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ABOUT
THE KEYBOARD
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IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ: This topic consists of a number of activities. Some activities are supported by exercises on paper which can be downloaded and printed out, others are onscreen and interactive. The activities are designed to be followed sequentially, as each activity builds on content and language knowledge acquired in the previous activity.
N.B. You should download and print any paper-based resource that goes with the web page it supports before going to the web page
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Activities marked with asterisk (*) need Macromedia's Shockwave Player to work. This is free software and can be easily downloaded HERE from the NSW DET site (NSW DET schools only). |
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ACTIVITIES:
| ABOUT THE KEYBOARD | |
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Matching exercise. Identifying punctuation marks. |
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Matching exercise. Identifying important typing symbols. |
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Multiple choice questions on information text about the keyboard. |
| Cloze passage and reference terms exercise about the keyboard. | |
| Sequencing exercise. Using logical connectives. | |
| Sentence construction exercise using GWEG (Guided Writing Exercise Generator). | |
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Evaluation tasks. Overview and accompanying writing task. These tasks are printouts.
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| WORD PROCESSING - Vocabulary Exercises | |
| True or false exercise - word processing terminology. | |
| Snakes and ladders game - word processing terminology. | |
| Comprehension on using the computer for word processing. | |
| Sequencing activity about word processing. | |
