441 Week 8 Review

Writing is random upper case consonants without spacing or directionality. What stage of the writing process does this describe?

• Letters and spaces/Transitional

• Strings of letters/Early emergent

• Drawing/Preliterate

• Conventional writing/Fluent

Orthography refers to . . .

• Word meaning and semantics

• Syntactical conventions

• Conventional spelling and writing systems

• The history of writing

Which of the following refers to narrowing the topic of a written piece?

• Organization

• Ideas

• Voice

• Word choice

Students write a news article about school events. They were most likely addressing which type of writing?

• Persuasive

• Narrative

• Poetry

• Informative

What are mentor texts?

• High quality texts used to model specific writing

• Student writing to model revision

• Texts written by the teacher to model text complexity

• Library book read for pleasure

Which of the following is a key component of a writing workshop?

• Spelling tests

• Mini-lesson

• Grammar worksheets

• Handwriting practice

Which of the following standards applies to opinion writing?

• Supporting a point-of-view with reasons

• Develop real or imagined events

• Create smooth progression of experiences

• Use dialogue to develop characters