What’s a Word Processor, Teacher?Walton Burnshttp://www.englishadvantage.info

0Why ?

0Typing Activities

0Word Processing Activities

Outline

Not every student is comfortable on computers:

0 Finished school before the computer revolution

0 Lack of computers/software in schools

0 No demand to type

0 English alphabet/American keyboard/Shortcut keys

And a few of them are computer programmers, hackers, video game champions who know

10 times more than you!

Every student has different needs:

0 Essay Writing

0 TOEFL/GRE/GMAT

0 University Prep

0 Projects/Realia

0 Fun Stuff: Blogging/Tweeting/Chatting

Why?

Typing Web http://www.typingweb.com

Free Typing Game Freetyping game.net/play.asp

0 Spell for students

0 Typing races, relay races, timed typing sprints

0 Any activity that requires output:

• Hot Seat

• Spelling Bees

• Grammar Drills

0 Classroom logistics—how many computers, who will type?

Games and Activities

Scavenger Hunt

0 What do these buttons do?

0 What do these keyboard keys do? (i.e. Ctrl+A)?

0 What buttons would you use on the INSERT tab?

Student presentations on buttons/functions

Mystery Message

Reflection Questions:

1. What is the difference between Backspace and Delete?

2. What do these keys do: Ctrl-C, Ctrl-X, Ctrl-V?3. What does Ctrl-H do? How does it work?4. How many ways can you move text? List them

below.

Funky Formatting

Follow the instructions below. Be sure not to make any mistakes. When you have finished, call your teacher over to check your work.

1. Type: hey diddle, the cat and the fiddle,

2. On the next line type: the cow jumped over the moon.3. Bold the word cat4. Underline the word moon5. Make diddle all capital letters

6. Change the font of fiddle to Palatino.

7. Change the font size of jumped to 18 points.

8. Italicize the word cow9. Center both lines

Fun Instructions:1. Capitalize h and y in hey2. Bold every letter e

Teaching Instructions3. Underline the past tense ending on the verb.4. Italicize the subjects5. Change the font of words that mean “go”.

Essay Formatting

Apply what you have learned.Format the text below to look like the model essay.

Mohammed Kureshi

RW109

9/28/2011

Talented but Sick

Michael Jackson was a very talented singer and dancer. Maybe he was the most popular singer in the world. A lot of people bought his music. But he also had some problems in his life.

Michael Jackson was born in the US in 1958. He started to sing when he was 5 years old. He sang with his brothers and the name of their group was the Jackson 5. But Michael was the most popular one. He became famous when he was very young. He did not have a normal childhood.

When he got older he made a lot of albums without his family. He became very rich and famous. He bought a big castle and made many concerts. Some of his most famous songs were “Thriller” and “Beat It”. He sold a lot of records, maybe more than anyone else in the whole world.

There were also some problems with his life. He was like a child even when he was old. Maybe because he had no normal childhood. Also he did drugs. He died in 2009 of drugs. But we will always remember the great Michael Jackson who danced and sang so well.

Thanks!Walton Burnswalton@englishadvantage.infohttp://www.englishadvantage.infohttp://www.twitter.com/EnglAdvantage