Year 7: Skills Unit

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Organising Your Work

Task 1

Before you start any work in ICT you need somewhere to save it.  Your Teacher will show you how to copy the folder structure below into your own area.

Folder structure  Functional Skills exercise(2.1i,2.1ii,2.2i,3.1i,3.1ii,3.2i)

Task 2

Inside your folder structure create a folder called Skills.  Your Teacher will show you how to do this.  In here you will save all your work for this unit.

Additional activity: Functional skills-(2.1ii,2.1ii,3.1i,3.1ii,3.2i)

Teachers to complete Functional Skills tracking sheet

Lesson Activities

1 - Hardware
2 - Backstage view - Test 1
3 - Fonts & Paragraphs
4 - Copying, pasting and editing text
5 - The drawing toolbar
6 - Word art and clipart
7 - Time to test yourself

Additional activity: -Functional skills exercise(1.1ii)
Additional activity: -Functional Skills exercise(1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.5i,1.5ii)
 Additional activity: -Functional Skills exercise(2.1,3.1,4.1)

Teachers to complete Functional Skills tracking sheet

ICT Challenge (G+T): -Functional Skills exercise(1.1,1.1i)

1) Create a classroom rules poster.  Ensure you use the skills you have just developed in this unit of work.  You must ensure you:-

Click on this sheet to help you.  Classroom Rules.

2) In word write a paragraph outlining the importance of classroom rules.  Ensure you make use of effects such as Bold and underline and that your work is free of spelling mistakes.

Teachers to complete Functional Skills tracking sheet

Typing Tutor

Most year 7 pupils find it hard to type quickly.  Below is a website which will help you improve your typing speed.  When you have completed the lessons below you will be awarded a certificate.  Print out the certificate and show your teacher.  They will then record your progress in their mark book.

Click on the website below to start the lessons.  Ask your teacher for head phones so you can listen to the instructions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

Extension

Now have a go at the typing games below.  This will allow you to see how much your typing skills have improved.

http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/l/

Homeworks

Homework 1
Homework 2
Homework 3