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Lesson 7: ("r" "u" and home-row)

 

Hi, Welcome to the Lesson Seven.

(Today, the lesson is a product of collaboration

between Judy Prins, from Rundle School, and Anu Sharma, of Westglen.)

         In this lesson,

 

1          You will begin to learn how to include the keys above the home row

            in your keyboarding ("r" and "u".)

 

3          Use the Message Board to let your teacher know how you liked

            this lesson.

 

4          Practice your keyboarding and writing skills by

            using the Message Board.

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To get ready for this lesson, please resize your screens

and open up your word processor:

 

 

         You should be familiar with how to do this, as this skill was learned and reviewed in Lessons 1 through 6.

 

         If you have forgotten, please go back to Lesson 6, and review the steps

 

T 1       Place your fingers on the home row.  Check your posture. 

            Move only one finger at a time.  The other fingers should stay on the home row.

 

T  2      Reach with your left pinky up to the letter Q, and return to home row.

 

T  3      Reach with your right pinky up to the letter P, and return to home row.

 

T  4      Reach with your left ring finger up to the letter W, and return to home row.

 

T  5      Reach with your right ring finger up to the letter O, and return to home row.

 

T  6      Reach with your left middle finger up to the letter E, and return to the home row.

 

T  7      Reach with your right middle finger up to the letter I, and return to the home row.

 

T  8      Reach up with your left index finger up to the letter R, and return to the home row.

 

T  9      Reach up with your right index finger up to the letter U, and return to the home row.

 

T  10    Reach up and to the right, with your left index finger to the letter T,

            and return to the home row.

 

T  11    Reach up and to the left, with your right index finger to the letter Y,

            and return to the home row.

 

T  12    Go through steps 1 through 11 one more time.  Remember to focus

            on using only one finger for the movement,

            and the others should stay on the home row.

 

T  13    On your word processing screen, using your left index finger, type the following:

 

            frf frf frf frf (don’t forget to hit ENTER)

            rfr rfr rfr rfr

 

 

 

T 14     On your word processing screen, using your right index finger, type the following:

 

            juj juj juj juj (don’t forget to hit ENTER)

            uju uju uju uju

 

T 15     When you are done, your work should look like this:

           

            frf frf frf frf

            rfr rfr rfr rfr

            juj juj juj juj

            uju uju uju uju

 

T16                  Hit the ENTER key twice, and type the work one more time. 

            Your work should now look like this:

           

            frf frf frf frf

            rfr rfr rfr rfr

            juj juj juj juj

            uju uju uju uju

 

            frf frf frf frf

            rfr rfr rfr rfr

            juj juj juj juj

            uju uju uju uju

 

T  17    Now, we are going to type some words, using all of the letters you have

            learned so far.  Hit the ENTER key twice and type the following:

           

            fad rad lad had dad (don’t forget to hit ENTER)

            fad rad lad had dad

            far jar gar lar ;ar

            far jar gar lar ;ar

 

T18      Hit the ENTER key twice, and type the work one more time. 

            Your work should now look like this:

 

            frf frf frf frf

            rfr rfr rfr rfr

            juj juj juj juj

            uju uju uju uju

 

            frf frf frf frf

            rfr rfr rfr rfr

            juj juj juj juj

            uju uju uju uju

 

            fad rad lad had dad

            fad rad lad had dad

            far jar gar lar ;ar

            far jar gar lar ;ar

           

            fad rad lad had dad

            fad rad lad had dad

            far jar gar lar ;ar

            far jar gar lar ;ar

  You are now done typing.

         Discuss the Lesson with Classmates:

 

D 1       You can discuss this lesson with your classmates by using the Message Board.

Now, you are done. Good job! Turn off the computer and return

all handouts to your teacher.

Good-bye and have a nice day. Thank you.


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