Teachers have students share their work to __________.
a. reward their good students
b. give students a break from writing
c. allow students to hear what their peers are writing
d. create safe competition in the classroom
Ques. 2Which of the following is characteristic of content conferencing in a writing workshop?
a. The teacher talks with the student and marks the student's paper so that the child understands the corrections to be made.
b. The teacher spends five to seven minutes talking with the student about one aspect of his or her writing that needs revision.
c. The teacher invites the student to read his or her work aloud so he or she can correct errors independently.
d. The teacher teaches the student something that will help him or her be a better writer.
Ques. 3The writing process is __________.
a. revising and editing to prepare a final draft
b. the recursive writing behaviors all writers use
c. focus lesson, status of the class, writing time, and sharing time
d. a means of ensuring a quality writing time
Ques. 4The suggested elements or structure of a conference is __________.
a. writer's intent, discussing the writer's grade, and identifying how to improve the writing
b. talking with the student about what does not sound right in his or her writing
c. writer's intent, writer's need, teach the writer, and writer's plan
d. examples of classmates' work, writer's intent and personal needs, and setting future goals
Ques. 52. Identify and define the various kinds of focus lessons teachers might teach during writing workshop. Discuss the importance of each.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 61. Identify and describe the three essential components of the writing workshop.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 7During the early phonemic stage children are __________.
a. recognizing chunks and word families
b. usually representing initial and final sounds in a word
c. matching phonemes with letter names and representing them in their spelling
d. showing early experiences with writing, usually referred to as scribbling or doodling
Ques. 8Spelling should be taught by __________.
a. displaying the number of words each child spells correctly on spelling tests to promote healthy competition in the classroom
b. studying and testing on the words selected by textbook writers
c. breaking words down or phonemically segmenting words
d. drilling on spelling lists through direct instruction
Ques. 9In the best spelling program, instruction includes __________.
a. direct teacher instruction of words from the textbook
b. randomly selected words taken from the children's readings
c. worksheets that give ample opportunity to practice the word of the day
d. personalized word lists of frequently used words and selected spelling patterns
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