December 18

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Christmas games and activities:

 

1.Vocabulary - http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/christmasTopic.htm

2.Send an e-card:  http://www.care2.com/ecards/

3.Norad Tracks Santa - this is a really nice site with lots of activities for kids: http://www.noradsanta.org 

4.The Fun Christmas Site For Kids - lots of possibilities including recipes, crossword puzzles, Christmas hangman, word scrambles and more . . . http://www.topshelfmarketing.com/christmas/ , 

5.Christmas Printable Worksheets - more anagrams, crosswords, cryptograms, sudoku, http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/worksheets.ht

6.Google Santa Tracker - https://santatracker.google.com/#village

December 9, 11, 17

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December 9, 11

Practice makes perfect! Make a practice doorhanger. You can take it home. Decorate it any way you want;)

Homework:
Practice typing

December 2, 4

Criterion B

1) Peer Assessments

2) Record peer assessments

3) Submit paperwork and 3 designs

November 27

http://www.rainbowlibrarycards.com/images/hangers-collage.jpg

Year 6,

 Present the chosen design 

1. Explain your final choice to the group. Why is this idea better that other ideas?

     2.  Give and receive feedback on designs.

3. Based upon the above evaluations, make changes to your design if needed.

November 25, December 1

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Year 6, today you will choose your final design.

On your document entitled "Developing ideas" you will:

a.  choose which design you will actually create,
b.  write a paragraph to justify your choice.

Remember that our Design Specifications are:
1.  teen friendly,
2.  colourful,
3.  includes one stage of the MYP Design Cycle.

November 11, 13, 18

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Year 6

As we discussed, we will create 3 different "designs" about stages of the design cycle.

You will draw (in pencil) your design, then add colours and pictures;)


Stages of the Design Cycle

1.  Inquiring and analysing
2.  Developing ideas
3. Creating the solution
4. Evaluating

November 4, 7

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Year 6 open a word document. 

1.  Put your name in the upper left hand corner. 
2.  Include the date.
3.  Center the following title:

Developing Ideas

4.  Write the following definition (that we talked about in class).

What is a DESIGN  SPECIFICATION?
A design specification is what your "final product" must do or have or be.

5.  Write the following:

My door hanger must have the following design specifications:
1.
2.
3.

October 21, 23

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October 21
Microsoft Word Vocabulary

You are responsible for the following vocabulary:

Alignment, Auto Correct, Bullet, Bulleted list, Button, Clipboard, Copy, Curser, Cut, Drag
http://quizlet.com/25917721/microsoft-word-2013-vocabulary-flash-cards/alphabetical

You are responsible to locate the following on the Word 2013 ribbon:  Tabs, Groups

We will have a little quiz on Thursday;) 


October 23
After the quiz, I would like you to go to the following tutorial and learn how to use one Word 2013 feature. I want you to be able to present it to the other students.

Tell me what feature you plan to showcase:

Bernardo - Clip Art
Coline - Stlyes
Thomas - Word Art
Sean -  Font Style
Michael - Themes
António -Alignment


http://www.gcflearnfree.org/word2013 

October 14, 16

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October 14

Let's work on a Word tutorial to upgrade our skills!

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/word2013

Word vocabulary list:
Ribbon
Tab
Group

September 23, 25, 30, October 2

Good afternoon Year 6

1. 15 minutes typing

2. MYP Design Cycle

September 16, 18

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Good Morning Year 6. On our agenda today:

1.  Typing Lessons/Games:  http://freetypinggame.net

2. the MYP Design Cycle - let's explore this pattern!

Criterion A - Inquiring and analysing

• Explain and justify the need
• Identify and prioritize the research
• Analyse a range of existing products
• Summarize the analysis of the research

Criterion B - Developing ideas

• Develop a design specification
• Develop a range of design ideas
• Present and justify the final chosen design
• Develop planning drawings/diagrams

Criterion C - Creating the solutiobn

• Construct a logical plan
• Demonstrate technical skills
• Follow the plan to make the solution
• Justify changes made to the design

Criterion D - Evaluating

• Design testing methods
• Evaluate the success of the solution
• Explain how the solution could be improved
• Explain the impact of the solution

•  

September 9, 12

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Year 6, welcome to Design.

Let's get started with sorting out usernames and passwords and log in to the OIS computers.

Then, let's start typing lessons!  (http://typinggames.net).

more Evaluate

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Year 6, we are almost finished with this project.

Be sure to answer all the questions on your Evaluate worksheet.  Remember to include how you will improve your performance next term.

Evaluate

Year 6, the first task in the Evaluate-Criterion E is to gather feedback on your product.

Print your questionnaire, then let's present our recipe flyer to obtain lots of feedback.

http://images.zap2it.com/images/tv-EP01215557/best-recipes-ever-12.jpg

IB Learner Profile: Reflective

Learning objective: carry out tests to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification; evaluate their perforance at each stage of the design cycle and suggest ways in which their perforance could be improved; evaluate the impact of the product/solution on individuals and/or society.

Create

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 1. Typing Practice - 15 minutes
 2. Next, on to the CREATE - Criterion D (Maximum 6 points).

• a.Follow the plan you made to create your product (recipe flyer).

• b.Then write a paragraph saying whether your plan worked EXACTLY. Since you are beginners at making production plans, many things could go wrong. Did you leave out any important steps? Was the actual time to produce each step different from your estimated time? Be sure to record any modifications (changes) you made to your plan. Say what you changed and why you made the change;-)

IB Learner Profile:  Knowledgable

Learning Objective: Understand the importance of a plan, and follow the plan to produce a product/solution of appropriate quality.

Plan

Year 6 let's move on to the PLAN - Criterion C

1.  Open a Word 2013 document,
2.  Type your name at the top of the page,
3.  Space down and type: PLAN (center justified),
4.  Space down and type: Resources,

Let's brainstorm the resources each of you will need to create your recipe flyer.

5.  Type the list of resources that we have created,
6.  Space down and type: Plan,

7.  Open Word 2013

8.  Begin to create a list of the steps you will need to take to create your recipe flyer.

      1.  Open Word 2013, 1 min
      2.  Insert pink background, 1 min
      3.  Insert . . .

Continue on until you have included all the information and pictures necessary to complete your recipe flyer.

Let's go!


IB Learner Profile: Thinker

Learning objectives: develop a basic timeline and write instructions for making the recipe flyer.

Design

Today we will focus on the DESIGN - Criterion B Maximum 6 points

According to the IBO:
"Students are expected to generate more than two feasible designs that meet the design specification and to evaluate these against the design specification.

Students are then expected to select one design, justify their choice and evaluate this in detail against the design specification." 

To get a 5-6: The student generates more than two designs and selects one with several reasons. The student attempts to explain how his/her design meets his/her specifications.

2. Using paper and pencil (colored pencils/crayons/markers) you will create 3 different designs.

Insert text boxes but NOT the text for your recipe.

REMEMBER: all your information (complete recipe, 3 interesting facts, what it means to my family, image AND your first name and tutor group) must fit on the recipe flyer.

Look at an example of what we will be creating:  http://year7cookbook.pbworks.com/w/page/27257033/What%27s%20Cookin%27

IB Learner Profile - Risk Taker


Learning objective: create designs and communicate them.

3. Formulate a Design Specification

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Year 6, this week we have to finish our Investigate Worksheet.


1.  15 minutes typing,
2.  Finish the following on your worksheet:
      6. List the resources that you used here:
      7. List 3 Design Specifications here:
      8. Create a test to evaluate your recipe flyer.

That's all there is to it:-)

PS: you can print the image from this page and colour it:-)

IB Learner Profile: Inquirer

Learning Objective - The student will: understand the concept and importance of the design specification and, with guidance, list the requirements that must be met by the product/solution; understand the importance of testing to determine the success of the product/solution and, with guidance, design some simple tests.

2. Develop A Design Brief

1.  15 minutes typing
2.  Investigate worksheet,


Well done Year 6.  Now we are on to the 2nd stage of the Investigate: Develop A Design Brief.

Decide which recipe that means something to you and your family that you would like to share with the class.

Then do a "keyword" search on Google.com to find your recipe in English.

For example: bolo chocolate recipe in English
                      bolo de coco recipe in English
                      coq au vin recipe in English  (Try this and see what happens:-)


 Today:
    a. decide on a recipe
    b. copy/paste the recipe to an open office document
    c. save document 
    d. print document, staple it to your Term 2 Investigate worksheet


IB Learner Profile - Inquirer

Learning objective: The student will develop research strategies, record sources and document learning.

Recipe Flyer Project

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Year 6, Welcome back. I hope you had a restful break and are ready to get down to business.

Let's begin our new project!

1) 15 minutes typing
2 ) Unit Introduction - let's look at the Unit of Work 
3) Let's begin the 1. Identify the Problem
     Answer questions 1-4.

 IB Learner Profiles - Inquirer

Learning objective - The student will: understand the concept of a design brief and adapt a given design brief to the problem or, with guidance, start to develop a design brief.