The Power of Writing PD

Check all correct answers. There may be more than one correct answer. When students write, this increases their:

• Reading comprehension

• Reading fluency

• Content knowledge

• Listening skills

Writing is seen as a way to _______________ one's knowledge of content that is initially acquired through reading.

• Break down

• Clarify and refine

• Create

• Understand

Check all correct answers. There may be more than one correct answer. When students write, they:

• Synthesize

• Evaluate

• Summarize

• Define

There is a connection between _____________ and ___________, which is demonstrated through authentic writing tasks.

• Early literacy and balanced literacy

• Recreational literacy and workplace literacy

• Content literacy and recreational literacy

• Content literacy and workplace literacy

Having a clear ______ and _________ is key to authentic writing tasks.

• Purpose and rubric

• Purpose and audience

• Rubric and audience

• Audience and grammar

It is important that students are completing authentic ___________ writing tasks.

• Real-world

• Purely academic

• Social media

• Math and only math

It is important that students are using technology platforms such as:

• Blogs social media posts, Jamboards, writeabout, Prezi, Google Slides, Google Docs, etc.

• Google Slides and Google Docs only

• Blogs and social media posts only

• Prezi and PowerPoint only

In which subject areas should students be regularly writing?

• ELAR, math and science only

• ELAR, science and social studies only

• ELAR classes only

• All core content areas

Writing in every subject area regularly is a key tenet of the ____________ bilingual program.

• Transitional

• English immersion

• Early exit

• Gomez and Gomez dual language

Reading comprehension and _________ are skills that go hand in hand and reinforce one another.

• Writing

• Spelling

• Handwriting

• Math computation