Lake Munmorah Public School

 
Home Site Map Search Worksheets Treasure Hunts CLOZE Lessons Themes KLAs

Remembrance Day / Anzac Day
Using the Drawing Toolbar

A possible lesson for late Stage 2 or Stage 3

Relevant Syllabus Outcomes    
English WS2.12, WS3.12, PDHPE COS2.1 Science & Technology IC ES1.2-UT ES1.13
Mathematics S2.3, S3.3, M2.1b, M2.3, S3.2a CAPA VAS2.2 .
   
Students need to type the poem - In Flanders Fields.

To save time you could copy and paste the poem from the internet.

Type the poem before you start to change the formatting, centring the heading etc.

The completed poem should be saved.

 A Few Basics  
Select (Highlight) the heading -  
Centre the heading Change the Font size to a larger size Choose a Font

Alignment Buttons Font Size Font
Select (Highlight) the Author's name - Select (Highlight) the rest of the poem and change the font size (16) and font type (tahoma)

Align to the right

.

 Inserting Clip Art    Place the cursor underneath you poem.
In the Clip Art search Clip Art and Photographs for poppy Reduce the image to an appropriate size
Double Click on the poppy.
In the Format Picture screen choose the layout tab > tight
Move the poppy up next to the text

For more on Text wrapping click here
 Drawing your own poppies  
On the Drawing Toolbar select -
AutoShapes > Basic Shapes > Heart
Click underneath the poem and a heart will appear Copy the heart and paste in 3 more
Move each heart away from the others On the Drawing Toolbar select -
Draw > Rotate or Flip
Rotate or Flip each heart so they point in a different direction

Move the hearts so the points meet in the middle -
You may need to nudge (press Ctrl and the arrow keys).
The hearts can overlap in the middle
On the Drawing Toolbar select the Oval tool
Click on the screen to get a circle
Adjust the size of the circle and move it over the centre of the hearts.

Click on a heart and select red from the Fill Colour Tool

Colour the other hearts using the same technique.

Colour the circle black using the same technique.

Use the Select Objects tool -
draw around the completed poppy.
Copy and paste the poppy. Position it next to the original poppy. Repeat - depending on how much room is available

 

Lake Munmorah Public School

top

   

Hit Counter