Web Words and Your First Page
Computer Science Fundamentals Grades 9–12 3-day lesson 26 deliverables In this web design lesson, students learn how HTML tags tell a browser what goes on a web page. They find web words in a made-up plant nursery's home page code, then fix pages with tags that break them.
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45-minute daysEvery day planned and timed
A short browser game practices this lesson with new examples. Students play on a computer or tablet, with no account and nothing to install. Use it with the lesson or instead of the paper activity.
Play itWhat does this lesson cover?
Students see web pages every day, but many have never looked at the code behind one. This lesson starts with a business's home page and its code, so every new word has an example. Students learn to check the code itself, because a page can look fine in a browser and still have mistakes.
The lab on Day 2 has an online version that uses Web Lab, our online game, in the First Page level. It practices writing the tags of a first web page and fixing the ones that break it. Every online version comes with a paper version, so no internet is needed. Our game is free, with no accounts or sign-ins.
First Page
Students fix four pages and write the fixed code, what was wrong and what each page or tab shows now, on paper or in the Web Lab.
Everything that's included
00 Start Here
- READ FIRST: every file in the lesson and when you use it
- Teacher guide and pacing: the plan for each day, what to print and how to grade
- Skills map: which standards each day teaches
01 Present
- One editable PowerPoint deck for all three days, 28 slides, with speaker notes
- Slide script: the speaker notes, printed
- Bell ringers: a short warm-up for each day
02 Student Handouts
- Guided notes for all three days, in PDF and editable Word, with the word bank on the page
- Vocab slip: the lesson's words and what they mean, on one page
03 Labs
- First Page: fix four pages and write the fixed code, what was wrong and what each page or tab shows now, on paper or in the Web Lab
04 Activities
- Label the Page: find eight web words in a plant nursery's home page code and say what each one means
- Fix the Hours Page: find and fix two mistakes in a new page's code
05 Assessment
- Exit tickets, one per day: quick questions that show who needs more help
- Lesson quiz: 10 multiple-choice questions and 2 written answers about all three days
06 Answer Keys
- 5 answer key files: a key for each day (its bell ringer, notes and exit ticket) and the activity and lab keys, plus the quiz key
Digital: Google Forms™ + Google Slides™
- 4 Google Forms™ of the exit tickets and the quiz, ready to copy into your Drive
- The multiple choice grades itself, and you grade the written answers
- A Google Slides™ copy of the deck, with the same slides and speaker notes, for Google Classroom™
Online: Web Lab
- Web Lab, First Page level: the online version of the Day 2 lab
- Every online version has a paper version, so no internet is needed
- Free to play, with no accounts or sign-ins
Why teachers love this lesson
Every web word has an exampleStudents find each web word in a business's home page code or in the case, then say what it means in their own words.
Students explain every fixFor each broken page, students write the fixed code, what was wrong and what the page or the tab shows now.
Print and digitalEvery page is a print-ready PDF, and the Google Forms™ and Google Slides™ let you teach the same lesson in Google Classroom™.
Real online activitiesStudents can use Web Lab on a computer or tablet, and every online version has a paper version that works with no internet.
A key for every pageEvery day has its own answer key, and every written question has a sample answer and what to look for.
Every day fits a 45-minute classEach day's plan is timed activity by activity against real reading and writing speeds.
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How do I get the files after I buy?
Instant download right after checkout: PowerPoint and Word files you can edit, print-ready PDFs, and links that copy the Google Forms™ and Google Slides™ into your Drive.
Can I buy the whole unit or course instead?
Yes. This lesson is part of the Unit 6 bundle and the complete Computer Science Fundamentals course. Both cost less than buying the lessons one at a time.
Is this AP Computer Science?
No. It is a full-year, non-AP intro course for grades 9 to 12. For AP, see AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A.
What formats are the files in?
Every page is a print-ready PDF. The slides are an editable PowerPoint and the guided notes an editable Word file. The exit tickets and the quiz also come as Google Forms™, and the deck as Google Slides™.
Which standards does it cover?
Written for Florida's Advanced Information Technology course (9007610). The skills map in the lesson shows which standards each day teaches.