Name: Brian Dawson
Content Area: Software Apps
Woodland Hills High School
Lesson Plans
Date: 8/26/2013 - 8/30/2013
Length of Lesson: 5 days
Stage I – Desired Results
Lesson Topic (Standard/Anchor):
Big Ideas: Class Rules, Class Syllabus,
NBEA- IT IV --Input Technologies
15.4.12.D Evaluate emerging input
technologies
Keyboarding,
Internet Safety, Journal
Choose a PA Standard:
Entries, WHHS Internet Policy, Student
NBEA- IT III -- Operating Systems Utililites Choose a PA Standard:
Questionaire
Student Objectives (Competencies/Outcomes):
Students will be able to:
make journal entries in Microsoft Word as their warm-up
activity
Take guided notes to use as a summary of concepts in class
type on keyboard using grade level appropriate proficiency
Essential Questions: What are the class
rules?
Why is it important to be able to type
proficiently?
What does "Internet Safety mean?
What is the home row and why is it used?
What is the WHHS Internet Policy and why
is it important?
Understanding Goals (Concepts):
Journal entries as warm-up activity
Typing skill on keyboard at grade level
appropriate profiency
WHHS Internet Policy understanding
Editing a doucument in Microsoft Word
Saving appropriately & Retrieving files
Vocabulary: Literacy Week 1 Vocab
Editing, Saving, Folder, Keyboarding, Typing,
Home row, Reach Technique, Download,
Questionaire, Internet Safety
Edit a document in Microsoft Word
Stage II – Assessment Evidence
Performance Task: Guided Notes, Using the computer as a learning resource, Keyboarding Practice, Editing a document in
Microsoft Word
Other Evidence: teacher
observations
Stage III – Learning Plan
Materials & Resources: Computers, MicroType software, Syllabus, Parent Letter
Formative Assessment(s):
#4. Student Monitoring
#5. Graphic Organizers
#6. Peer Tutoring
#1. Pre-Assessment
#2. Summarizing Key Concepts
#3. Summarizing New Skills
CONTENT AREA READING: Hightlight important steps or key terms
Instructional Procedures*: (includes mini-lessons) Lecture / Guided Notes
Active Engagements used:
#1. Note-Taking
#2. Graphic Organizers
Others: Using
the computer, software and
internet as learning resources
Scaffolding used:
#1. Guided Notes
#2 . Build Vocabulary
Others: Build
on prior knowledge
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
 Discuss "Class Rules" PPT
 Discuss class syllabus
 Demo and help students
create electronic folders
for saving class work
 Demo how to download
files from my teacher
website
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 Demo how to download
 Warm-Up: Create
files from my teacher
website
 Discuss "WHHS Internet
Policy" PPT as students fill
in guided notes as
summary
 Show "Internet Safety"
video as students fill in
guided notes as summary

"Journal" word doc.
and give students first
word to look up and
enter in their journal
 Distribute and discuss
"Parent Letter" to be
signed and returned
for credit
 Discuss "Student
Questionaire word
doc. assignment

 Demo how to
download files from
my teacher website

Assignments
 Listen about "Class Rules"
 Create electronic folder
for saving class work
 Watch demo about how
to download files from
Mr. Dawson's website
 Download "WHHS Internet
Policy" from teacher
website
 Take Guided Notes on
WHHS Network Policy
 Watch "Internet Safety"
video and fill in guided
notes

 Complete Warm-Up

 Download and save
"Student
Questionaire" from
teacher website and
begin to fill out and
save in Software Apps
folder

I updated my teacher website.
 Warm-Up: Open Journal and
 Warm-Up: Open Journal and
make 2nd vocab entry
make 3rd vocab entry
 Instruct students to retrieve
 Instruct students to retrieve
"Student Questionaire" doc.
and continue work filling it
out and saving in Software
Apps folder
 Instruct students how to
submit "Student
Questionaire" appropriately
on my teacher website
 Demo freetypinggame.com
as an internet resource to
help build keyboarding skill
 Assess effort and skill using
the keyboard
"Student Questionaire" doc.
and continue work filling it
out and saving in Software
Apps folder
 Instruct students how to
submit "Student
Questionaire" appropriately
to my teacher website
 Demo freetypinggame.com
as an internet resource to
help build keyboarding skill
 Assess effort and skill using
the keyboard

 Complete Warm-Up
 Complete Warm-Up

 Electronically retrieve
"Student Questionaire" doc.
and continue work filling it
out and saving in Software
Apps folder
 Submit to Mr. Dawson's
teacher website
 Work on keyboarding skills
using the internet as a
resource
I updated my grades on edline.

 Electronically retrieve
"Student Questionaire" doc.
and continue work filling it
out and saving in Software
Apps folder
 Submit to Mr. Dawson's
teacher website
 Turn in "Parent Letter" for
credit
 Work on keyboarding skills
using the internet as a
resource
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