Task 1 – Using the Snipping Tool

Task 2 – Files and Folders

Task 3 – CWI Email
Task 4 – Using Word Online
Zoe Gasaway

Professor Scott Straub

Educational Technology

14 June 2019

MLA Formatting

MLA is short for Modern Language Association. The Modern Language Association has

developed a simple and specific format in order to make papers easier to read and grade. The

design of MLA format was created with simplicity in mind, allowing both students and

professors alike to focus their attention solely on what has been written within an essay, with

minimal distraction from things like font style, size, bolded or italicized headings, or obnoxious

spacings.

The Modern Language Association has made it easy to write, read, and grade papers with

a simplistic and minimalist format aesthetic, allowing the reader and writer to become fully

immersed in the material presented within the essay without floundering through various design

distractions that often detract from the main point of the essay. As someone who tends to become

caught up in the creative aspects and aesthetics of formatting papers, often making titles bold and

adding extra spaces between paragraphs, MLA format has made it easy for me to write a strong

and detailed paper with effortlessness and minimalist stylings. Thanks, MLA format!
Task 6 – Announcement Page
Task 8 - Field Trip Permission Slip
Task 9 – Weekly Calendar / Schedule
Task 10 – Lesson Plan

Teacher: Zoe Gasaway

Grade: Kindergarten

Lesson: Identifying details in a story

Time Needed: 35 - 45 minutes

Objective: With prompting and support, students can identify key details in a story, including characters,
settings, and major events.

Materials Needed:

1. Book – “Pete the Cat and the Cool Caterpillar” by James Dean
2. Worksheet – Identifies at least one:
a. Setting
b. Character
 May complete together, an appropriate worksheet may include circling a character
in blue and circling a setting in red.
3. Coloring Mini-Book – Draws and colors at least one:
a. Setting
b. Character
4. Pencils and Crayons

Discussion: (10 - 15 minutes)

Read “Pete the Cat and the Cool Caterpillar” to students. Take breaks between reading and
explain who a character is, what a setting is, and what a main idea is. Ask students to identify a character,
a setting, and the main idea. (10 minutes)

Activity: (20 - 25 minutes)

1. Hand out worksheets, watch students complete their work and answer any questions. Go
around the room and check each student’s work.
2. Once students are finished with their worksheet, they will be given a mini-book to color in.
Students must draw and color at least one setting and character from the story. I will answer
any questions and check each student’s mini-book.

Check for Understanding: (5 minutes)

1. Students must correctly identify character(s) and setting(s) from worksheet and must
verbally tell me the main idea of the Pet the Cat story to obtain a star for completion.
2. Students must explain the setting(s) and character(s) they chose to draw in their mini-book
to obtain a star for completion.