Lesson Plan

Subject/Grade Level: 7th/ ICT I

Lesson Title: Home Row Keys

Lesson Duration: 5- 45 minute class periods

Performance Objective: Upon completion of this lesson, the student will be able to
perform proper techniques to learn touch keyboarding for alphabetic keys (home row).

Preparation

Framework Strand: Unit 4: Keyboarding 2a. Perform Keyboarding Applications

Content Standard Competencies/Objectives: 2a. Perform proper techniques to

learn touch keyboarding for alphabetic and numeric keys.

MS CCR/CCSS: w.7.6 - Use technology including the internet, to produce and publish
writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and
efficiently.

ISTE: 1. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity.

d. Model collaboration knowledge construction by engaging in learning with
students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.

Instructional Aids: Keyboard Hand Position

Materials Needed: Computer Lab/Keyboards; Keyboard paper handout

Equipment Needed: Projector; Laptop; Keyboard Covers

Desired Student Prerequisites: Typing Ergonomics

Introduction/Anticipatory Set
Who knows what QWERTY is? QWERTY is the acronym that commonly describes
todays standard keyboard. We are going to begin learning the keyboard today.
YouTube Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S3lhm8LaZo

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 Lesson Outline/Procedures: Instructor Notes:
Invite students to brainstorm why keyboarding is an
important skill to master. Prompt them to think about the
many ways we use keyboards in our daily lives.
Invite the two volunteers (see Preparation) to two Make this fun by having the
different computers. One student models the proper volunteer exaggerate bad
position for typing: eyes level with monitor, wrists flat, positioning: crouch over
fingers curved, both feet flat on the floor, back straight, keyboard so not eye level
and fingers on the home row position (left hand fingers with monitor, one foot
on the letters A S D F; right hand fingers on the letters J K tucked under the other leg
L ;). The other student is to model incorrect typing on the chair, wrists tilted
posture and hand/finger positioning. up, fingers on the wrong
keys, etc.
Display an image of a keyboard on the whiteboard. http://www.typing-lessons.
Superimpose your hands on the keyboard with your org/lesson_1.html
fingers in the correct positioning on the home row saying
aloud where each pair of fingers are placed as follows:
pinkies on A/; (Thursday)
ring fingers on S/L (Wednesday)
middle fingers on D/K (Tuesday)
index fingers on F/J (Monday)
index fingers on G/H (Monday)
thumbs on spacebar (Monday)

Students are to model the same at their individual

computers and keyboards. Ask students if they can guess
why the letters F and J have raised bumps on them. If no
one knows, explain that the bumps help them find the
correct home row positions without having to look down
at the keyboard. TTW introduce two keys per day.

Complete the copy alphabetic keyboard. Look at the https://mde.instructure.co

drawing carefully. On the second page, tell which fingers m/courses/9320/files/414
are used to key the indicated item for home row only (we 2265/download?wrap=1
will complete the others as we learn the keys of keyboard).

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Students will glue pages into interactive notebook as
reference pages.
Application
Guided Practice: TTW and TLW complete typing one lesson on GCFLearnFree.org
https://www.gcflearnfree.org/typing/typing/1/

Independent Practice: TLW practice keyboarding using MicroType Lesson 1

Summary
Lesson Closure: Kahoot Review

Evaluation
Informal Assessment/Review:
Teacher will monitor how students replicate her examples and directions.
Kahoot!
Formal Assessment:
Complete a timed- writing in Micro Type - Home row keys. As soon as you complete a
timed writing with at least 30 words a minute correctly typed, I will mark you complete
with this assignment. Be sure to print your timing indicating this achievement and give
to me for filing in your competency folder. Type in the text entry box for this
assignment, "I DID IT!"
Lesson Extension
Extension/Enrichment:
Have students draw around their hands on a piece of paper and then write the
corresponding key letters, numbers, or symbols on each finger.
Accommodations/Differentiation:
Keyboards can be disconnected and moved to a more comfortable, suitable place for
students.
References:
RCU, ICT I Curriculum

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