Welcome
To Mrs.Giddens’s
Word Processing
and WOW
Classes!
Mrs. Suzanne Giddens
• Married, 2 sons, OU & OSU
• This is my 24th teaching year at Jenks
• This is my 37 year at JPS.
In this class the students will learn
to:
•Keyboard by touch
•Prepare different types reports
•One page report
•Multi-page report
•Type different types of letters
The first quarter we will:
concentrate on keyboarding
skills using MicroType Mac.
Advantages of this program:
it requires students to reach a
level of proficiency before going
on and gives adequate practice.
Grading on MicroType Mac
Your grade will be based on how many words per minute you type.
Every lesson will be given a grade.
Lessons 1-8 are based on 20 wpm. (see charts posted in room)
Lessons 9-18 are based on 30 wpm. (see charts posted in room)
Any lessons not up to the required wpm with minimal errors will
Be deleted and you will have to redo them.
Any lessons not completed by the end of 1st quarter (October 14th)
will become 0’s if they are not completed by December 1st.
Second quarter we will:
•work on typing reports and
letters.
A major project for the
second quarter is the
Research Paper
Research Paper
Requirements
Topic: Careers (example)
Length: 3 Pages not including Cover
Page and Works Cited Page
Font: Times, Arial, Courier,or
Geneva
Format:
Multi-Page Report
format
Content
• A Description of this career
• Characteristics and Qualities of persons
seeking this career
• Education needed
• Advantages and Disadvantages of this
career
• Expected Salary
• How Computers are Used in this career
JENKS MIDDLE SCHOOL
MOTTO
A school where lifelong
learning is valued,
excellence is expected, and
improvement is continuous.
Grading on Research Paper
• 25% Content
– Description
– Characteristics and
Qualities
– Education
– Advantages and
Disadvantages
– Salary
– How Computers are
Used
• 75% Format and
typing.
– Spelling
– Punctuation
– Margins
– Cover Page
– Works Cited
Page
What is W.O.W
• W.O.W. stands for World Of
Work
• In this class the students work
in groups as companies to
complete projects.
• Each student completes
EVERY project. Sometimes
the projects are parts of a
whole, sometimes the company
will select which person’s
project is to be used. Each
student’s work is graded
individually.
In this class the students will be
introduced to:
•Word Processors (MS
Word)
•Spreadsheets (MS Excel)
•Graphics Software (Adobe
Photoshop Elements)
•Web Page Software (Adobe
GoLive)
Projects for WOW Class
Research
Checks
Company Logo
Minutes
Mission Statement
Business Cards e-mail
Company Sign
Spreadsheet
Letterhead
Company Meetings
Business Letter
Press Release
Slide Show
Survey/ Results/Graph
Photos
Web page
Brochures
Newsletter
Invitation
MultiMedia Presentation
Plan a trip
Video Commercial
Classroom Guidelines
1.
Respect others and the equipment
2.
Work comes first
3.
No one talks while I am talking
4.
No food, gum or drinks
Homework Requirements
• All work should be completed in
the classroom
• On Fridays, no new assignments
are given so that students may get
caught up on any incomplete work.
Grading
• One fourth (1/4) of the student’s grade
will be the group grade
– Possible other projects for extra credit
• Three fourths (3/4)of the student’s
grade will be individual grades
• Final will count as 10% of the semester
grade
Suzanne Giddens
suzanne.giddens@jenksps.org
• 299-4415 ext. 5356
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• Planning period 5 Hour
(12:45-1:35pm)
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