Target Language Writing Skills Flashcards

What is 'interactive writing' in early bilingual writing instruction?

Answer: Teacher and students collaboratively compose a text while sharing the pen

Interactive writing involves the teacher and students jointly composing a text while the teacher shares the pen with individual students to write specific letters, words, or phrases.

What is the primary purpose of sentence frames in supporting ELL writers in the target language?

Answer: To provide structural scaffolds that help students express ideas in the target language

Sentence frames provide linguistic scaffolds that reduce the cognitive load of language production, allowing students to focus on communicating their ideas rather than struggling with syntax.

What does 'transfer' mean in the context of bilingual writing development?

Answer: The application of literacy knowledge and strategies from one language to support writing in another

Transfer in bilingual writing refers to how literacy skills, writing strategies, and linguistic knowledge developed in one language can support and accelerate writing development in the other language.

Which type of graphic organizer best supports students in planning a narrative writing piece?

Answer: Story map with sections for beginning, middle, and end of events

A story map helps students plan narrative writing by organizing the key elements of story structure including characters, setting, problem, and the sequence of events.

What is 'shared writing' designed to accomplish in a bilingual classroom?

Answer: Provide a teacher-guided writing experience where all students contribute ideas to a collaborative text

Shared writing provides a supported experience where the teacher acts as scribe while eliciting ideas from all students, modeling writing strategies in a collaborative, low-risk context.

What writing strategy involves students generating their own questions to answer within an informational piece?

Answer: Inquiry-based writing driven by student-generated questions

Inquiry-based writing engages students by having them generate authentic questions that drive their research and writing, increasing motivation and the sense of purposeful communication.

Which of the following best describes an 'analytic' writing rubric?

Answer: A rubric that evaluates separate dimensions of writing with individual scores for each trait

An analytic rubric breaks writing down into specific traits or dimensions—such as ideas, organization, voice, word choice, and conventions—and assigns a separate score for each dimension.