything less will result in grade
of %50 for attempting the
assignment.
ELEMENTS GRADED FOR QUALITY
o The design scheme used imitates
the mood of the story.
10 pts
o Animation schemes applied are
minimal and coordinated. 10 pts
o The images used demonstrate
the meaning of the terms. 40 pts
o Spelling and Grammar
20 pts
o Fonts, sounds, extras
10 pts
o Title Slide, Title, and Saving
correctly.
10 pts