Lesson

Computer Skills Date March 29th, 2018

Title/Focus
Subject/Grade Time
Grade 9 8:00-9:06
Level Duration

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General The focus of the BIT (Business, Admin, Finance and Info Tech) cluster is for students to develop and apply
Learning important knowledge, skills and attitudes so they can implement efficient systems and strategies of
Outcomes: management and marketing and use electronic technologies to collect, structure, manipulate, retrieve and
communicate information within individual, family, workplace, community and global contexts.
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Students will show their understanding of adding graphics to an assignment to add character and design.
2. Students will show their understanding using Fireworks.
3. Students will show their understanding of changing the layout, in order to create their comic book cover.
4. Students will show their ability to work in an individual work class setting
ASSESSMENTS (How I will know students have achieved the objective(s))
 As students are engaged in the activity, I will be walking around to see who is participating with their greatest efforts and
who may need more explanation or motivation.
 Do students understand the instruction? Do they look confused throughout the lesson, if so ask them to put thumb up if
understanding, to the side if needing further explanation and thumb down if not understanding
Prior to the Lesson MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
 Prepare lesson  Individual computers for assignment
 Update Fireworks Project  Fireworks
 Learn new tools 
PROCEDURE
Introduction Time
Teacher will: Invite students into the classroom, and tell them to start typing (10 mins)
Students will: Be typing for the first 10 minutes of class.
**We will start the class with a Quizizz- Easter themed of course to get us In the spirit for Easter break! And I
have Easter treats that I will be passing out to those who are working quietly and efficiently.
www.join.quizizz.com
Teacher will: TODAY IS A WORK PERIOD: If you have not completed the Shopping List assignment or the
Graphing assignment for me, those are the assignments I will need to have before you leave the school today.
That means also if you do not finish your Comic Book, you will have to come hang out with me at lunch or at
I2T. 8:00-8:20
**If you are done, and I have gave your assignment a thumbs up, and have told you, you are allowed to move
on, you can look ahead to the next assignment, and I will be introducing it after the Easter break.
**I have created a checklist for you to make sure you have all components you need for your Comic Book.
Remember this assignment is worth 15% of your grade, so you need to make sure you have all components,
and they are all done correctly.
**If you do not have every column checked off, those components need to be added before you are
completely done and can move on to the next assignment. (Students must show me their checklist before I
allow them to move on)
Body Time
Comic Book Cover Assignment (March 19th- March 29th) 8:20-9:00
Essential Question(s): How can the use of graphics software enhance assignments? What should I consider
about formatting/resolution etc. before using graphics software? How do I create digital graphics using
software?
Challenge/Scenario: Your graphics company has been hired by a comic book company to create a cover for
their latest super hero. Shockingly, they would like the super hero to have your likeness. Design a comic

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book cover with the following requirements.
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Your cover will be created in Fireworks and each component of your cover must be planned in a separate
layer.
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Your canvas dimensions should be adjusted to inches and set to 8.5” by 11”. The Resolution will be 150
dpi (dots per inch).
Things to include on your cover:
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Title
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Action image with your face on it
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A good quality background image that has been resized to fit your page
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Issue number, issue date, price
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Bar Code
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Word balloon dialogue!
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Creativity!!
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Creating an attractive comic book cover is necessary to draw people into
your comics and capture their interest. The best design for your cover
art will incorporate elements of composition, psychology, and
technique. You'll need the artwork to be clean, balanced, true to the
content of your story, and also alluring.
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Choose what you want your comic book to be about
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Plan a "hook" for your cover. This can be either in the images on your
cover or in the title itself. In either case, you'll want readers to be
interested in buying your comic book, and a time-tested technique for catching
readers' attention is to include a cover image that ignites interest or sparks
questions.
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For example, a picture of your hero in a difficult situation might make potential
readers think, "How does he get out of that?" To answer the questions, they'll
have to buy your book![6]
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Choose what you want it to look like
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Draw a rough draft
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Show me
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Go ahead and start creating, using graphics, saving photos, text etc. you are
using.
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Decide upon a fitting title. You'll want a title that both catches eyes and
faithfully conveys an important aspect of the story of your comic. You might choose a title that reflects
the main action of your comic, you might decide upon a title that hints at deeper conflict or emotional
turmoil, or your title might be suited for a clever pun. [7]
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Link your title with the cover art. A title that doesn't seem connected to the images surrounding it can
leave potential readers unsure if your book is one they are interested in buying. The title and artwork
should work together to summarize the subject matter of your book.
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As an example, a comic titled "Fighter" should probably have some kind of fighting sequence depicted on
its cover.
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TODAY: MARCH 29st, 2018 (QUALITY CHECK AND WORK-PERIOD)
-Adding Text and speech bubbles- affects
-Show the tool bar, sizing, different wands- sub-selection tool, pointer tool, pen tool- make more points to
change the shape of the ellipse, ellipse tool etc.
-Editing your face onto the superhero, changing the shape, scaling and sizing
-Editing lines, blurring etc.
-Title- Effects
-Barcode- Rectangle- border- make lines- GROUP
-Checklist- Needs to be completely filled out before moving onto the next assignment.
-Start next assignment- Tell students that if they are done, and have handed in their comic book into the
correct folder, then they can look ahead to the next PowerPoint assignment.
Closure Time

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-At 9:00, announce that students must wrap up their assignments, make sure everything is saved and put into
the correct folder. Pass out the exit slip and candy, if any left.
-Have students work individually on their exit slip.
**Before the class leaves, make sure to collect checklists, and exit slip before each student leaves the 9:00-9:06
classroom.

Sponge Activity/Activities

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