Writing Process Quiz

Writing development has predictable stages. Which of the following answer options best describes the stages of writing development?

Letter formation, word writing, sentence construction, spelling, punctuation, and grammatical expression

The writing process needs to be taught and retaught in many grades, including the fifth grade. Which list below includes the steps in the writing process?

Planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing

A first-grade student writes the following sentence on the board: "Mi dg lks mi hnd" (my dog licks my hand). Which of the following does the student's sentence best demonstrate?

Pre-phonemic Spelling

A teacher has the students do the following: - Determine a writing audience - Identify a purpose - Provide a list of writing topics Based on the list of activities, which stage of writing are the students most likely working on?

Prewriting

Which of the following statements about the stages of writing development is most accurate?

Students learn the writing process in predictable stages, but the rate and mastery of student learning will vary

A teacher assigns the students a research paper. The teacher arranges for his students to use the computer lab during class for research on the Internet. Which of the following would NOT be an appropriate research skill to teach students?

Students should use the Internet to develop a research plan

Ms. Ader wants her students to develop an understanding of how to write for different audiences. Which of the following writing activities will best address this goal?

Students write to a friend about their school experiences so far. Students then rewrite the letter for their teacher.

A fourth-grade student is finishing the research stage of a research paper. Which of the following strategies will help the student most appropriately organize the research information prior to writing?

Summarize the information from each resource

Read the following quote from a literary character: "We could live off the fatta the lan'." The structure and spelling of this quote most conveys:

The educational background of the character

Which of the following stages of spelling development is primarily characterized by letter-sound correspondence?

Phonetic

Which of the following is used to provide information about the source of information in a text?

A citation

Which of the following syllable types is the first syllable of the word "excellent"?

A closed syllable

Which of the following is the best example of expository writing?

A research report

Which of the following syllable types is the last syllable in the word "rename"?

A vowel-consonant-e syllable

Mrs. Gomez wants to promote writing skills among her students. She communicates with parents about various at-home activities they can do with their children to promote writing skills. Which of the following activities would best promote writing skills among students?

Allow students to write in any way with various instruments

Which of the following will best support early elementary students in the prewriting stage of the writing process?

Allowing students to use verbal communication to organize their thoughts

Question 1Select the appropriate response Which of the following would be considered the most reliable source for student research?

An educational institution's website

A third-grade teacher wants her students to use academic vocabulary when writing about a recent vacation, trip, or memory. Which of the following types of assignments should the teacher assign to encourage and allow students to use academic vocabulary in their writing assignment?

An expository essay about the event

A third-grade class is learning the steps of the writing process. The students are currently writing sentences and paragraphs. Which of the following steps of the writing process have students already completed?

Brainstorming ideas on a topic

Read the sentence below and answer the question: If the team wins the next game, they will go to the championship game, but that will be the hardest game to win. The sentence is an example of which of the following?

Compound-complex sentence

Mr. Slater has assigned his class a research project on South America. Each student will research a specific region or people of South America, write a paper, and then present their findings to the class. Mr. Slater wants the parents to be aware of the project and the assessment criteria for the project. Which of the following would be the best strategy to ensure parents are aware of the assessment criteria for the project?

Creating a detailed checklist of assessment criteria for each phase of the project and sharing it with parents

During the writing process, fifth-grade students need to be enabled to organize information and build on ideas by choosing an appropriate organizational strategy which might include sequence of events, cause and effect, or compare and contrast. Which of the following best describes this practice?

Drafting

Ongoing assessment is extremely important in writing and the writing process. Which of the following is the least important reason for ongoing assessment?

Ensuring that there will be many grades in the grade book on writing in order to have better conferences with parents

Which of the following would not be an appropriate editing activity for a third-grade class?

Give the students writing templates

Ms. Ader reads a book aloud to her students. She introduces unfamiliar words during the reading and wants to promote the students' vocabulary development after the reading. Which of the following activities would best support Ms. Ader's goal?

Have students draw a picture that illustrates the definition of the unfamiliar words

To best develop sentence-building and syntax skills, a second-grade teacher would implement which of the following?

Have word banks to create sentences

Students in upper elementary grades need to be able to ask appropriate questions about their own writing, such as "Did I capitalize all proper nouns and the beginning of sentences?", "Did I use proper punctuation?", and "Did I use parts of speech correctly?" Which of the following best explains the importance of this?

Help students learn the process of editing their own and each other's writing

During the revising stage of the writing process which of the following would be most beneficial for students?

Holding peer conferences

A third-grade teacher plans a unit of lessons that consist of the following activities in chronological order: Students immerse in the topic of "Animals in the Tundra". They feel a sample of polar bear fur and play "Find Your Answer Partner" by giving each child a slip of paper that has either a question or an answer on it about living conditions in the tundra. At that time, the students will find the partner that matches their slip. The students are then allowed to reference a drawing of an animal that lives in the tundra and replicate that drawing. After reading the book Animals in the Tundra, the students are asked to create an outline for an essay about one of the animals. The essay will be formulated in three paragraphs with an introduction, main body, and closure. After completing the essay, the students will exchange papers and read for any extraneous information followed by the writer making appropriate changes. The teacher will then take a daily grade for the rough draft with the corrections of any grammatical errors. Which type of writing is being introduced in this lesson?

Informational

A fourth-grade teacher wants to improve the students' ability to revise, edit, and publish their written work. Which of the following activities would best address this in preparation for future writing modes?

Instruct and allow practice in word processing technology for an essay they are writing on an assigned topic

Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the impact of learning conventional spelling on writing development?

It helps students understand grammatical rules

A third-grade teacher plans a unit of lessons that consist of the following activities in chronological order: Students immerse in the topic of "Animals in the Tundra". They feel a sample of polar bear fur and play "Find Your Answer Partner" by giving each child a slip of paper that has either a question or an answer on it about living conditions in the tundra. At that time, the students will find the partner that matches their slip. The students are then allowed to reference a drawing of an animal that lives in the tundra and replicate that drawing. After reading the book Animals in the Tundra, the students are asked to create an outline for an essay about one of the animals. The essay will be formulated in three paragraphs with an introduction, main body, and closure. After completing the essay, the students will exchange papers and read for any extraneous information followed by the writer making appropriate changes. The teacher will then take a daily grade for the rough draft with the corrections of any grammatical errors. The unit omits which one important step in the learning process?

Publishing

A second-grade teacher reads a poem aloud to the class and has the students write all the rhyming words on their paper. The students are to then underline the beginning letters of the rhyming words. Which of the following does this activity best promote?

Recognizing segmentation Increasing spelling abilities Building on word families

Which of the following would not be in the conventional process of spelling stages?

Revising

Read the two sentences below and answer the question: Original Sentence: Over the hill, after the sunset, Johnny went to Grandma's house. Revised Sentence: After the sunset, Johnny went over the hill to Grandma's house. What aspect of the revised sentence was improved?

Sentence fluency

Mr. Slater has assigned his class a research project on South America. Each student will research a specific region or people of South America, write a paper, and then present their findings to the class. Mr. Slater wants parents to be aware of the project. Which of the following would be the best strategy to ensure parents are aware of the goals and expectations of the project?

Set up an after-school presentation about the project and invite parents and students to the presentation

To best encourage the similarities between spoken and written English, a first-grade teacher would implement which of the following activities?

Show a picture of a black cat with the word "black" written on the picture while writing other descriptive words of the cat on the board as students name these descriptions

Read the sentence below and answer the question: Bill likes baseball. The sentence is an example of which of the following?

Simple sentence

Which of the following is the least effective strategy for a fourth-grade teacher to equip students to practice understanding author's purpose?

Spend a class period explaining how to determine why a writer is writing a particular book or passage

Mrs. Hamilton is reviewing her students' writing development and observing their present writing skills. Mrs. Hamilton observes the following: Student 1: The student spells most words as they sound Student 2: The student writes all letters in lowercase without any spacing Student 3: The student's marks on the paper resemble a drawing Student 4: The student writes letters and words but sometimes forgets to properly space the words Based on the observations above, which of the following students displays the most advanced stage in their writing?

Student 1

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of incorporating self-assessment and peer-assessment in the students' writing process?

Students can help in grading writing assignments for the teacher

A fourth-grade teacher is teaching her students the importance of conventional spelling and its relationship to success in reading and writing. Which of the following best describes "conventional spelling"?

Students know and use most basic spelling rules and spell most words correctly, and they can usually recognize when a word is misspelled.

Which of the following is best promoted by allowing students to write to each other or family members during class time?

The understanding that there are real-world purposes for writing

Read the two sentences below and answer the question: Sentence 1: The hot pan cooked the potatoes. Sentence 2: The pan cooked the hot potatoes. Sentence 1 differs from sentence 2 in that:

The word "hot" describes two different nouns

Read the two sentences below and answer the question: Original Sentence: The player moved the ball to make it go in. Revised Sentence: The kicker positioned the ball to ensure the kick would be successful. What aspect of the revised sentence was improved?

Word choice

Mr. Harris wants to create a writing assignment that allows students to write with an authentic and meaningful purpose. Which one of the following assignments would best accomplish Mr. Harris's goal?

Write a letter to an elected official about a student-chosen need in the community

Read the two sentences below and answer the question: Original Sentence: Its hot outside. Revised Sentence: It's hot outside. What aspect of the revised sentence was improved?

Writing conventions

In the publishing step of the writing process, it is extremely important that students' writing is:

neatly written or printed from a word processor and that it is clearly understood.

A third-grade teacher plans a unit of lessons that consist of the following activities in chronological order: Students immerse in the topic of "Animals in the Tundra". They feel a sample of polar bear fur and play "Find Your Answer Partner" by giving each child a slip of paper that has either a question or an answer on it about living conditions in the tundra. At that time, the students will find the partner that matches their slip. The students are then allowed to reference a drawing of an animal that lives in the tundra and replicate that drawing. After reading the book Animals in the Tundra, the students are asked to create an outline for an essay about one of the animals. The essay will be formulated in three paragraphs with an introduction, main body, and closure. After completing the essay, the students will exchange papers and read for any extraneous information followed by the writer making appropriate changes. The teacher will then take a daily grade for the rough draft with the corrections of any grammatical errors. The objectives of the unit include:

provide an anticipatory set/attention-getter that precedes the topic and have organizational structure that has focus throughout the writing.

When addressing a large audience in a large auditorium, a teacher should encourage a student to:

speak loudly and more slowly than normal.