Objectives

Instructional Objective: Students will be able to correctly and independently perform the following actions when reading the Diary of Opal Whiteley: open a notetaking application, size and position the notetaking application, move text into the application, move pictures into the application, and save links..

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[Note: This lesson will teach students how to cut and paste materials from Opal's diary into notetaking application. The application referred to in this plan is Inspiration. however, the procedures demonstrated here will also work with most word processing and outlining applications. ]

1. Today we are going to learn how to take words and pictures right out of Opal's diary and put them in another document on your computer. This is called working with multiple documents. Remember from our last lesson that multiple means "more than one".
   
   
2. Find the Inspiration icon on your computer. Double click the icon. [Students perform task.] Now open your browsers and go to OpalÕs diary. [Students perform task.]
   
3. We are going to be going back and forth between Inspiration and your browser, so listen carefully.
   
4. Go to the "Picture Book" page in Opal's diary. [Students perform task.] Go down the page until you come to the part that says, "Read about Opal's many pets". Raise your hand when you see this section. [Check and assist.] Click the link for William Shakespeare. You should now be on a page with a picture of a horse.
   
   
   
5. Go to the paragraph just below the picture. [Students perform task.] Move your mouse so the arrow is just to the left of the first word of the paragraph. The word you are looking for is "These". [Students perform task.]
   
6. Push you mouse button and hold it down. Move your mouse to the right, across the paragraph. Move to the last word in the paragraph. The word is "gentle". The entire paragraph should now be surrounded by blue. Raise your hand if that's what you see. [Check and assist.]
   
7. Now find the word "Edit" at the top of your computer screen. Raise your hand when you see it. [Check and assist.] Move your mouse so the arrow is over the word "Edit". Hold the mouse button down and move the arrow to the word "copy". Then let go of the button. [Students perform task.]
   
8. Now we are going to go to the Inspiration document. Do this by moving your mouse so the arrow is over the Inspiration window and click the button once. [Students perform task.] You should now have the inspiration window on your screen,. Raise your hand if you do. [Check and assist.]
   
   
   
9. Now go back to the word "Edit" at the top of your screen. Click and hold your mouse button. In the window that appears move your arrow to the word "Paste". Let go of the mouse button. What happened in your Inspiration document? [Target answer: The paragraph from the website appeared in the Inspiration document.]
   
10. Now it's your turn. Go back to the "Picture Book" page. Follow some of the links to other pages. Copy the description of each picture and paste it in your Inspiration document.
    [Students work independently while teacher monitors and assists. Each student should generate 3 or 4 examples. ]
    
11. Now we are going to do something fun. Go back to the "Picture Book" page and go to the William Shakespeare link. Click the link. [Students perform task.] Copy the description just as we did a few minutes ago. [Students perform task.]
    
12. Now go back to your inspiration document. Close the window that is there. You will get a small window asking you if you want to save it. Click the "No" button. [Students perform task.] Now go to the word "File" at the top of your screen. click and hold your mouse button. Move the arrow to the word "New" and let go. You should have a brand new Inspiration document on your screen. Raise your hand if you do. [check and assist.]
    
13. Click the button that says "Outline" in the Inspiration window. [Students perform task.]
    
14. Now paste the paragraph you copied in the Inspiration document. [Students perform task.]
    
15. Go back to the browser window. Move your mouse so the arrow is on the picture. It doesn't matter where, as long as it is on the picture. [Students perform task.]
    
16. Click and hold your mouse button. A small window should appear on top of the picture. Raise your hand if you see this. [Check and assist.]
    
17. Move your arrow to the words, "Copy Image" and let go of the button. [Students perform task.]
    
18. Go back to your Inspiration document and find the word "Edit" at the top of your screen. Click and hold your mouse button on "Edit". Move the arrow down to the word "Paste". let go of the button. What happened? [Target answer: The picture appeared on the Inspiration page.]
    
19. You have just learned to copy and paste text and pictures from the Internet into your own document. Now you are going to practice this new skill.
    
20. Activity: Have students use links on the picture book page to find three more pictures and descriptions. Have them paste the text and picture of each web page into the Inspiration document. circulate and monitor students, assisting when necessary. At the end of the activity have students share their results.
    
21. We are almost finished. You have worked hard on creating your new documents. We want to save them. Go to the "File" menu at the to of your screen. Click and hold your mouse button. Move the arrow to the word "save" and let go, You should now have a small window in the middle of your screen. Raise your hand if you do. [Check and assist.]
    
22. You will notice that there is a small blue window within this new window. Anything you type now will appear in this window. Lets call this document "Copy and paste". Type those words. They should appear in the small window. Raise your hand if they do. [Check and assist.]
    
23. At the top of the small window is another small window that has arrows pointing up and down. raise your hand if you see it. [Check and assist.] Move your mouse so the arrow is over this small window. click and hold your mouse button. [Students perform task.] Move your arrow to the word "Desktop". let go of the button. the small window should now say "Desktop". Raise your hand if it does. [Check and assist.]
    
24. Now click the button that says "Save". [Students perform task.] Close all your windows. [Students perform task.]
    
25. Now look on your computer screen. You should see an icon for the document you just saved. Raise your hand if you see it. [Check and assist.] Double-click the icon. [Students perform task.] You should now have the Inspiration document you just saved on your screen. Raise your hand if you do. [Check and assist.]