Using the Word Processor

Review the procedure of using a word processor to write a letter. Writers read 20 sentences that are each missing one action verb. They use the words in the word bank to complete the sentences. 

Deepen understanding of email correspondence. Begin by tapping into prior experience with email and word processing. Learners then send emails to one another, practicing attaching images and copying and pasting their work into a word...

Here is an app version of a powerful tool that allows you and your students to have one place where you can capture, organize, and share items in multiple media formats.  The different uses for this app are as varied as your ideas and...

This is a fantastic resource for teachers to have in their tool belts upon entering into the world of using Google Docs in the classroom! It is a reference sheet with step-by-step instructions and graphics for everything from basic...

Learners write a Thanksgiving poem using a word processing program. They copy and paste, change font type, color and size, and add clip art.

Students create a brochure for new students. In this writing process lesson, students brainstorm, create and edit ideas for making a brochure for new students. Students use a word processor to make the brochure and edit, copy, move, and...

Students engage in producing responses to "what" questions and their written responses will be recorded in a Travel Journal. They produce their respones using a word processor. This lesson is very detailed and a rubic is included.

Learners finish a sentence handout sheet. They use a computer with any word processing tool on it such as Word Pad. Students use computer keyboarding skills as well as sentence structure and learning to use the bold and underline...

Students study various typefaces in terms of their line quality and shape. Then they use various editing functions in a word processor to create a text document whose typefaces show a particular emotion.

Students play the game "Word Association" for keyboarding practice. They use a word processor to discuss keyboarding techniques and posture. Students practice typing in the answers one right after the other for phrases like "macaroni...