Deck 6: The Process of Writing

Question 1

Prior to the 1960s, writing instruction focused on _________.

Answer 1

skills

Question 2

What are the principles of a writing workshop?

Answer 2

community, choice, response

Question 3

During ________, a writer reviews his or her entire piece of writing and makes deletions and additions.

Answer 3

revision

Question 4

During _______, the writer focuses on the mechanics of the composition.

Question 5

What are the five steps in the process approach model to writing?

Question 6

In a(n) __________ journal, students assume the identity of another person, such as a pioneer or an astronaut, and writes from that person's viewpoint.

Question 7

_______________ writing includes research reports and technical explanations.

Question 8

A(n) __________ is a story of a person's life written by that person.

Question 9

The Common Core State Standards emphasizes three different types of writing, what are they?

Question 10

What are the 6 + 1 Writing Traits?

Question 11

Writing is unique to the individual and does not follow a fixed formula.

Question 12

Research has shown that skills and drills alone can make a good writer.

Question 13

Allowing students to draw is one way to get them started in writing.

Question 14

To develop writing skills, it is best to have a set time each day for writing activities.

Question 15

When writing a rough draft, a student should focus on the mechanics of the paper.

Question 16

When conferencing with a student, the teacher should first focus on the content of the paper.

Question 17

Editing should be taught as a separate skill that comes after revising.

Question 18

Having a pen pal is one way to learn letter-writing skills.

Question 19

When writing a learning log, students should focus on mechanics.

Question 20

The 6 + 1 Trait Writing Assessment describes the most common writing errors.

Question 21

Which of the following is the basis for fiction writing?

A) To relate research findings
B) To relate what one has learned in a particular subject
C) To relate feelings and thoughts
D) To relate to someone else how to make something

Question 22

A direct instructional mini-lesson includes all of the following EXCEPT

A) Identify a specific skill to be taught
B) Select a children's book that exemplifies the skill
C) Teach the skill to remedial students who need it
D) Model the strategy for the whole group

Question 23

What is the purpose for including poetry in the curriculum?

A) To get students to memorize
B) To teach the different types of poetry
C) To understand figurative language
D) To enjoy reading and writing poems

Question 24

Anecdotal records are used for all of the following EXCEPT

A) To help the teacher record class observations
B) To help the teacher keep attendance records
C) To share a child's behaviors with caregivers at a later conference
D) To identify a child's strengths and weaknesses

Question 25

Traditional approaches to writing include all of the following EXCEPT

A) Assigned topics
B) Emphasis on the mechanics
C) Rewriting a final copy for publication
D) The teacher as the only audience

Question 26

The main purpose of a teacher-student conference during the revising stage includes all of the following EXCEPT

A) To give positive feedback to the student writer
B) To answer students' questions
C) To discover any problem areas that need to be retaught
D) To point out any mechanical errors

Question 27

Student writing can be assessed by which of the following methods?

A) Student journals
B) Student portfolios
C) Teacher-made tests
D) All of the above

Question 28

What is the main purpose of expository writing?

A) To tell a tall tale
B) To write a story based on an historical figure
C) To convey information
D) None of the above

Question 29

Organization of expository texts can include which of the following?

A) Compare/contrast
B) Sequencing
C) Cause/effect
D) All of the above
E) Neither a, b, or c

Question 30

Which of the following could be a Quest project?

A) Students going overseas
B) Students doing something they never did before
C) Students exploring for a treasure
D) None of the above

Question 31

Describe the different ways you will assess students' writing development.

Question 32

In "How to Eat a Poem," Eve Merriam wrote: "Don't be polite / Bite in. Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that may run down your chin." Explain how you will get your students to want to read and write poetry.

Question 33

What are the different types of writing activities you will have your students do? How will these activities develop students' skills as well as a love of writing?

Question 34

What are the five main stages in a process approach to writing? What different activities take place in each stage?

Question 35

Describe the various elements of a writing workshop.

Question 36

How will you organize your teacher and peer conferences to facilitate the writing process?

Question 37

James Britton said that "Knowledge is a process of knowing rather than a storehouse of the known." Explain this quote as it relates to the teaching of writing.

Question 38

Describe how you will get your students to use technology as a part of the writing process.

Question 39

Develop your own writing rubric to assess students' writing and defend each of your categories.