Texes Gen 4-8 Comp 7

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Competency 7 is ..

Back 1

The teacher understands that writing to communicate is a developmental process and
provides instruction that promotes students' competence in written communication.

Front 2

Written Language Development

Back 2

Scribbling, drawing, labeling with pictures,
inventorying (I love you. I love me.), inventorying
+ description (I love grandma
because she bakes cookies), description
(Mom is nice, and she has black hair), textual
features: beginnings of narrative and
expository text

Front 3

Practical Uses of Writing

Back 3

• create an environment to write
• model writing as enjoyable
• writing is for lifelong learning

Front 4

Strategies for Writing Skills

Back 4

Computer-aided writing, technical writing,
diagrams, peer discussion groups, cause and
effect chain, conduct an interview, creating a
classroom magazine, descriptive writing, dialogues,
KWL chart, gallery walk, journaling,
think sheets, writing letters

Front 5

Informal and Formal

Back 5

Writing assessments to monitor and evaluate
development.

Front 6

Self-assess Writings

Back 6

• clarity
• interest to audience
• comprehensiveness

Front 7

First-draft Writing through Writing for
Publication

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• prewriting (organizing, brainstorm, outline)
• drafting (first attempt to write, sloppy copy)
• editing (fix mechanical, grammatical, and
spelling errors)
• revising (consider clarity of message and
the audience response)

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Relation to Other Language Arts:

Back 8

Connects various aspects of language.

Front 9

Spoken and Written

Back 9

Similarities and differences between spoken
and written English such as syntax, vocabulary
variety, vernacular, and lexical vocabulary/
phrases (idioms).

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Audience and Purposes (Styles)

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Writing is done for a variety of:
• audiences (who, how many, purpose,
what they want, importance)
• purposes (descriptive, expository,
narrative, expressive, persuasive)

Front 11

Multiple Opportunities

Back 11

Required to write using various voices and
styles.

Front 12

Technology

Back 12

For teaching writing, writing for publication,
and facilitate written communication, i.e.
spell and grammar check on word processors.
Should be used in conjunction with printing
out compositions for the purpose of manual
editing. Such technologies make it easy to
revise compositions and try different formats.