Typing Paragraphs

by Liz Devries

DOWNLOADS

Lesson Plans:
Lesson Plan 7		PDF, Word
Handouts:
Handout 7-1		PDF, Word

LITERACY OBJECTIVE

Learners will be able to type consecutive short descriptive paragraphs.

COMPUTER OBJECTIVE

Learners will be able to type consecutive sentences in a paragraph format using the Tab key, Enter key and the Space bar.

MATERIALS

The model paragraphs from Lesson 7 – Handout 1.

INTRODUCTION

Moving from one paragraph to the next requires the Enter key. Using the Tab key to indent a paragraph rather than using the space bar is an important skill.

PROCEDURE

Have the learners save a new word processing document. Give them the model paragraphs to type. For further practice, learners can re-type newspaper articles which have several short paragraphs. Higher level learners can produce their own text without copying.

Handout 7-1

Typing Paragraphs

Read the story. Fill in your information. Then type these paragraphs. Remember to use ENTER to move to the next paragraph. Remember to use TAB to indent.

My name is _________________. I am a student here at _____________. I am ___ years old. I have _______ hair, ____eyes , and I’m very _____ today because ____________________. Right now, I am sitting close to a person named __________.

This person’s last name is ___________. This person has _________ hair and ______ eyes.

There are ________ people in the room. We are all learning about _______________.

Read the story. Then type these paragraphs. When you finish, you could change these paragraphs so that they are about you. Then type your story.

My name is Liz Devries. I am an instructor at Ottawa Technical Learning Centre. I teach English to adults. I am also a mother and I have three teenage children. I have a busy life.

Sometimes I am too busy and I get tired. One day when I was teaching, I looked down and saw that my sweater was on inside out. That was embarrassing!

I’ve decided that I am going to try to be better organized in the future. I like to be busy, but I don’t like to go around with my clothes on inside out! I will make sure that someone checks my clothes before I go out the door every morning. Then I can be busy and happy too.