Term: 3rd Term
Week: 2
Class: Senior Secondary School 1
Age: 15 years
Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each
Date:
Subject: Data Processing
Topic:- Word Processing II
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to
- State the functions of some features in Microsoft Word environment
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, pictures, Data Processing for senior Secondary Education by Hiit Plc, WAPB Computer Studies for Senior Secondary I by Adekunle et al, On-line Materials.
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
PERIOD 1-2
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PRESENTATION
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TEACHER’S ACTIVITY
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STUDENT’S ACTIVITY
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STEP 1
INTRODUCTION
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The teacher reviews the previous lesson on Word processing
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Students pay attention
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STEP 2
EXPLANATION
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He lists some of the features of the Microsoft Word environment
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Students pay attention and participates
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STEP 3
DEMONSTRATION
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He explains the functions of each of the features of the Microsoft Word environment
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Students pay attention and participate
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STEP 4
NOTE TAKING
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The teacher writes a summarized note on the board
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The students copy the note in their books
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NOTE
FUNCTIONS OF THE FEATURES OF THE MICROSOFT WORD ENVIRONMENT
- Office Button: When clicked, it displays a list of menus used regularly, e.g.New, Open, Save, Save As, Print, etc. It is located in the upper-left corner of the Windows program.
- Menu Bar: This bar displays a list of menus or options that users can choose from in order to carry out word processing operations. Every menu has a submenu and shows the heading for each drop-down menu.
- Title Bar: This is a horizontal bar on top of windows which displays the title or name of a document that is currently in use.
- Sizing Bars: These are set of three buttons located in the upper-right corner of the Windows program which are used for sizing the document as their names imply. They are also called Windows controls.
- Minimize Button: This is used to reduce or hide a document. It allows the user to open and work on another document without closing the previous one.
- Maximize Button: This is the middle button which looks like a rectangle and is used to increase, enlarge or restore a document or the Windows at first click, and at the second click, it reduces or minimizes the document or Windows whose size had been maximized.
- Close Button: This is the first button from the right, which appears as x on the screen and is used to close or exit a current document but not the Microsoft Word program.
- Submenu Options: These are the options available under the main menus listed on the menu bar.
- Vertical Scroll Bar: This is used to move up and down a document, thus allowing users to view the document being worked on.
- Horizontal Scroll Bar: This is used to move or scroll a document to the left or right in order to view the document.
- Typing Area: This is where users type in text or words that form part of their documents. It is also called work area or text area.
- Status Bar: This bar displays information concerning the document such as the current page, number of words and pages in the document.
- Taskbar: This displays the document that is currently been worked on and any other documents that must have been previously opened.
EVALUATION: 1. List and explain the functions of each feature of the Microsoft environment.
CLASSWORK: As in evaluation
CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively
