VALENCIA SECONDARY SCHOOL

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

LESSON PLAN

TEACHERS NAME:

RYAN MOHAMMED

DATE:

2nd MARCH 2015

TIME:

10:40 11:20 AM

SUBJECT: Information Technology

CLASS:

Form 1 Group W

LENGTH OF PERIOD:

40 mins

Syllabus: ICT
Unit Title: COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS
Lesson 4: Keyboarding

RESOURCES
Teacher Resources

Student resources

Notes, PowerPoint slides. Laptop, projector, activity sheet

Handout, Activity sheet, computer/laptop

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE - Students should:

Identify keyboard as input device and be familiar with some specific keys.

OBJECTIVES

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Cognitive
Psychomotor
At the end of the lesson students will be able to: At the end of the lesson students will
be able to:

1. Identify the various categories of keys.

(understanding)
2. Identify specific keys within each category
(understanding)
3. Describe the function of specific keys on the
keyboard (understanding)

Affective
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:

1. Participate actively in class activities by asking and

answering questions.

ASSESSMENT STRATEGY with Objective

Cognitive

1. Correctly identify the various

categories of keys.
(understanding)
2. Identify specific keys within
each category with 100%
accuracy (understanding)
3. Describe the function of
specific keys on the keyboard
with 100% accuracy
(understanding)

Assessment Strategy

Purpose to gauge students knowledge

Activity Identify keys together with their
functions. Keys must also be pressed to see
the result.

Affective

1. Participate actively in class

activities

Assessment Strategy

.
Affective teacher checklist

Instrument worksheet, peer assessment

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Set Induction

Students are shown an image of a flyer and asked how it could be created.

Description of Teaching/Learning Activities:

Teacher Activities

1. Teacher engages students in discussion about the set

induction
(Engaging and questioning)
2. Teacher introduces the lesson and asks students to
write what they know about a keyboard in their own
words.
3. Teacher asks students to read their answers and a
discussion ensues. Teacher then shows his definition.
4. Teacher shows a video dealing with the keyboard and
its various keys. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=mWcPA5_8RnM)
5. Teacher pauses and highlights certain parts of the video
as it plays.
6. Teacher shows the categories and functions of some
specific keys using a PowerPoint presentation.

Student Expected Activities

1. Students listen to questions and participate in giving

response. It is expected that 8/20 shall respond accurately.

2. Students write their answer.

3. Students read their answer and compare it to teachers
answer.
4. Students view and listen to video attentively.

Intelligence
being
developed
VL, Inter

BK, LM

VS, VL
VS, BK

Est. time to
complete

3 mins.

3 mins

2 mins
6 mins

5. Students listen attentively and ask questions

accordingly.

VL, VS, BK

6. Students view presentation and ask questions

accordingly.

VL, VS

3 mins

3 mins

7. Teacher gives students worksheet and asks them to

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complete activity using the computer where necessary.

7. Students do activity
8. Students exchange answers and mark each others

8. Teacher asks students to exchange answers for peer

assessment.
9. Teacher engages students in discussion about the

activity and summarises the lesson.

work.

BK, VS

10 mins

VS, BK, Inter

6 mins

VL, Inter

2 mins

9. Students participate in discussion about the activity.

END OF LESSON ACTIVITIES

Closure to lesson:

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T.S. (Transition Statement): In today's class we looked at the various categories and functions of keys on the keyboard.

(1 min)

B.S. (Bridging Statement): In our next class we will be looking at the function of some other keys mentioned today as well as some new keys. (1 min)

Multiple Intelligences

http://www.tecweb.org/styles/gardner.html
VS: Visual Spatial
VL: Verbal Linguistic
Inter: Interpersonal Intra: Intrapersonal BK: Body/ Kinesthetic
LM: Logic/Mathematical
M: Musical
N: Naturalistic
E: Existential

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