Features of Word Processing (Primary 6)

COMPUTER STUDIES (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FIRST TERM / WEEK 7

SECOND TERM / WEEK 1 – AS REVISION 

PRIMARY 6

THEME: MICROSOFT WORD 

PREVIOUS LESSON –

• First Term – Advantages and Disadvantages of Computer Network (Primary 6)

• Second Term – FIRST TERM EXAMINATION LINKS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS

TOPIC: FEATURES OF WORD PROCESSING 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to –

recall and identify the features of word processing.

ENTRY BEHAVIOR

Functional computer system with ms – word.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of –

functional computer systems with ms word.

METHOD OF TEACHING – Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

LESSON ONE – INTRODUCTION

Teacher’s/Pupil’s Activities – Guides the pupils to type their full name using basic features of ms – word.

 

WORD PROCESSING 

Word processing includes a number of tools to format your pages.

For example, you can organize your text into columns, add page numbers, insert illustrations, etc.

FEATURES OF WORD PROCESSING 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Teachers/Pupil’s Activities – Typing using ms basic features.

3. Guides the pupils to recall and identify word processing and its features.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify the features of word processing.

CONCLUSION

• To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson – retrieve and edit save documents.

• Next Lesson – Retrieve and Edit Saved Documents (Primary 6)

LESSON EVALUATION

Pupils to identify the features of word processing in diagram below.