Essay writing student tasks
Learning to type is a great skill to help students get better grades at school.
Watching videos of how to use technologies to write better essays is a worthwhile task.
For all the videos provided for this topic click here
To ensure students understand what has been taught, it is highly recommended they use their new knowledge.
Doing so will not suit every student.
Older students might consider tasks a waste of time and feel confident they will use the tech once back at school.
Busy students might not find the time to complete these tasks
Some younger students might not need to use all the functionality taught for some time.
This varies greatly from school to school.
The fact a younger student is on this course would suggest they will need to type on their return to school.Young students should be encouraged to type otherwise they will lose the muscle memory.
Hence parental guidance is essential
Sadly, most schools do not teach these skills, but these web pages will be available to refer to in the future.
Task 1 - Reorganise the Hare & the Tortoise Story
This task is designed with younger students in mind. It will help them utilise Read aloud on the web and Cut and paste in Microsoft Word.
Download the task by clicking here
Parental help is advised.
Task 2 - Correct & improve descriptive writing
This task helps students utilise various helpful Word functionality.
This might be a good task to do with parents
The task differs depending on whether the student has Microsoft 365 installed on their machine. (Remember if the child’s school has a Microsoft Education license you might be able to get a free copy from the school)
Where students do not have Microsoft installed they can use Word Online to do the same exercise.
Microsoft 365
Click here to watch a short video to see how to download the document
Once downloaded
SAVE AS then give your copy a new name, that includes the student’s name.
Word Online
BEFORE attempting this task Click here to watch this short video
Click here to open the document.
Click here to download the task
Once copied SAVE AS then give your copy a new name, that includes the student’s name.
IMPORTANT - Do NOT update this document. Otherwise, the first student will make the corrections the task will not work for others
Task 3 - Dictation
This task includes 3 types of dications that students will need to use.
TASK - Create an email to someone asking them to make this recipie with you.
Dicate the message explaining what you want to do, - Students own unique thoughts.
Dictate the ingredients exactly as they are shown. - Exact copy of information supplied.
Dictate the Method of making the cake in you own words having read the reciped. - Summarise the method but using your own words.
Have a look at a model answer below. Do not copy it but use to better understand what is required.
Always think about how you can make your work easy to read.
Create something you would want to read?Dont clutter the page with lots of text.
Think about using:
Fonts
Colours
Bullets
Space
Heading
Sub-headings
Numbering.
To make work easy to read and understand.
Save the message you create and email it to me caroline@achievenow.org.uk
Grammarly
When you type notes you can take advantage of Add-on writing help live Grammarly.
The videos on this playlist explain how to use the free version and what extra functionality comes when you purchase the premium version.
Click on the image above to watch the videos
Automatic back-up
One of the advantages of typing work is having it automatically backed up to the cloud. However, it is necessary to have an account and set your device up so it automatically backs up. This is a quick and often FREE task.