Project #1: Halloween Songs

1. Choose a Christmas/Winter song that you are familiar with.

2. Get your Word doc ready:

• Page Layout tab > Orientation > Landscape > Save
• Page Layout tab > Columns > Two > Save
• Home tab > No Spacing > Save

3. Type your Christmas/Winter song in the left column. 

4. Copy and paste the song into the right column.

5. Change words in song on the right to Halloween words.

• Lines do NOT have to rhyme
• Try to keep the rhythm of the song

6. Add a page border.

7. Change the font of both songs. Use a Christmas-y font and a Halloween-y font.

8. Change the font size of both songs to fill their columns (stay on 1 page!).

9. Add 2 appropriate clip arts - one Christmas and one Halloween

10. Add your name to the bottom of the page.

11. Wave your hand for permission to print. 

Christmas songs:

Rockin' Round the Christmas Tree

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

Up on the Housetop

Jolly Old St. Nicholas

White Christmas

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Holly Jolly Christmas

Here Comes Santa Claus

Not-Christmas songs:

Jingle Bells

Let It Snow

Jingle Bell Rock

Frosty the Snowman

Project #2: How to Carve a Jack o' Lantern

1. Type: How to Carve a Jack o' Lantern

Enter 1x

2. Type: your first and last name

Enter 1x

3. Type today's date

Enter 2x

4. Type: Materials

Enter 1x

5. Click on the bullet icon.

6. List everything you need to carve

7. Turn off bullets (click on icon again)

Enter 1x

8. Type: Directions

Enter 1x

9. Cick on the number bullet icon.

10. Type 12 steps to carve a jack o' lantern. You must have EXACTLY 12 steps - no more, no less!

Save often.

11. Add a page border.

12. Change the font.

13. Change the font size to fill the page (stay on 1 page!).

14. Add 1 appropriate clip art.

15. Wave your hand for permission to print. 

Not Halloween adaptations:

How to make an apple pie

How to make a scare crow

How to play football 

 Project #3: Keyboard Jack o' Lantern

Follow the directions on one of these sheets:

1. Keyboard Jack o' Lantern directions (Halloween)

or

2. Keyboard pumpkin directions (non-Halloween)

Project #4: Edit Halloween Clip Art

directions Students right click on a haunted house clipart and edit:

1. Take out all eyes from windows.

2. Add a spooky clip art to each of the 5 windows and the door.

3. Animate each clip art:

 a. Custom Animation > Entrance > Fade > Timing > After previous > 0.5 seconds

 b. Custom Animation > Exit > Fade > Timing > After previous > 0.5 seconds

4. Choose a clip art of something that flies on Halloween

 a.  Custom Animation > Motion Path > draw a path from 1 side of the slide to the other

5. Run your slideshow by pressing F5!