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English Language: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Grade 4 Writing - Production and Publishing (Questions)

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Technology has assisted students with writing. The Internet and other technological tools have helped students both produce and publish their work. Students should learn to interact and collaborate with others. In addition, they will need to learn to type on a keyboard so that their writing can be completed on a computer. In this quiz, students will answer questions about producing and publishing their works.

1. Which activity below would allow students to write by interacting with other students using the Internet?
[ ] Creating a storybook to be read to a class next door
[ ] Writing an essay and posting it on the classroom wall
[ ] Writing to a pen pal in another country
[ ] Writing a poem to go into the school's yearbook
2. Why is learning to type on a computer important?
[ ] So students can type their essays in the correct format
[ ] So students will not have to learn how to spell
[ ] Because students' handwriting is so bad
[ ] Because it is more fun to type than to write
3. In class, your teacher has put students into partners. You get it done at home. You are required to share your work with only your partner. How should you do that?
[ ] Email your friend your essay
[ ] Put it on your class website
[ ] Read your essay over the phone
[ ] Walk it over to your friend's house
4. Why is it helpful to write in a group?
[ ] So you don't have as much work to do
[ ] So you can learn more about writing
[ ] So more work can get done
[ ] So the teacher can focus on a few papers instead of a classroom set
5. Your teacher asks you to work with a group. Each student must write his or her own essay about his or her own topic. How will the other people in your group help you with your essay?
[ ] They could write part of it for you
[ ] They could edit it
[ ] They could revise it
[ ] They could publish it for you
6. You have written a short story about the students in your class. Only students in your class should see this story. Where should you publish it?
[ ] A national company's blog that publishes all students' writing
[ ] Your class website
[ ] An app for anyone who wants to publish their work
[ ] Your Facebook wall
7. You have written an essay about how to stop pollution. You want everyone to see it. Where should you publish it?
[ ] Google docs
[ ] An app for anyone who wants to publish their work
[ ] Your Facebook wall
[ ] Your class website
8. Your teacher wants you to write occasionally during the summer. She says you can write whatever you want, but you must publish it online. Where should you publish it?
[ ] Class website
[ ] Google docs
[ ] Your Facebook wall
[ ] On anyone's blog
9. What is the main reason for publishing your work online?
[ ] So you can save paper
[ ] So more people can read your work
[ ] Because it is easier to type your work than write it
[ ] Because you will write better essays if you publish them online
10. Why does any student's work need to be published?
[ ] So students know what to do with their final draft
[ ] So students will write a final draft
[ ] So people can learn about others' ideas
[ ] So students can complete the writing process
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English Language: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Grade 4 Writing - Production and Publishing (Answers)
1. Which activity below would allow students to write by interacting with other students using the Internet?
[ ] Creating a storybook to be read to a class next door
[ ] Writing an essay and posting it on the classroom wall
[x] Writing to a pen pal in another country
[ ] Writing a poem to go into the school's yearbook
Having a pen pal would allow students to interact with other students using the Internet.
2. Why is learning to type on a computer important?
[x] So students can type their essays in the correct format
[ ] So students will not have to learn how to spell
[ ] Because students' handwriting is so bad
[ ] Because it is more fun to type than to write
Students will need to type their essays once they get into middle school, so they should begin practicing now.
3. In class, your teacher has put students into partners. You get it done at home. You are required to share your work with only your partner. How should you do that?
[x] Email your friend your essay
[ ] Put it on your class website
[ ] Read your essay over the phone
[ ] Walk it over to your friend's house
This would be the best, quickest and most reasonably way to share your essay.
4. Why is it helpful to write in a group?
[ ] So you don't have as much work to do
[x] So you can learn more about writing
[ ] So more work can get done
[ ] So the teacher can focus on a few papers instead of a classroom set
Working in groups allows students to learn new techniques from their classmates.
5. Your teacher asks you to work with a group. Each student must write his or her own essay about his or her own topic. How will the other people in your group help you with your essay?
[ ] They could write part of it for you
[x] They could edit it
[ ] They could revise it
[ ] They could publish it for you
Students can help each other with peer editing each other's work.
6. You have written a short story about the students in your class. Only students in your class should see this story. Where should you publish it?
[ ] A national company's blog that publishes all students' writing
[x] Your class website
[ ] An app for anyone who wants to publish their work
[ ] Your Facebook wall
The best place would be the class website since it can only be seen by students in your class.
7. You have written an essay about how to stop pollution. You want everyone to see it. Where should you publish it?
[ ] Google docs
[x] An app for anyone who wants to publish their work
[ ] Your Facebook wall
[ ] Your class website
This would allow anyone to see your work
8. Your teacher wants you to write occasionally during the summer. She says you can write whatever you want, but you must publish it online. Where should you publish it?
[ ] Class website
[ ] Google docs
[x] Your Facebook wall
[ ] On anyone's blog
Facebook is a good place for students to publish their own work for family and friends to see.
9. What is the main reason for publishing your work online?
[ ] So you can save paper
[x] So more people can read your work
[ ] Because it is easier to type your work than write it
[ ] Because you will write better essays if you publish them online
More people will get to view your work if you publish it online.
10. Why does any student's work need to be published?
[ ] So students know what to do with their final draft
[ ] So students will write a final draft
[x] So people can learn about others' ideas
[ ] So students can complete the writing process
The ideas of others can sometimes be very different to our own ideas.