Grammar and Orthography

Question 1

What are the two ways punctuation is used in written language?

Answer 1

1)To organise the grammar of the language e.g indication of subordinate clauses etc
2)To indicate prosody of the language e.g <!> to indicate an increase volume or tone of shock

Question 2

What is expected of a child as their use of grammatical structure develops?

Answer 2

Use of complex and compound sentences that are controlled and serve a purpose within the writing to create a sense of writer voice.

Question 3

Which of Krolls stages would a child using complex sentences with consistent accuracy and purpose indicate?

Answer 3

Integration

Question 4

If a child uses certain coordinating conjunctions repetitively what could this indicate?

Answer 4

A lack of grammatical development characteristic of the differentiation stage.

Question 5

What are the three ways in which a child’s development may be scaffolded?

Answer 5

1)National Curriculum
2)Books
3)Teacher involvement and feedback

Question 6

What aspects of the National curriculum scaffold children?

Answer 6

The phonics method of teaching where graphemes and phonemes are directly linked; ignoring meaning.
Targets of aptitude for different ages.

Question 7

How might a teacher scaffolded a child literacy?

Answer 7

Worksheets
Sentence starters
Specific targets e.g use because in this sentence

Question 8

What concepts are scaffolding methods based on?

Answer 8

The ideas of the zone of proximal development and more knowledgable other from Vygotsky