Typing

Typing/Sentence Skills Class

Teacher: Lili Adeli - LiliAdeli@boulderprep.org


Objective: This class is intended to help students improve their typing skills to at least 40 words per minute. Additionally, students will learn basic sentence and grammar skills while practicing their typing.


Grading:

10% Participation You are expected to complete the assigned typing and sentence skills lessons each day. Use of cell phones, internet, music channels or other distractions may delay your progress and could result in a reduction of your participation score. Use this time wisely to achieve your typing goal.
40% Typing Web Lessons There is a total of 16 Typing lessons and 2 Wrap Up lessons. You are expected to complete assigned lessons during class. If you do not complete the lesson in class, it should be done as homework.
40% A+ Lessons There is a total of 20 Sentence Skills lessons. You are expected to complete assigned lessons during class. If you do not complete the lesson in class, it should be done as homework.
10% Typing Speed The goal is 40wpm scaled for 100% accuracy. You will lose points for every word less than 50wpm or you can gain extra credit for every word greater than 40wpm.

Class Sites:

www.typingweb.com/tutor – Typing Lessons, Games and Tests

  • Beginner Course = 8 Lessons + Wrap Up
  • Intermediate Course = 8 Lessons + Wrap Up
  • Login = bphs.firstname Password = firstname

www.wba.aplusanywhere.com/boulder/ – Sentence Skills Lessons

  • Nouns and Pronouns = 5 Lessons
  • Singular-Plural = 5 Lessons
  • Verb Tense = 5 Lessons
  • Subject-Verb Agreement = 5 Lessons
  • Login = firstnamelastinitial Password = firstnamelastinitial

*Unless you had a different login/password from before

www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp – Games!! Yay



Session 1
  1. The Keyboard
  2. Typing Web Test as baseline
  3. Home row keys and games
Session 2
  1. Nouns/Pronoun – Mini Lesson
  2. A+ Nouns and Pronouns 1&2
  3. Bottom Row and games
Session 3
  1. Hide and Seek – I or Me Mini Lesson
  2. A+ Nouns and Pronouns 3-5
  3. Homerow and Beyond and games
Session 4
  1. Hide and Seek - S/He or Her/Him Mini Lesson
  2. Venturing Out and games
Session 5
  1. Don't be Self-ish - Mini Lesson
  2. Easy Home Row Words and games
Session 6
  1. Than I am/do - Mini Lesson
  2. Easy Top Row Words and Games
Session 7
  1. There, Their, They're - Mini Lesson
  2. Easy Bottom Row Words and games
Session 8
  1. Plurals - Mini Lesson
  2. A+ Singular 1 & 2
  3. Beginner Wrap Up
Session 9
  1. This, That, These, and Those - Mini Lesson
  2. A+ Singular 3-5
  3. Alphabet Soup A-M and games
Session 10
  1. Possession - Mini Lesson
  2. Alphabet Soup N-Z and games
Session 11
  1. Apostrophes - Mini Lesson
  2. Capital Letters, Capital Words and games
Session 12
  1. Verbs - Mini Lesson
  2. A+ Verbs 1 & 2
  3. Basic Punctuation
Session 13
  1. Subjects - Mini Lesson
  2. A+ Verbs 3-5
  3. Most Common Words and games
Session 14
  1. Subjects and Verbs - Mini Lesson
  2. A+ Subject-Verb 1&2
  3. Numbers Letters Numbers and games
Session 15
  1. Speed Drills and games
Session 16
  1. Blank Keyboard
  2. Intermediate Wrap Up
  3. Final Typing Tests