Stages of Writing Development - Sample Praxis Questions

During a writing activity, a kindergarten teacher observes a student writing strings of letters and occasionally a recognizable word. The student tells a story about what he has written, although the words on the page do not match his oral story. This stage of writing is known as:

• Pre-Literate Writing

• Emergent Writing

• Transitional Writing

• Fluency Writing

A Child Development (Pre-K) teacher provides her students with crayons and paper during free play. She notices that one of her students is making random marks and sometimes holds the crayon in a fist. This student is likely in which stage of writing development?

• Pre-Literate Writing

• Emergent Writing

• Transitional Writing

• Fluent Writing

A second-grade student is able to write simple sentences and is starting to use punctuation correctly. However, her spelling mostly phonetic, and she struggles with common sight words. This student is in which stage of writing development?

• Pre-Literate Writing

• Emergent Writing

• Transitional Writing

• Fluent Writing

A fourth-grade student is writing multi-paragraph essays, using varied sentence structures, and has a strong grasp on spelling and grammar rules. This student is in which stage of writing development?

• Pre-Literate

• Emergent Writing

• Transitional Writing

• Fluent Writing

Which of the following best describes the Emergent Writing Stage?

• Students are beginning to understand that writing is a way of communicating.

• Students are using writing to express their ideas and tell stories, even if the writing is not fully developed.

• Students are developing the basic motor skills to make marks on a page.

• Students are writing multi-paragraph essays with correct spelling and punctuation.

In which stage of writing development do students begin to use punctuation correctly, but still rely heavily on phonetic spelling?

• Pre-Literate Writing

• Emergent Writing

• Transitional Writing

• Fluent Writing

The Pre-Literate Writing stage is crucial for developing...

• Phonetic spelling skills

• Basic motor skills for making marks on a page

• The ability to write multi-paragraph essays

• The use of varied sentence structures

In the Fluent Writing stage, students are expected to...

• Begin understanding that writing is a form of communication

• Rely heavily on phonetic spelling

• Write multi-paragraph essays with correct spelling and punctuation

• Make random marks on the page with occasional recognizable words