SUBJECT: DIGITAL LITERACY TEACHER: MKALA CLASS: 01

TOPIC: Know My computer DATE: 8/3/2023of week 10

SUBTOPIC: The Mouse DURATION: 60 minutes

LESSON OBJECTIVES: PREPARATIONS

Know how to interact with onscreen items through clicking, •A list or vocabulary cards with ‘click’, ‘drag and drop’ and ‘scroll’
tapping, dragging, dropping, scrolling, and swiping. written on.
Worksheets on parts of Mouse
Range of files for clicking, dragging and dropping.

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TEACHING AND LEARNING OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION: Time allocation: 10minutes
Ask learners the most common input device used. List Mouse and Keyboard as the main input devices. Display a mouse and ask
learners to name its parts.

MAIN LESSON: Time allocation: 40minutes

Ask
✓ what is a mouse?
✓ How do you use it?

Elicit that the mouse is used to move around the screen and to select a position within a document or menu.

Allow time for learners to explore the mouse, making sure that they do not shine the light of an optical mouse directly into their eyes.

Explain and demonstrate the features of the mouse and allow learners to practise ‘clicking’ it just with their index finger.

Ask learners to think about the times that they have used a mouse before, both in school and at home.

They may have used it to click in the box where they have to enter their password to log on to the school network, draw attention to this
and elicit that this click of the mouse enabled them to select the part of the screen where they needed to type.

Display the word ‘cursor’ and draw learners’ attention to the fact that the writing appears wherever the cursor is positioned on the
screen.

Ask learners to recall what they already know about websites. Give them access to websites where they can practise dragging and
dropping items, scrolling to the bottom of a web page and clicking certain on items.
Allow learners to access a safe site by clicking on a link that you provide.

As learners use the mouse in different ways ask them to identify if they are clicking, dragging, dropping or scrolling to check they have
understood what they are doing.

Provide learners with a list, or vocabulary cards, of the terms that explain what they have been doing with the mouse, for example
clicking, dragging, dropping, and scrolling.

Learners work in pairs to complete each of the actions. One learner carries out the action while their partner checks that they have done
it correctly.
Each pair should swap roles regularly.

PLENARY: Time allocation: 10minutes

In groups distribute worksheets and let learners answer questions on mouse parts and its uses.
Allow learners to present their answers and discuss the findings as a class.
MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT DIFFERENTIATION
Base Activity: Use paint program to support those with problems
•Websites that enable learners to practice mouse skills. handling the mouse. Allow them to draw and colour their favourite
images
Extended Activity:
Challenge learners to practice two quick clicks practice to use this
function to load a program.
REFERENCES HOMETASK
Click start international book 1
Oxford International book 1 Learners to use Paint programs to draw and name the parts of a
computer mouse.