1. Advanced
Microsoft Office
Professional
Mrs. Morelli

2. Half year course
Required for Graduation
Computer Skills for:
 Personal Use
 Educational Use
 Employment Use
Office 2007 used

3. Fast ForWord Software
 Exercises the Brain
 Memory
 Attention
 Processing
 Sequencing

4. Fast ForWord Literacy Level
 Moves high school students toward
grade level reading skills, with a focus on
listening accuracy, phonological
awareness, and language structures.

5. Fast ForWord Literacy Continued
 Development of critical brain processing efficiency
in four key areas:
• Improves memory by requiring holding a word or
statement in short-term memory while retrieving picture-
concept associations from long-term memory.
• Improves attention by making students focus on the
tasks at hand.
• Strengthens processing ability through auditory, visual,
and linguistic processing of orally and visually presented
stories for meaning and comprehension.
• Develops sequencing through exercises that require
using word order to comprehend simple and complex
statements and instructions and organizing a response
that follows the specified sequence of actions.

6. Fast Forward Reading Level 4
 Fast ForWord Reading Level 4 exercises
expand reading skills by applying
knowledge of word origins, word forms,
sentence structures, and punctuation
rules to improve comprehension.

7. Reading Level 4 Continued
 To accelerate reading progress, Fast ForWord Reading
Level 4 software develops critical brain processing
efficiency in four key areas:
 Builds memory by having students use working memory to
compare paragraphs with single sentence paraphrases.
 Improves attention by enhancing the ability to focus on different
aspects of presented vocabulary and ignore distractions.
 Develops processing of images and sounds quickly enough to
discriminate between their differences.
 Develops sequencing by using logical relationships, word order
and syntax to identify precise meanings.

8. Microsoft Word
(Word Processing)
 Create a document, Edit a document
 Flyers
 Research Papers with citations/bibliography
 Tabbed Text & Tables
 Cover Letter & Resume with Template
 Desktop Publishing – Advertisements,
Newsletters
 Mail Merge (Mass Mailings)

9. Microsoft Excel
(Spreadsheets/Worksheets)
 Create and edit data in a worksheet
 Format Text and Numbers for a
professional appearance
 Math Calculations (formulas/functions)
 Create charts/graphs

10. Microsoft PowerPoint
(Presentations)
 Create and Run a presentation
 Change Slide layouts/backgrounds
 Format Text, Insert/Format Graphics
 Enhance presentations (sound/motion)
 Hyperlinks & Action Buttons
- Interactive Presentation
 Project Presentation using projector

11. Microsoft Access
 Database Management
 Create a table and add records
 Create custom reports
 Sort and Filter Data
Microsoft Publisher
 Flyer with Tear-offs
 Tri-fold brochure

12. Grading
 Fast ForWord Weekly Progress Grade
 Completion of weekly goal, participation
 Creation of a chapter project together as
a class to introduce new material.
 2 to 3 individual exercises
 All assignments graded using a rubric
 Chapter Review Questions
 Chapter Tests

13. Class Participation
 Morelli Money
 Students work towards accumulating
$20.00 by end of the nine weeks.
 Quarters earned for daily participation,
answering questions, exemplary work,
helping others, bonus work, etc.
 Money paid for poor behavior and/or lack
of respect in the classroom
 Money paid to rent materials student
should have for class

14. Extra Time for Work
 Students can obtain passes to come up
and work during Homeroom/Activity
Period.
 Students can obtain passes for study
hall time
 Students can see me to schedule time
after school
 Students can see me to schedule a time
mutually convenient for both parties
 Check homework hotline

21. Business, Information, Technology Courses
 PowerPoint & Web Design
 Video Game Development / Programming
 Desktop Publishing
 Accounting & Advanced Accounting
 Typing / Word Processing
 Exploratory Business
 Finance
 Marketing
 Sports and Entertainment Marketing
 Small Business Management
 Principles of Management
 International Business
 Business Law
 And Others, check the course offerings when your child
registers or the Business Department brochure

22. Microsoft Office
Professional
Mrs. Morelli