Project Includes

  • Teacher Guide
  • Student Workbook
  • Customizable Resources
  • Assessment Tools
  • Extension Activities
  • Sample Files
  • Templates
  • Parent Letters
  • Certificates

TechnoEditor

Item Number: INT-EDITOR
Technology Integration: Language Arts
Technology Skill: Desktop Publishing, Graphics, Word Processing
Program: Word
Includes: Microsoft Word Lesson Plans, Teacher Guide, Printable Student Workbook, Paperless Worksheets, Review Questions, Extension Activities, TechnoEditor Parent Letter, TechnoEditor Certificate, Summary of Skills Checklist, TechnoEditor Marking Sheet, Storybook Sample, A Collection of Stories Template, Poem Template, Story Template, Comic Template, Picture Template

Session 1: Edit the Front Cover
Format text on the title page of A Collection of Stories Written for Children.
Session 2: Edit a Poem
Apply your formatting skills to make words look like their meaning.
Session 3: Edit a Story
Illustrate a story by formatting clip art: text wrap, object order, and grouping.
Session 4: Edit a Comic
Explore drawing tools including shapes, AutoShapes, and WordArt.
Session 5: Cut, Copy, and Paste
Edit a story using Cut, Copy, and Paste tools.
Session 6: Final Edit
Check spelling and grammar, edit page layout, and print!

Optional Microsoft Word Lesson Plans

  • Make a Name Card: Apply formatting skills.
  • The Dragon: Practice adding clip art to a template.
  • Shapes and WordArt: Match the tool to its function.
  • The Lion: Use a template to practice new techniques.
  • Edit Clip Art: Learn advanced skills to change pictures.
  • Balloon Trouble: Illustrate a comic.

Teach Essential Word Processing Skills

Integrate technology into a language arts writing unit. Learn advanced word processing skills using Microsoft Word lesson plans.

  • Revise a publication to improve content and layout
  • Format text to communicate a message effectively
  • Organize text in a list using bullets or numbering
  • Produce a comic strip by combining images and text
  • Format shapes, images, and WordArt
  • Illustrate story events using online pictures
  • Apply text wrapping and a picture style to images
  • Use cut, copy, and paste to edit a story
  • Proofread and correct writing based on guidelines
  • Publish a book using technology

I am extremely satisfied with your products. I find the lessons are excellent for my 5th and 6th grade computer literacy students. I am now focusing on TechnoEditor and the students are enjoying it. One of my students this morning said, ‘Where do you learn all this stuff?’ Thanks for your great products.

N. Jaeckel,
Sandhill School,
WI, USA

Customer Reviews

Middle school students learn advanced word processing skills using Microsoft Word lesson plans. They use a provided template to revise a collection of poems, short stories, and comics.

I am extremely satisfied with your products. I find the lessons are excellent for my 5th and 6th grade computer literacy students. I am now focusing on TechnoEditor and the students are enjoying it. One of my students this morning said, ‘Where do you learn all this stuff?’ Thanks for your great products.

N. Jaeckel,
Sandhill School,
WI, USA