SUBJECT: DIGITAL LITERACY TEACHER: MKALA CLASS: 02

TOPIC: Research and Create DATE: 26th September 2023 Week 4

SUBTOPIC: Accessing Information DURATION: 60 minutes

LESSON OBJECTIVES: PREPARATIONS

Change the appearance of text by exploring the Prepared page of text about volcanoes with text in different colours, sizes and font
available tools, for example by changing the types
colour, size and font type.

Begin to use menus to find and use the cut, copy

and paste functions, and to open dropdowns.

TEACHING AND LEARNING OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION: Time allocation: 10minutes
Remind learners, or ask a learner to demonstrate, how to open their document about volcanoes from the previous activity.
Display an example of an engaging piece of text about volcanoes.
What makes this work exciting to look at?
Elicit that the use of colour, size and font type enhance the look of the work.
Explain that learners can improve their document in similar ways.
MAIN LESSON: Time allocation: 40minutes
Demonstrate how to click and drag to highlight the text they want to change, beginning with the title.

Demonstrate how to use the dropdown menus to change the size, font and colour of the text.

Allow learners time to explore the dropdown menus to change the appearance of their text. Learners can then save their work using the
‘save’ icon or through the dropdown menu.

Give learners a piece of text on a paper to copy noting carefully the accuracy of typing and correct sitting posture.

demonstrate how to copy and paste similar texts instead of retyping them.
Ask learners the role of
✓ Copy – Initiating duplicate
✓ Cut-Moving from one place to another.
✓ Paste- Making duplicates
✓ Save- Store for future reference
✓ Delete-removing permanently
✓ Open-retrieving saved work
✓ Find-Look for saved files

Allow learners to create and modify their own piece of writing paying attention on the standard formatting of text.

PLENARY: Time allocation: 10minutes

In groups, learners to study the role of the following functions and present while demonstrating their work
✓ Copy – Initiating duplicate
✓ Cut-Move
✓ Paste- Making duplicates
✓ Save- Store for future reference
✓ Delete-removing permanently
✓ Open-retrieving saved work
✓ Find-Look for saved files
MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT DIFFERENTIATION
Key Vocabulary Flashcards Base Activity. learners with fine motor skills to click and drag to
• cut/copy/paste (in the context of text processing) highlight text by pair work.
• file/folder
Extended Activity: Display a text document with various text formats
• save / save as / open / delete
and let learners identify them.
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REFERENCES HOMETASK
Click start international book 2 Worksheets on functions (cut, copy and paste functions, and to open
Oxford International book 2 dropdowns.)