Cut, Copy and Paste

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Lesson Plans:
Lesson Plan 14		PDF, Word
Handouts:
Handout 14-1		PDF, Word
Handout 14-2		PDF, Word
Word Processing:
Word Processing 7		PDF, Word

LITERACY OBJECTIVE

• Learners will be able to scan for details in informational text and select relevant details for categorizing information.

COMPUTER OBJECTIVE

• 14-1: Learners will be able to copy and paste.
• 14-2: Learners will be able to cut and paste.

MATERIALS

Word Processing 7 skill sheet, Lesson 14 - Handout 1 and Lesson 14 - Handout 2 to be downloaded from http://www.nald.ca/connect.htm. Learners also need information sheets on immunization schedules for infants and children which can be obtained from local Public Health Departments or from http://ottawa.ca/city_services/yourhealth/ healthylife/immune_child_en.shtml. As well, learners will require information sheets on recycling practices, preferably from their own community. If these are not available, blue box and black box recycling information is available from this site: http://ottawa.ca/gc/recycling_en.shtml

INTRODUCTION

Discuss the topics of immunization and recycling to make sure learners are familiar with the ideas associated with these concepts. The two skills of copy and paste and cut and paste are extremely useful when editing and formatting. Learners should clearly understand the difference between the two procedures. Some learners may require a concrete demonstration of this.

PROCEDURE

Before beginning the lesson, have learners type their name. Then have them copy and paste their name two times, placing the copied name under the previous name so that there will be a vertical list of three identical names. Then, have them type their address, phone number and age on subsequent lines. Next have them practise cut and paste to place each of these three pieces of information next to their names above.

Now, give the learners a hard copy of an immunization schedule and have them open Lesson 14 - Handout 1 as a document on their computer. The handout contains a short description of common diseases that require immunization. Have learners copy the names of the diseases (not the descriptions) and paste them next to ages for immunization as indicated in the schedule.

To practise cut and paste, learners need a hard copy of a recycling information sheet and Lesson 14 - Handout 2 as a document on their computer. Ask them to cut and paste each item into the appropriate category (Blue Box, Black Box, Cannot Recycle) as described in the recycling information sheet.

* Thanks to Michele Merkley for the idea behind the recycling handout.

Immunization can protect a child from the serious diseases described here. For detailed information check with your doctor.

DIPTHERIA –This is a very serious infection that can cause breathing problems, heart failure, paralysis and death.

HEPATITIS B – This is a virus that can cause serious liver problems.

POLIO myelitis – This is a virus that can cause paralysis and death.

HIB (Haemophilus B) – This is a bacteria that can infect any part of the body. The infection can lead to severe joint problems, pneumonia, brain damage and even death.

MEASLES – This disease causes rash, high fever, cough, runny nose and watery eyes. It can cause ear infections, pneumonia, hearing loss, brain damage and even death.

MUMPS – This disease causes fever, headache and painful swelling of the glands in the mouth and neck.

PERTUSSIS – This is also called whooping cough. It causes severe coughing for weeks or months. The risk of complications is greatest in children under seven.

TETANUS – This is also called lockjaw. It causes painful muscle spasms, breathing failure and even death.

RUBELLA – This is also called German Measles. It causes fever, rash, swelling of the neck and painful joints. If a pregnant woman gets rubella, it is very dangerous for the unborn baby.