11/16/09

Monday, November 15, 2009

Objective(s):
1. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing to improve SPEED and ACCURACY

Agenda:
1. Warm Up
2. Announcements
3. Review the Homework
4. Mavis Beacon


Warm Up:
1. If JayJay types 623 words in 8 minutes, what is his WPM?

77.8
2. After JayJay is finished, he checks his errors and finds out that he's made 12 mistakes. What is his accuracy?

98.5
3. If Donald types 230 words in 3 minutes, what is his WPM?

76.6
4. After Donald is finished, he checks his errors and finds out that he's made 12 mistakes. What is his accuracy?

97.5

5. What keys are your fingers on top of on the LEFT hand when you are in home row/position?

asdf
6. What keys are your fingers on top of on the RIGHT hand when you are in home row/position?

jkl;
7. Why is it important to be in home position?

so you can type faster
8. When is the NEXT notebook check?

nov 16
9. When is the NEXT quiz?

nov 19

Mavis Beacon:
Complete 10 lessons and 3 games. RECORD on tally sheet!

11/12/09

Thursday-Friday, November 12-13, 2009

Objective(s):
1. Home Position and Home Row Practice
2. Introduction to Mavis Beacon Software

Agenda:
1. Warm Up
2. Announcements
3. The Home Row and Home Row Practice
4. Mavis Beacon Intro and Practice.

Warm Up:
1. What did you do on your day off? (2 Sentences)

went to my friends and played basketball

2. If Tom types 200 words in 4 minutes, what is his WPM?

50
3. If Tom makes 15 mistakes after typing, what is his Accuracy? (refer to the picture below for help) 35
4. Robert types 1200 words in 30 minutes, what is his WPM?

400
5. If Robert makes 40 mistakes after typing, what is his Accuracy? (refer to the picture below for help)

360
6. Who types faster?

tom

7. Who is more accurate?

ROBERT

nline Practice
Homerow Practice 1:
http://www.typing-lessons.org/lesson_1.html

Homerow Practice 2:
http://www.typing-lessons.org/lesson_2.html

Homerow Practice 4:
http://www.typing-lessons.org/lesson_3.html

Homerow Practice 3:
http://www.powertyping.com/qwerty/lessonsq.html

11/9/09

Monday-Tuesday, November 9-10, 2009

Objective(s):
1. Learn how to Figure Words Per Minute (WPM) and Accuracy of a typing sample.
2. Take an Official Typing Drill and Record Pre-practice Scores
3. Home Position and Home Row Practice

Agenda:
1. Warm Up
2. Announcements
3. Accuracy Lecture and Typing Drill
4. Typing Mini-Lecture and the Home Row
5. Online Typing Practice

Warm Up:
1. What did you do this weekend?

play basketball
2. If Tom types 75 words in 5 minutes, what is his WPM?

15 wpm

3. If Craig types 30 words in 2 minutes, what is his WPM?

15wpm
4. Who is faster, Tom or Craig?

craig
5. Is speed the only thing we measure to be a good typist? What else can you measure to be a good typist? the accuracy


Online Practice
Homerow Practice 1:
http://www.typing-lessons.org/lesson_1.html

Homerow Practice 2:
http://www.typing-lessons.org/lesson_2.html

Homerow Practice 4:
http://www.typing-lessons.org/lesson_3.html

Homerow Practice 3:
http://www.powertyping.com/qwerty/lessonsq.html

11/6/09

1. View and evaluate student powerpoint presentations.
2. Take a typing drill
3. Learn how to Figure Words Per Minute (WPM) and Accuracy of a typing sample.

Agenda:
1. Warm Up
2. Announcements
3. More PowerPoints
4. Take a typing drill

Warm Up:
1. What does WPM stand for?
word per minutes

Please calculate the following WPM for each student listed below:
2. Andrew types 150 words in 3 minutes
5o

3. Bradley types 36 words in 6 minutes
7.2
4. Sandy types 65 words in 5 minutes
13
5. Ariel types 83 words in 4 minutes
20.7
6. Charlie types 22 words in 3 minutes

7.3
7. Anthony types 1324 words in 5 minutes
264.8
7. Telly types 20 words in 1 minute, how many words can he type in 10 minutes?
200 wpm

11/2/09

Your score on this personality test was 73%

yes i do because i anwser the question

Monday-Tuesday, November 2-3, 2009

Objective(s):
1. View and evaluate student powerpoint presentations.

Agenda:
1. Warm Up
2. Announcements
3. More PowerPoints

Warm Up:
1. Visit this website and take the quiz. http://www.gotoquiz.com/personality_quiz_1
2. After you have taken the quiz, copy and paste the results onto your blog.
3. Answer the following question:

- Do you agree with this statement about your personality? Why or why not? What part(s) of this statement true about you? What part(s) are not true about you?

Evaluate Student PowerPoints
http://tinyurl.com/pptstudent09

e i anwser the qrestions