The main danger of individual teacher-student conferences is that __________.
A) they may fail to hold the student's interest
B) students may be more honest with peers than with the teacher
C) they may take up too much time
D) the teacher may be too directive and take over the writing
Ques. 2Which of the following prompts might you use if the student has supplied details but has not explained them or elaborated upon them?
A) Can you tell me more about your dog?
B) You say you taught your dog to do tricks: How did you teach your dog to do tricks?
C) Yes, this is a dog. Can you tell me something about the dog?
D) Do all your ideas fit here?
Ques. 3Which of the following is at the label level according to Smolkin and Donovan's classification?
A) This is my dog.
B) My dog is ten years old.
C) My dog likes to swim.
D) My dog is a collie.
Ques. 4When revising, novice writers are generally most conscious of __________.
A) spelling and handwriting
B) length of composition and particular words used
C) sentence structure and sentence length
D) suitability of content and the audience who will be reading their work
Ques. 5For older students, discussing and brainstorming work well in the preparation and planning stage of the writing process. But for younger students, as well as older students who have difficulty expressing themselves, __________ often acts as a planning device.
A) keeping a journal
B) drawing
C) outlining
D) guided writing
Ques. 6When writing individual language-experience stories, it is recommended that the teacher __________.
A) write exactly what the child says, even if there is a grammatical error
B) phonetically respell the child's mispronunciations
C) change only the child's grammatical errors
D) make changes wherever necessary to make the pieces readable
Ques. 7Which of the following approaches would best meet the needs of poor readers as well as gifted readers?
A) reading workshop
B) core language
C) literature-based
D) basal/anthology
Ques. 8The main advantage of text sets is that __________.
A) students choose favorite topics and create their own reading lists, at their own levels
B) they make connections and allow for comparing and contrasting
C) the whole class has a common reading experience
D) less time is spent reading in class, so more time is available for discussion
Ques. 9Which of the following statements about basals is true?
A) Basals have changed little over the past two decades.
B) Basals are bigger and better than ever.
C) Basals rarely show how reading and writing are connected.
D) Basals do not provide for individual levels of reading ability beyond the first grade.