|
Activity 4: Using DTP to
pre-form a newspaper
We
have all come across pupils who spend hours on the newspaper setup
and not enough time on the history. Why not set up a DTP page and
let the computer do the low-level tasks and leave the student to
focus on the history skills?
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 1 has been set up with
seven text frames and two picture frames. Page 2 consists of a headline,
three sub-headings and the beginnings of three paragraphs for the
day after Queen Victoria died. It also contains pictures of Victoria
and Edward VII.
Tasks
- Use Edit, Cut
and Paste to move the boxes from page 2 to the relevant
textframe or pictureframe on page 1 to complete the newspaper.
- You could also empty the
text boxes of text and make the students supply all of the writing
themselves.
- Open another blank page.
Using textboxes and picture frames set up a template for a newspaper
front page. Add a masthead. Save as 'Newspaper1'.
- Using your template, insert
dates, headlines and picture captions using Font and Font
size. Save as 'Newspaper2'.
- Now set up a newspaper template
for one of the topics you are teaching at the moment. One idea
is to give different students responsibility for each day's front
page in sequence, all using the template as a starting point.
That way a series of events over a period of time can be covered.
- Remember to Save
this new work to disk and email it to your mentor.
|
