Y5 LF: Find, copy and paste information

Jan 252023
 

Success criteria

  • All information and pictures onto j2e5 page
  • Info and pictures on correct pages
  • Range of information in sections
  • References = list of websites used

Skills

  • Find useful websites
  • Use keywords to find specific information
  • Right-hand click to “copy image” OR drag image to j2e5 tab
  • Hightlight text then Right-hand click to “copy”
  • “Ctrl v” to paste into j2e5
  • Turn pages in j2e5

Y5 LF: Create an information poster using different tools

Jan 182022
 

1 – What makes an effective information poster

  • A good information posted should show lots of information at a glance.
  • Look at these information posters
    • What makes them effective?
    • What would make them better?
  • Find some other effective information posters and make a list of features

  

 2 – Tools

  1. We are going to explore three tools for making posters:
    1. Google Docs (Go to Google Drive – Create – Googe Docs)
    2. j2e5
    3. j2Office – Writer
  2. Open each of these tools and have a brief explore – what tools are there?

3 – Make an information poster about South America

  1. Here is an information poster that I made on Google Docs
    1. Example Sourth Africa poster
  2. I have saved a file in each tool for you to edit – the text and pictures are all there, you just need to edit
    1. Google Docs – link on Google Classroom
    2. j2Office Writer South America Poster
    3. j2e5 South America Poster

3 Create a j2e5 poster

  • Use the Success Criteria that we have written together
  • Be resilient – don’t be happy with “ok”

4 Make a Google Doc information book page

  1. Go to Google Classrrom (Class 21) – Classwork – South America  Information Page Google Doc
  2. Insert a table in Google Doc to arrange facts and pictures
    1. Make the border lines invisible
    2. Colour the cells
    3. Change width/merge cells
  3. Insert pictures
    1. Put them in different places
    2. Crop – eg banner picture at top/bottom
  4. Style
    1. Choose font, colours (one or two only)
    2. Avoid rainbox, fancy fonts
  5. Information
    1. Keep it simple and short – but informative

5 j2e5 mini book

6 Evaluation

  • Which tool is easiest to use?
  • Which creates the best poster?

Success Criteria 1

  • Bold title
  • Fill the page
  • Stand out
  • Dividing into sections/blocks
  • Pictures/symbols
  • Lots of info

Success Criteria 2 – fine tuning

  • Big (easy to read) font
  • No highlighting
  • Space
  • Balance
  • Centre