Lesson 23: Right-Hand and Left-Hand Drills

Score: 10 points
Directions: Follow the steps listed below along with the teacher's instructions.
Notice: The text that you are instructed to type is displayed in a Lucinda Sans Typewriter font.

Printer-Friendly Version

WARM-UP

• Return your hands to the keyboard.
• Open Windows Notepad
• Maximize your window
• Go to File -- Save
  • Go to your Keyboarding Folder: Z:\\Keyboarding\
  • Name your file "Lesson23"
• Type your Name and the Date at the top of the document.
  • Press Enter 4 Times
• Type the following line three times with accuracy.

  My paper arrived in the mail late today.

EXERCISE 1: LEFT HAND

• Save your file: File -- Save.
• Type each line three times. Double space after each 3-line group:

  eve saw was gas eat were teas reds vest
  gate raft fact cart data stew bear crab
  weave state grave dread reads brag west

STRETCH BREAK

• Take a minute to stretch out
  • Stand up
  • Bend down and touch your toes
  • Stretch your arms above your head
  • Stretch your arms out to your sides
  • Flex your fingers

EXERCISE 2: RIGHT HAND

• Save your file: File -- Save.
• Type each line three times. Double space after each 3-line group:

  you oil hum nun ply noun kill yolk pump
  hymn pony polo loin link mill upon jump
  union hilly lumpy nymph onion noun hill

EXERCISE 3: ALTERNATE HANDS

• Save your file: File -- Save.
• Type each line three times. Double space after each 3-line group:

  sew ion ate him ear you tar nil car inn
  west pulp date look fast mink rate milk
  union serve jolly craze phony dear link

STRETCH BREAK

• Take a minute to stretch out
  • Stand up
  • Bend down and touch your toes
  • Stretch your arms above your head
  • Stretch your arms out to your sides
  • Flex your fingers

EXERCISE 4: TIMED PRACTICE

• Save your file: File -- Save.
• Practice the set of lines twice. Double space after each set.
• Take a 1-minute timed writing, repeating as necessary.
  • GOAL: 20 wpm, 1 error

STRETCH BREAK

• Take a minute to stretch out
  • Stand up
  • Bend down and touch your toes
  • Stretch your arms above your head
  • Stretch your arms out to your sides
  • Flex your fingers

EXTRA PRACTICE

1. Save your file: File -- Save
2. If you have extra time after completing the assigned task:
   1. Enter twice after the end of the text in your current document
   2. Type the heading EXTRA PRACTICE in all Capital letters
   3. Enter twice more after typing the heading
   4. Repeat the lines from the current lesson
   5. Repeat step 4 if necessary
3. Use your imagination to develop 10 lines of text using the keys that you have learned up to this point.

FINISH UP

1. Double-check that your name and the date is at the top of the page
2. Save your file: File -- Save
3. Print to Lab Printer
   1. DO NOT go to printer to pick it up.Your instructor will pick up all pages at once.

Home | Procedures | Resources | Cowden-Herrick Schools

---

Contact Us with comments, questions, or concerns

by: Casey Jo Burrus | Last Updated: December 28, 2013
NOTE: The lessons on this site were compiled using the resources listed on the Resources page.
This lesson derived from from Step-By-Step Computer Keyboarding .