Grade 11PAT

Gap yearWord Report

andPPT Summary

Version’s date 4 November 2009Version’s date 4 November 2009

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Folder

• Folder saved as SurnameFirstname– Phase 1– Phase 2– Phase 3

Phase 1

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Start• Word• Insert

– Header – Your name– Footer - Disclaimer– Footer - Page numbers

• Save in Phase 1 in folder• Heading – Gap year

1. Write a sentence on what you must DO. Begin with ‘I am going to investigate how to spend a year doing … and then write a report on my findings to give to my uncle to show how I came to my final choice. I will also display a summary in a PowerPoint presentation.’

2. Make a list of sub headings and then questions to ask so that you can DO it. (±20)

Sub headings

• Decide on sub headings needed to investigate

• What do need to know to solve the problem?

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Sub topics and now Questions

• Where, Length of time, Cost - Easy to make Qs

• Value/Benefit – – Social– Skill– CV– Short term– Long term

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Questions

• Sort Qs under headings, e.g. Where, Length of time, Cost, Value/Benefit,

• Label Qs according to Levels

• Answers– Say where or how you will find information to

answer each Q – type of source, e.g. Internet, person, magazine

– Say why the answer to each Q will help

Sub headings, now make questions

• Create sub headings

• Add questions under sub headings

• Do a quality check – have you asked enough Qs to answer the problem?

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Type of questions

Level Type

1 Factual - what, when, where, who

2 Explore, query – why, how

3 Adjust, alter, predict - what if

4Judgement – would it be better if, what would be the best way

Questions

• Sort Qs under headings, e.g. Where, Length of time, Cost, Value/Benefit,

• Label Qs according to Levels

• Answers– Say where or how you will find information to

answer each Q – type of source, e.g. Internet, person, magazine

– Say why the answer to each Q will help

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Make table – landscape – Move (not copy) details

Q No

Heading Level No

Question

Source Why ask Q

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Format table

1. Sort the work under Headings

2. Check Q numbering

3. Make columns ‘just’ wide enough

4. Make rows not too deep

5. Column headings – Bold and shaded, repeated

6. Keep all text the same font size, except for headings

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Get ready to hand in

1. Detailed description of the task or the problem in your own words

2. Main question

• Questions in a table• Header• Footer

• Complete rubric for Phase 1

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Phase 2

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Overview

1. Look at ways of spending USEFUL gap year

2. Fill ONE year

3. Money no object

4. Motivate Why? How? Where? Why?

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Decided?

• Collect information• Save electronic information, e.g. web

pages, videos http://keepvid.com – in Phase 2 – of Folder

• Save magazine / brochure / survey, etc.– in paper envelope / plastic sleeve

• Keep a Word document with list of URLs collected and date when found

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Collect information …

• Where you will spend the year• Length of time doing specific activities at

certain centres• Cost of the activities• Value/Benefit (socially, physically, mentally)

(why the sponsor should pay for you to go)• Social• Skill• CV• Short term• Long term

Survey OR Checklist• About ±5 Qs to help you decide on the value of an activity OR

other’s experiences • Know what you are talking about BEFORE you create survey• Create Qs first, and only then format the page• Use template survey OR create new document• Test survey on 3 people – change as needed• Format neatly and logically

• Use tabs, columns and or tables• On a FULL page or two FULL pages• Heading• Picture• Please complete …• Thank you …• Indicate to whom it must be returned

• Hand out / collect data

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Word 2003 Adapt a survey template

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Word 2007 Adapt a survey template

Example of a survey

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Nice headings but this picture

belongs with Gr 10

Collect information

• Test survey on 3 people – change as needed

• Hand out to 20 people / collect data from 20 people

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Survey

• All information must go onto one Excel work sheet

• Keep details for each person

• Arrange it so the amounts can be added up

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Collect information from Survey

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Silly layout! Only need one column per question

Collect information from survey

Silly layout! Only need one row per person

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Collect information from survey

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Meaningless headings

Collect information from survey

Nice headings

Well laid out

Best!

Nice headings but this picture

belongs with Gr 10

Get totalsAnalyse the information

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Use Countif function to total results

AND other functions to get required data

Graphs

1. Create one graph per question in spreadsheet

2. Add a suitable picture as a background

3. Label horizontal and vertical axises

4. Copy each graph to a Word document (centre it)

5. Under each graph insert a caption (short heading for the graph, centre it)

6. Under each graph write/type about what is shown in each graph (non caption, in body text, align left). Use the words highest, more, most, lowest, less or least.

Database

• Information must go onto one Access table

• Keep records/details for each item/person

• Arrange it so the data can be queried

• Arrange it so that calculations can be made from the database

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Reports and Queries

1. Create reports with groupings and calculations to GET the information required

2. Add a picture as a report header

3. Create one query per each idea4. Copy each query to a spreadsheet, do calculations

(countif, sumif, etc.), then create a graph5. Add a picture as a background to the graph6. Label horizontal and vertical axises7. Copy the graphs to the Word document8. Under each graph insert a caption9. Write/type about what is shown in each graph

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Cross referencing / Linking

• Copy original Word document with questions

• Use ALL good questions from Phase 1

• Add hyperlinks to your data saved in Folder for questions

How many questions

Enough to show/prove to your uncle why you want to do … for

your gap year

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Trustworthiness – 1/2

• Look at every source of information, e.g. web page, magazine article, person, etc.

• Write 1 sentence about each source (so if you looked at 2 web pages and did a survey, evaluate those 3) on: – Check elsewhere– Focus– Author / Authority– Place– Date / Currency

• Then write – ‘This source is trustworthy or not trustworthy because …’ for every single source.

Believe? Trust?

Look at

next slide

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Trustworthiness – 2/2

Check elsewhere

Can you check what the source says anywhere else?

Focus Is the article objective or is it trying to persuade?

Author / Authority

Is the author an authority in that field? Is the author’s name listed elsewhere as an authority? Is the document free of grammar or spelling errors?

Place Is the source a reputable place, e.g. published book or encyclopaedia web site?

Date / Currency

How recent is the information, but is the date important?

Planning

• Decide how you are going to write your report. What is it meant to be about? Think! Look at your Phase 1 questions!

• Put down your headings / sections and subheadings / sub sections

• Under each heading – write what you are going to say, – write or show what graph you are going to use, if any, – write or show what picture you are going to use, if any.

• Plan! Do not do the report

Phase 2

Hand in 1. Phase 2 folder2. Paper envelope / plastic sleeve with 20 completed/ticked surveys3. Any other evidence in printed format4. Printed document with graphs and writing about each graph5. Printed document on cross referencing6. Printed document on trustworthiness7. Access reports with images in the headers (for advanced learners)8. Planning document9. Completed rubricInformation in Phase 2 folder1. All the information, i.e. web pages, etc.2. Spreadsheet 3. Database4. Document with graphs and writing about each graph5. Document on cross referencing6. Document on trustworthiness7. Document on planning

Hand in in the order given

Clear file names

Phase 3 - Final report

• Take planning document

• Do a Save As ‘Final report’

• Under the headings INSERT the …

– information mentioned

– graphs mentioned

– pictures mentioned

• Do it as paragraphs / story (write it in such a way that if the headings are removed, it still makes sense)

Due Thursday - No printing yet – Do not worry about the looks yet

Finishing off - Structure

‘I am going to write about …’

Remove

Title page Name, class, game name

Headings Convert questions into ‘Headings’

Page numbers X of y

Table of contents On page on own, page numbers left of headings

References At end

Introduction Say what you are going to discuss, put this just before Planning or …

Conclusion Say what you have discussed and final decision

Finishing off - Looks

Title page Border around only this page

Images, graphs and tables

Centred, in-line with text, write about each, must be part of the story - not separate, must help explain the text where it is placed

Captions Under images, graphs and tables, centred, is a short heading, no full stop, explanation in body text

Paragraph spacing

1.5

Fonts One font used

Headings Bold, larger than body text, no colons, no bullets

Body text, headings

Aligned left

Columns Maybe something in columns

Phase 3 - Report

Hand in• Phase 3 folder• Printed report• Completed rubricIn Phase 3 folder• Spreadsheet • Database• PPT• Report

9 November

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Bibliography

• Free Internet Morabaraba Server. (n.d.) Retrieved: 27 July 2009, from http://www.morabaraba.org/.

• Jukskei. (2009) Jukskei. Retrieved: 27 July 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jukskei.

• Marabaraba. (n.d.). Retrieved: 27 July 2009, from http://www.kr.co.za/Publishing/Marketing/Teambuilding_Activities_Marabaraba.pdf.

• Mindsprts South Africa. (n.d.) Retrieved: 27 July 2009, from http://www.mindsportssa.freeservers.com/rules-morabaraba.htm. Sort alphabetically

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