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QCA

ICT at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 3)

Unit 3A: Combining text and graphics
Section 4: SHORT FOCUSED TASKS

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • technique: to combine graphics and text

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Prepare examples of text which would benefit from illustrations eg a description of a pyramid. Demonstrate to the class how to locate, retrieve, insert and add a graphic into a piece of text. Show the class how to re-size a graphic so that it fits on the page. Ask the children to search a clip art file or a CD-ROM to locate graphics and copy them into a piece of text.
  • combine graphics and text

Points to note

Children could also incorporate images captured by a scanner or digital camera.

Sections in this unit

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1. SETTING THE SCENE
2. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
3. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
4. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
5. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
6. INTEGRATED TASK