SUBSCRIBE MY LINKS:    chat center Chatboards Lessons Projects Classifieds Mailrings Jobs Harry Wong Live! Gazette Advertise CHATBOARD MAILRING LESSONS SEARCH LESSONS BROWSE SUBMIT LESSON Share | Print Teachers.Net Lesson Bank #976. Freddie the Fungus:A Play about Decomposers Computer, level: Elementary Posted Sun Apr 11 09:47:26 PDT 1999 by Brian Beckenstein (beckensteinb@foxborough.k12.ma.us). Igo Elementary School, Foxborough, MA Materials Required: Claris Works and Kid Pix 2 (Mac- Computer) Activity Time: 1 hour Concepts Taught: Combine Language Arts (Haiku Poems) and Computers Background: Teach students how to write Haiku Poems. Students should be familiar with Claris Works and Kid Pix. Haiku Poem 1st line = 5 syllables 2nd line = 7 syllables 3rd line = 5 syllables Haiku Poem Raindrop by Brian Beckenstein Raindrop, moist, wet, dew Falling down from the sky Makes everything new. Computer Instructions - Open Claris works and Kid Pix First work in Claris Works. 1). Click on the Center Box 2). Write the words, Haiku Poem 3). Highlight it and go to Size, make it 48 point 4). Hit the Return Key and write your title. 5). Highlight your title, go to Size and make it 36 point. 6). Go to Font and choose a favorite font for your title. 7). Hit the Return Key. Write your name and highlight it. 8). Go to Size and make it 24 point. (You may choose a different font if you like) 9). Hit the Return Key and write your poem. 10). When you are finished, go to Edit - Writing Tools - Check document for Spelling. 11). Go to Tool Box (on the bottom of your screen) 12). Click on the arrow 13). OPEN KID PIX 14). Draw a picture of your poem. 15). When you are finished, click on the Moving Truck and the Magnet. 16). Outline the entire drawing. 17). Go to Edit - Copy 18). Go back to ClarisWorks 19). Go to Edit -Paste 20). Use the boxes on the corners of your picture to make it fit the screen. 21). Go to File -Print 22). Save As - Poem -(name) Be sure to save it to your disk (desktop)

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