Class Yr 9 Dat 8/3/10 Time 11.

20 Pupil 28
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Topic Formatting and Formulas
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Teaching Objectives:
• Keep up the pace
• Demonstrate then delegate
• Short snappy tasks then back
to board
• Use Pupils to lead and also to
demonstrate
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Learning Outcomes:
• All pupils will develop the use of
formatting skills
• Most pupils will progress in their
use of formulas
• Some pupils will understand why
we use formulas

Differentiation Strategies : Assessment For Learning:

• Pupils as leaders • Pupils show each other one
• Link to formatting skills formatting skill

Pupils Tasks:

Destroy and rebuild.

Formatting, make their own spreadsheet and finish off the last one.
Bang Bang.

Resources: Key Terminology:

Access to spreadsheets. • Formula
McDonalds spreadsheet finished. • Cells
• Cell Reference

Opportunities for Skills

Development:
• Formatting – various types
• Formulae
• Fill down, fill across
Time Teacher Activity Pupil Activity
Starte Teacher demonstrates. Pupils swap seats then swap back
r Open up the spreadsheet from after the muddle.
0-10 last time, then everyone move
one place to the right. No one
open up any folders or you will
be punished.
Muddle it up using formatting
techniques. Then give it back
to your friend to see if they
can fix it.
Teacher monitors.

10-12 Who thinks they have learned Let a few pupils demonstrate their
something they didn’t know new skills
how to do before?
Can they demonstrate it to the
class?
12-20 Go to the existing Pupils listen and interact.
spreadsheet. Ask:
Why do we use formulas?
Demo the use of NOT using
formulas.
Ask pupils to put their hand up
for inputting of formulae.
Pupils are to continue on with
spreadsheet from last lesson.
Those that have finished can
make their own spreadsheet
using McDonalds hamburgers.
20-40 Teacher monitors and helps. Students progressing with
Progression onto McDonalds formatting skills.
spreadsheet. Peer assessment when finished,
pupils swap and peer changes one
value on sheet – if total changes
then correct, if not then do again.
40-45 Explanation of fill down. Pupils watch and then do
One column is to be added up themselves.
in single cell references, other
is to be filled across or down.
What’s the benefit of filling
down?

Plenar
y Use of whiteboard. Draw cells. Pupils answer in a circle.
45-60 Ask: Pupils in two teams, one student
What’s this? Cell. Cell from each team comes up at a time,
Reference. A1, B7, C7. What marks up on board.
does a formulae always start
with? Equals.
How do I do a border?
Shading? Change to currency?
Decimal places? Make it in the
middle?
Everyone log off and save
their work.
Bang Bang Game. Two teams.
Pupils use their hands as guns,
and have to draw if they know
the answer. First person to
draw answers, but if they get
it wrong their gun misfired and
blew their hand off, meaning
they can’t shoot anymore.
Points to other team if they
lose, points to their team if
they win.