Writing (Composition) Tx

Question 1

Evidence suggests that writing instruction works when you: (3)

Answer 1

• Explicitly teach the steps of the writing process
• Explicitly teach the critical dimensions of different writing genres
• Set up structures for giving extensive feedback to the child from the teacher/peer/clinician

Question 2

What are five supporting skills (gatekeepers) for writing?

Answer 2

• Syntactic structures characteristic of written language
• Vocabulary (literate lexicon, derived words, and words that support text genre of interest)
• Text structure
• Handwriting / keyboarding
• Spelling

Question 3

STOP is a planning strategy for which type of essays?

Answer 3

OPINION

Question 4

What does STOP stand for?

Answer 4

• Suspend judgement (generate ideas supporting both sides)
• Take a side
• Organize ideas
• Plan more as you write

Question 5

What type of strategy is SCAN?

Answer 5

A revising strategy

Question 6

What does SCAN stand for?

Answer 6

• Does it make Sense?
• Is it Connected to the rest of the paper?
• Can I Add more?
• Note errors