Early writing development

What is a digraph?

• A picture that looks like a graph

• Two graphemes representing a single phoneme

• A grapheme with two parts

• A virtuous spelling error for 'giraffe'

Which of the following are important factors in early writing? (select 2)

• Linearity

• Formality

• Directionality

• Accuracy

Which one of these is not a feature of pre-phonemic writing?

• Random scribbling

• Letter strings

• Drawing

• Substitution

What did Ferrerio and Teberosky find? (select 2)

• Children thinks names should be proportionate to the age/size of the person

• Children confuse numbers and letters in the early stages

• Children do not learn to write innately

• Learning to write not copying but a long, developmental process

What does the term MKO stand for and whose theory does it reflect?

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Which theorist described the 4 stages of writing development: Preparation, consolidation, Differentiation and Integration?

• Vygotsky

• Kroll

• Ferrerio

• Chomsky

Which of the following are examples of virtuous errors in writing development? (pick 2)

• Insertion

• Over-extension

• Salient key sounds

• Deletion

What is a descender?

• The part of a letter that drops below the line on the page

• A line of writing that dips down as it goes

• The problem of regression in writing development

• A special type of pencil to help children write

Explain what a phoneme-grapheme link is

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What is text-image cohesion?

• Where the words and pictures are mixed up

• Recognising that the words and images convey the same information

• Pictures created from grapheme symbols

• When too much glue is used in cutting and sticking