Competency 11: Written Communication

Question 1

Stages of writing development

Answer 1

1) Imitation
2) Graphic Presentation
3) Progressive Incorporation
4) Automatization
5) Elaboration
6) Personalization-Diversification

Question 2

Imitation

Answer 2

1st stage of writing development. Occurs in preK-K. Students will become aware of letters & numbers. Pretend to write. Learn that these symbols represent sounds. Begin forming letters on a line.

Question 3

Graphic Presentation

Answer 3

2nd stage of writing development. Occurs in 1st-2nd grades. Students will order words and letters for meaning. Improve their printing skills and focus on how letters appear. Use invented spelling.

Question 4

Progressive Incorporation

Answer 4

3rd stage of writing development. Occurs in 2nd-4th grades. Students will use writing more effectively to convey meaning or tell about personal experiences. Begin using grammatical rules (such as end punctuation) Can begin to plan and revise writing.

Question 5

Automatization

Answer 5

4th stage of writing development. Occurs in 4th-7th grades. Students will begin to use the writing process by planning, drafting, revising and editing their work, Use grammatical concepts more automatically. Become aware of how well their writing communicates experiences or processes. Show voice.

Question 6

Elaboration

Answer 6

5th stage of writing development. Occurs in 7th-9th grades. Students will write to express viewpoints & solve problems. Support their views with reasoned arguments and research. Use more specialized vocabulary and connect ideas with transitions.

Question 7

Personalization-Diversification

Answer 7

6th stage of writing development. Occurs in 9th grade-above. Students will refine earlier learned concepts. Incorporate more creatively and continue to develop voice. Choose & use formal or informal styles as appropriate to the writing task.

Question 8

Stages of writing

Answer 8

1) Prewriting
2) Drafting
3) Revising
4) Editing
5) Publishing

Question 9

Prewriting

Answer 9

1st stage of writing. Thinking and planning the writing. Decide whether your purpose for writing will be to persuade, to inform, or to entertain. Use a RAFT organizer to identify: the reason for writing, the audience that will read your work, the form in which your writing should be presented and the topic you are asked to address.

Question 10

Drafting

Answer 10

2nd stage of writing. Put your ideas into writing, using complete thoughts to form sentences & paragraphs.

Question 11

Revising

Answer 11

3rd stage of writing. Improve your writing. Look for places where writing could be expanded, details to be added, stronger words, extraneous info that should be removed, missing info, sentences that should be combined.

Question 12

Editing

Answer 12

4th stage of writing. Making your writing correct. Look for errors in capitalization, word usage, punctuation, spelling.

Question 13

Publishing

Answer 13

5th stage of writing. Creating a polished, final draft of your work.

Question 14

Simple Sentences

Answer 14

Introduced in Kinder, mastery by 2nd. Made up of a single independent clause, a sentence part containing a subject and verb which makes sense on its own. May have compound subjects and/or verbs, as long as another separate idea isn’t added. Ex) The moon rose. The sun and moon shone brightly. The sun and moon shone brightly and gave off light.

Question 15

Compound Sentences

Answer 15

Introduced in 3rd grade, mastery by 6th grade. Contain one or more independent clauses, but no dependent clauses. Ex) The moon shines at night and the sun beams down by day. The sun is about 93 million miles from earth, but the moon is only about 240,000 miles away.