Famous Characters

Objective:

            In this lesson you will learn:

·         Use tables

·        Insert callouts

·        Shade cells

·        Center text vertically

Assignment:

1.      Look at the sample.  Yours must be different from the sample.

2.      Now think of one or more Nursery Rhymes, or a Fairy Tale or Fable.  Select at least four characters or motions in these rhymes that you can insert into the table

3.      If you don’t remember your Nursery Rhymes use the following links.  You will be able to locate one and perhaps some of the clipart or pictures that you need at the web sites below:

4.      Once you have selected a Nursery Rhyme, go to Number 5 below this list of links to complete the assignment and see the sample.

Suggested links:

The Real Mother Goose:  http://trmg.designwest.com/contents.html

Mother Goose General links - http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco/literature/mothergoose/links/menu.html

Fables, Fairy Tales, Stories and Nursery Rhymes

Mother Goose and Selected Nursery Rhymes

·  Baa Baa Black Sheep

·  Hey Diddle Diddle

·  Little Boy Blue

·  Little Miss Muffet

·  Mary Had A Little Lamb

·  Old MacDonald had a Farm

·  Ring-a-Round a Rosie

·  There Was An Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe

·  Three Little Kittens

Aesop's Cube
 

Aesop's Fables

·  The Ass in the Lion's Skin

·  The Bat and the Weasels

·  The Fox and the Hedgehog

·  The Fox and the Leopard

·  The Fox and the Monkey

·  The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass

·  The Monkey and the Camel

·  The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk

·  The Sick Lion

·  The Tortoise and the Hare
 

Hans Christian Andersen

·  The Beetle who went on his Travels

·  The Emperor's New Clothes

·  The Little Mermaid

·  The Princess and the Pea

·  The Snow Man

·  The Snow Queen

·  Thumbelina or Little Tiny

·  The Ugly Duckling
 

Grimms Fairy Tales

·  Beauty and the Beast

·  Cinderella

·  Goldilocks And The Three Bears

·  Hansel and Gretel

·  Little Red Riding Hood

·  Sleeping Beauty

·  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

·  The Three Little Pigs

·  The Wise Little Girl
 

Lewis Carroll

·  Alice's Adventures in wonderland

·  Through the Looking Glass
 

Carlo Collodi

·  Pinocchio
 

General collection of Nursery Thymes - http://www.collingsm.freeserve.co.uk/alphaindex.htm

More Nursery Rhymes - http://www.mamalisa.com/house/index.html

Fairy Tales - http://www.legends.dm.net/fairy/index.html

Tales from around the World - http://www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/

5.  Create a table

1.      Click on Insert

2.      Click on Table

3.      Count the number of rows and columns in the following sample that you are going to need for your table.

4.      Use the table eraser to make row one, one cell in the first row (Highlight Cell, Table Tools, Design, Draw Borders, Eraser)

§         Shade the cell, (Highlight cell, Right Click, Format, Borders and Shading)

§         Color the font, (Home, Font)

§         Center the text vertically (Highlight cell, Table Tools, Layout, Alignment, Align Center)

§         Change the font style (Home, Font)

5.      Go to the second row and label your columns.  Color the text, center the text (Home, Font)

6.       Row three

a.      Insert your own titles, labels, etc. in Column 1, Row 3

b.      Insert your clipart of one of the characters.  Insert the “callout”. (Insert, Illustrations, Shapes, Callouts) Insert text into the callout. (Perhaps something that the character would say in the rhyme).  Color text, bold, italicize or choose a different font. (Home, Font)

c.      Insert your own titles, labels, etc. in Column 3 Row 3.  (Perhaps a “catchy” name of the character).

7.      Row four.  Shade the column, Erase the column divider lines. (Right Click Column, Format, Borders and Shading). To Erase: (Highlight Cell, Table Tools, Design, Draw Borders, Eraser).

8.      Continue until you have 4 characters, choosing a different font and color for each character.