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

o Abraham Lincoln o Boxcar o Porridge o Buckboard o Union Soldier o Confederate Soldier o Lead Ball o Spectacles o Stockades o Vittles o Mahogany o 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 o 11 terms and images

%100 %90

o 10 terms and images o 9 terms and images

%80 %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