AECTP Writing Instruction 3

Question 1

A teacher models her own writing process aloud, including how she revises word choice. This strategy is called:

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Think-aloud / modeling

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Shared writing

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Interactive writing

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Independent writing

Question 2

Which Alabama College and Career Ready Standard expectation applies to research writing across grade levels?

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Students gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess credibility, and avoid plagiarism

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Students must publish at least one digital piece per semester

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Students are required to use only primary sources for all research tasks

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Students focus exclusively on creative writing until grade 6

Question 3

When teaching narrative writing, which element MOST helps students understand how to create tension and move the plot forward?

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Introducing the concept of a story arc with rising action and a climax

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Teaching students to write lengthy, detailed setting descriptions

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Requiring students to write only personal narratives from real experience

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Having students memorize a list of narrative vocabulary terms

Question 4

A teacher wants to assess whether students can write for a specific audience and purpose. Which task BEST addresses this goal?

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Having students write a persuasive letter to the school principal requesting a longer lunch period

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Asking students to copy a paragraph from the textbook

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Assigning a fill-in-the-blank grammar worksheet

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Giving a multiple-choice vocabulary quiz

Question 5

Which revision strategy helps students identify where their writing lacks clarity by having a peer point to confusing passages?

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Read-aloud / peer response

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Proofreading checklist

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ARMS revision strategy (Add, Remove, Move, Substitute)

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Color-coding conventions errors

Question 6

Which practice BEST supports students in developing academic vocabulary for writing across content areas?

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Providing word walls with discipline-specific terms and modeling their use in writing

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Requiring students to memorize a list of 50 words each week

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Limiting vocabulary instruction to the ELA classroom

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Asking students to look up words in the dictionary and write definitions

Question 7

A teacher assigns a multimodal writing project in which students combine text, images, and audio. This aligns MOST with which 21st-century literacy expectation in Alabama standards?

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Developing digital and media literacy skills alongside conventional writing skills

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Teaching students to write only in traditional essay format for standardized tests

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Eliminating handwriting instruction in favor of typing

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Focusing exclusively on print-based informational texts