Highlighting to Type Over Lesson
Imagine
you are using Control right arrow to check the contents of a paragraph
and you hear a word that you want to change. Simply press and
hold down both the Control and Shift keys and hit the right arrow one
time. The word is now highlighted. Type a new word followed
by a space. When you highlight a word, unless there is something
like a period or comma, the space after the word also gets highlighted.
If there is a period, comma, semi-colon or other punctuation
after the word, do not space--highlighting does not highlight the
punctuation, if you hit the right arrow only one time. Do the
following to work on this skill.
1. Type "A big blue dog." (without the quotes)
2. Hit the Home key to move to the beginning of the line.
3. Press and hold down the Control key and hit the right arrow key until you hear "blue."
4. Press and hold down both the Control and Shift keys and hit the right arrow key one time.
5. Type the word "brown" (without the quotes) followed by a space.
6. Hit the Home key to move to the beginning of the line.
7.
Press and hold down the Control key and hit the right arrow key
repeatedly to move through the sentence. You should hear "A big
brown dog."
8. Hit the End key to move to the end of the line.
9. Hit the Enter key one time to go to a new line.
10. Type "The sky is falling." (without the quotes)
11. Hit the Home key to move to the beginning of the line.
12. Press and hold down the Control key and hit the right arrow key until you hear the word "falling."
13.
Press and hold down both the Control and Shift keys and hit the
right arrow one time. The word "falling" is highlighted but the
period is not.
14. Type the word "blue" (without the quotes)
15. Hit the Home key to move to the beginning of the line.
16.
Press and hold down the Control key and hit the right arrow
repeatedly to move through the sentence. You should hear "The sky
is blue."
17. Make up some of your own sentences and practice this skill.
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