Suggested Numeracy Websites for Pupils with SEN + videos
1. Basics of Microsoft Word - Formatting Text
A DIFFICult CASE.
Brer Tortoise looked very wise when they asked for his opinion but, luckily, he wasa frienc of Brer Rabbit and wanted to hlp him.
"This is a very fifficult case," he said at last when both animals had explained what had happened, "but we must be certain that the law isn’t broken. before I decide, I must see the sene where this took place.
so off went the three animals.
Brer Tortoise poked the boulder and walked around it.
"There is only one way to decide, he said to Brer Wolf, "I must see just how u were traped".
so Brer Wolf crawled under the boulder and the tortoise and the rabit rolled it him.
Signed:
INSTRUCTIONS
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Copy the text above by dragging your mouse over it from Brer Tortoise to.....rolled it him" - click with your right mouse button and select "Copy". Open a new document in Microsoft Word and right click anywhere on the page and select "Paste". Save the document and call it "A Difficult Case - formatted"
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Select the text and change the text colour to black, (this, and all other skills mentioned here, is shown on the video - link below), make the nine changes suggested by the editor, make other changes not suggested by the editor, select and underline A Difficult Case and Signed by, select and add bold and italics to two words and finally select all the text and move the paragraph spacing to 1.5, as shown on the video. Save the file as a .docx calling it "A Difficult Case -formatted" It should look like the picture below the video link.
Exercise 1 for Microsoft Word includes, formatting and editing a short paragraph before saving as a Word document. Text used is the story "A Difficult Case" When finished the document should look like the one below.
2. Creating a Wordbank using a Table in Word
Creating a Table
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Create a table in a blank Microsoft Word document - Insert, Table - 5 columns by 7 rows.
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Widen the fifth column. Then select all four other columns, right click and click on "Distribute Columns evenly"
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Drag the table down the page using the loop on the bottom right of the table - drag until word cell size has been reached (as in image above)
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Move the table down from the top of the page by grabbing and dragging the + tab o the top left of the table. This allows room for the title
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Insert the title in two rows as shown, centre both lines and underline. Tab between Pupil and Date to create space.
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Format the cells by selecting the cells (with nothing in them), select Comic Sans, Size 14 and centre align.
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Insert the words shown in the diagram by starting in the first cell, typing word and then tabbing for the rest.
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Save your file to your folder in My Documents - Call it "Exercise 2"
Activity 2 for Microsoft Word involves creating a wordbank of medium frequency words for use to encourage the pupil with SEN to increase the number of words they recognize at a glance. The video provides the instructions to create the wordbank.
3. Assignment 1 - Case Study Template + Videos
Activity 3 - Word
October 2024 - This section and template have been updated as advice is now to not have a page number on the cover page. Pagination (Page 1) now begins on the second (declaration) page.
Assignment 1 - Case Study - 3/4 page Word document (not including the cover page)
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 2024
1. Assignments must be submitted via Turnitin on Moodle by the specified date and time.
2. Students are responsible for ensuring that:
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The Assignment Cover sheet is included.
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A completed Declaration Form must also be included stating that the work is your own.
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A minimum of 2.5 cm margin is allowed on the left-hand side of each page and at the top and bottom of the text.
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Paragraphs are double-spaced and justified. The font approved for use is Times New Roman Size 12.
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Paginate the assignment.
This template has been set up to fulfil all of the Submission Guidelines 2024 listed above.
Activity 3 for Microsoft Word shows you how to access and use the Word template provided here (button above) for your assignments which includes cover and declaration pages and has three other empty pages (pre-numbered) to allow the course participant to address the case study questions.