Formatting a Document

Name: FORMATTING A POEM ACTIVITY PAGE Type the following poem exactly as you see it. (Use your own name and the current date.) Press “Enter” to create spaces between verses. Do not make any formatting changes until you receive further directions from your teacher. Save your document in your network folder when complete. Your First Name Your Last Name Today’s Date Pieces I stand alone – just me and this wheel. The clerk said the price was an incredible deal. With only this wheel, what can I do? Seems something’s missing…if only I knew. I roll my wheel left. I lift it in the air. I roll it through the mall, while all the people stare. Hey, who’s that, alone with a seat? That looks like someone I need to meet. You have some handlebars? You have a chain? Let’s put them together and see what we’ve made! Each separate piece is not as much fun As the bike put together, all parts joined as one. By Lauren Scharnak and Jennifer Thede  FORMATTING A POEM MODEL Clayton Claunch December 25, 2009 Pieces I stand alone - just me and this wheel. The clerk said the price was an incredible deal. With only this wheel, what can I do? Seems something's missing…if only I knew. I roll my wheel left. I lift it in the air. I roll it through the mall, while all the people stare. Hey, who's that, alone with a seat? That looks like someone I need to meet. You have some handlebars? You have a chain? Let's put them together and see what we've made! Each separate piece is not as much fun As the bike put together, all parts joined as one. By Lauren Scharnak and Jennifer Thede  FORMATTING A POEM CHECK LIST STUDENT TEACHER Alignment: Name and date are right justified (8 pts) Title, poem, and author are centered (8 pts) Line Spacing: Name and date are single spaced (10 pts) Title, poem, and author are set at 1.5 spacing (10 pts) Font: All text is in Arial type font (8 pts) Title is bold and underlined; authors are bold and in italics (8 pts) Font Size: Name, date, and author are size 12 pt. (8 pts) Title is size 14 pt. (8 pts) Poem is size 10 pt. (8 pts) Spelling/Grammar: All words are spelled correctly (8 pts) There is one space after each punctuation and no spaces before punctuation (8 pts) Correct punctuation is used (8 pts) Password Protect your document, save it and use your Gaggle account to post it in your Digital Locker and change the “Access” to “School Public”.