Sample lesson plan

Lesson Plan for 17/06/2008
Teacher: John Matthewman

Subject:
PowerPoint

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Starting a new PowerPoint presentation using a design template
Adding slides
Using the slide layouts
Adding content to slides
Adding notes
Using slide transitions
Adding animations
Sounds
Video
Running a presentation

Handouts
Masters: slides, notes, handouts
Printing

Other Materials/Tools:
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“How to Quickly Make a Beautiful PowerPoint Presentation” handout

Concepts:

Concept
Starting a presentation
using a design template

Add a second slide

Adding tables
Adding pictures

Adding clip art
Editing a slideshow

Student’s Activity
Create a new
presentation, choose a
design template
Add a title and subtitle
to the slide
Insert >> New Slide

Choose a slide layout
Add textual content
Draw a table and fill it
with information
Add a picture (from
Windows’ sample
pictures)
Manipulate the picture
Add a piece of clip art
Work with it like you
would a picture
Slide sorter view
Adding slides
Moving slides
Deleting slides
Cut/paste

Vocabulary
Design template

Slide layout
Text Layout
Content Layout
Text and Content
Layout

Clip art
Slide Sorter

Lesson Plan for 17/06/2008
Teacher: John Matthewman

Adding notes or
comments to a slide
What is the difference
Using slide transitions
and custom animations
Adding hyperlinks to a
presentation

Editing the Masters to
change the design of all
the slides in a
presentation
Adding sound and video
files to a presentation
Running the
presentation

Printing a presentation
to pass around as
handouts

Typing in notes
Adding a comment

Notes
Comments

Put transitions between
slides
Add an animation to an
object
Add a hyperlink to a
website
Add an action button to
a different part of the
presentation
Open the Slide Master
and investigate it a bit

Slide Transition
Custom Animation

Add a sound from the
clip organizer
Add a video from the
clip library
Use View Show to view
the slide show
Change the settings in
Set Up Show
Using the pen during a
presentation
Viewing the notes
during a presentation
Using the print dialog
Printing handout sheets

Clip Organizer

Additional Information:

Hyperlink
Action Button

Slide Master
Notes Master
Handout Master

Handout

Idea for an exercise: ask the students to build small-ish presentations about
themselves. Content to be included:
 Name, age, hometown, which school they teach at
 A picture of or about themselves; either use the drawing tools or clip art
to draw themselves, or something that they like/enjoy