Keyboarding · Lesson Plan
Keyboarding Lesson 6: U, X, P Keys
Lesson 6, the final lesson of the course. Students add the last three letters — u, x, and p — and focus on stroking technique and typing with continuity, tying together everything learned in Lessons 1–5.
For Teachers
Lesson at a glance
- Topic
- Keyboarding
- Grade Level
- Grades 5–12
- Resource Type
- Lesson + Worksheet
- Estimated Time
- 20–30 minutes
- Format
- Guided practice + drill worksheet
- Materials
- Keyboards, finger chart, paper to cover hands, drill worksheets
What Students Learn
Learning objectives
- Review typing position and the home row
- Reach up with the right first finger to type u
- Reach down with the left third finger to type x
- Reach up with the right little finger to type p
- Practice key-stroking technique and typing with continuity — without pausing between letters
- Continue increasing typing speed on all letters learned across the course
Materials
What you’ll need
- Printable Lesson 6 practice worksheet
- Computer keyboards (one per student)
- A printable keyboard finger chart
- Paper to cover students’ hands during drills (optional, for touch-typing discipline)
Key Terms
Vocabulary
- Continuity
- Typing letter to letter at a steady pace without stopping or hesitating between keystrokes.
For Teachers
Lesson plan
Estimated time: one 20–30 minute class period.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Keyboarding (Lesson 1).
Lesson sequence
- Review (5 min). Review typing position and the home row. This is the last new-key lesson of the course, so take a moment to name every key learned so far: e, h, o, t, i, n, w, r, c, plus shift, period, space, and return.
- Introduce u, x, and p (5 min). Students start with fingers on the home row and locate the new keys, watching their fingers as they reach: right first finger reaches up to u; left third finger reaches down to x; right little finger reaches up to p.
- Stroking technique (10 min). Focus this lesson’s drills on continuity — moving from letter to letter without pausing or hesitating, rather than striking one key at a time and stopping. Practice short real words that use the new keys (u, x, p) alongside letters already learned.
- Full worksheet (5–10 min). Complete the printable worksheet, which is the course’s final drill — every letter taught across all six lessons.
Assessment
By the end of this lesson, students should be able to type every letter covered in the course from the home row without looking at the keyboard, though not yet at full speed.
Extension
Have students type a short sentence of their own choosing using every key learned across the course, timing themselves and trying to beat their own time on a second attempt.
This lesson is for educational purposes only. Practice at the pace that works for your class — accuracy first, speed later.
Discussion
Discussion questions
- What does ‘typing with continuity’ mean, and how is it different from just being fast?
- Which of the six lessons’ new keys did you find hardest to reach without looking, and why?
- Now that you know every letter in this course, what would help you keep building speed?
Printable Worksheet
Keyboarding Lesson 6 — Worksheet
The course’s final practice drill worksheet, covering every letter taught across all six lessons.
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Lesson 1 of 6: correct typing posture and the home row (A S D F, J K L ;) — the foundation every later keyboarding lesson assumes is already solid.
Lesson · Grades 5 12Lesson 2 — Type Reach: E, H, O
Lesson 2 of 6: the first reaches off the home row — e, h, and o — building on the posture and home row from Lesson 1.
Lesson · Grades 5 12Lesson 3 — Shift Key: T, I
Lesson 3 of 6: the t and i keys, plus the shift key for capital letters — typed without looking down.
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