Lion and mouse mixup

Lion and Mouse Mix-up

Subject Area: Language Arts, Computer
Grade Level: 4th - 8th Grade
Software Program: Word
Equipment Needed: Computer for each group of students Lion and Mouse Mix-up Document Printed copy of Lion and Mouse story
Time Required: Class session

Task:
Cutting and pasting on the computer are skills will be very useful to you. In this project, you open a document called "Lion and Mouse Mix-up". As you will see, the paragraphs of the story are out of order. Your task is to use the editing tools to cut each paragraph and paste it into proper order.

Then you will open Paint application , draw a picture of a mouse or a lion, copy it, and paste it into your Word document.

Objectives:
The student will:

Understand the concept of the clipboard on a computer.
Learn how to cut and paste text within a document.
Learn how to cut and paste graphics between applications.
Learn how to make the text "wrap" around the graphic.
Change the font, size, and style of text in a word processing document.

Lesson Plans for
Lion and Mouse Mix-up

Before class:

Make sure Word and Paint are loaded on computers.
Create a mixed up version of The Lion and the Mouse and save where students will have access to it. (See story below for correct version and mixed up version.
Print and copy a finished Lion and Mouse story for each group of students.
Print and copy check-lists for students.

Class 1:

The teacher demonstrates:

How the clipboard on the computer works. (Can be demonstrated using a couple of pictures and an actual clipboard).
How to access the Lion and Mouse Mix-up document.
How to cut and paste text.
How to change font, style, size, and color of text.

The students:

Open the Lion and Mouse Mix-up document.
Cut and paste the paragraphs to put them into order.
Change the font, size, style, and color of text.

Class 2:

The teacher demonstrates:

How to use the tools in Paint to create a picture of a lion or a mouse.
How to copy the picture to the clipboard.
How to switch between documents.

The students:

Draw a picture of a lion and or a mouse in Paint.
Copy the picture to the clipboard.
Open the Lion and Mouse Mixup document.
Paste the picture into the document.

The Lion and The Mouse
Aesop

One day a great lion lay asleep in the sunshine. A little mouse ran across his paw and wakened him. The great lion was just going to eat him up when the little mouse cried, "Oh, please, let me go, sir. Some day I may help you."

The lion laughed at the thought that the little mouse could be of any use to him. But he was a good-natured lion, and he set the mouse free.

Not long after, the lion was caught in a net. He tugged and pulled with all his might, but the ropes were too strong. Then he roared loudly. The little mouse heard him, and ran to the spot.

"Be still, dear Lion, and I will set you free. I will gnaw the ropes." With his sharp little teeth, the mouse cut the ropes, and the lion came out of the net.

"You laughed at me once," said the mouse. "You thought I was too little to do you a good turn. But see, you owe your life to a poor little mouse."

The Mixed Up Version of the Lion and the Mouse

by Aesop

Be still, dear Lion, and I will set you free. I will gnaw the ropes." With his sharp little teeth, the mouse cut the ropes, and the lion came out of the net.
"You laughed at me once," said the mouse. "You thought I was too little to do you a good turn. But see, you owe your life to a poor little mouse."
The lion laughed at the thought that the little mouse could be of any use to him. But he was a good-natured lion, and he set the mouse free.
One day a great lion lay asleep in the sunshine. A little mouse ran across his paw and wakened him. The great lion was just going to eat him up when the little mouse cried, "Oh, please, let me go, sir. Some day I may help you."
Not long after, the lion was caught in a net. He tugged and pulled with all his might, but the ropes were too strong. Then he roared loudly. The little mouse heard him, and ran to the spot.

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