LESSON PLAN

Writing Cheques

By DIANE MCCARGAR

Literacy Objective: Students will learn to correctly fill out a cheque.
Computer Objective: Students will learn to type and edit text in a database.
Materials: a database program preferably ClarisWorks or FileMaker Pro
Preparation:
Before attempting this lesson students should practice writing the date and different amounts of money. They should also have some experience writing cheques on paper before trying a lesson on the computer.

Ahead of time the instructor will need to create a cheque database. It should contain the following fields: cheque number, date, pay to the order of, amount, amount words, cents and memo.

The fields should be arranged in the database, the same way they would be arranged on a cheque. A name and address should be typed at the top. A line should be added for the signature and a box placed around the outside. Borders could be placed along the bottoms of the field boxes to create the other lines on a cheque.

For those of you who think this is too much to tackle, check and see if the database program you are using already has a cheque template. ClarisWorks comes with a Checkbook and Ledger that appears under All Stationery when you start a new document. The only thing you have to do with this checkbook is add a field for the amount in words and a field for cents.

Instructions:
1 . Provide each student with a copy of the database and a sheet that contains details for several cheques.

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