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

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Over the past few years, technology has played a large part in the writing process. Students can research, publish and produce their writing on a technological device. Students can also collaborate more easily on the Internet. However, students will need to perfect their typing skills at an earlier age than they did in the past. In this quiz, the students will answer questions about using technology in the writing process.

After you write your persuasive essay, you want your parent to read over your essay.
What guidance should you expect from your parent?

[ ]	They will give you some more ideas to include
[ ]	They will rewrite the parts that are weak
[ ]	They will show you how to try a new approach
[ ]	They will proofread your essay for grammar and spelling errors

After discussing your group essay with the members in your group, class is dismissed.
However, your group did not get finished discussing the essay.
What is the best way to get together and discuss the paper after school?

[ ]	Mail a note to the members
[ ]	Stay after school
[ ]	Get on a chat website
[ ]	The leader will email every member his or her ideas

You had a huge research project assigned to you a few days ago. The topic is about ancient civilizations.
You research on the Internet and see a historian who is an expert in ancient civilizations and you also see his email address.
How will technology help you learn about the ancient civilizations?

[ ]	You now have a name about someone who knows about the topic
[ ]	You now can contact experts about your project
[ ]	You can research about the topic
[ ]	You have access to books from a library

In your science class, you have to create a survey for an experiment in your class.
Which of the following would allow technology to help you with conducting the survey?

[ ]	Use an online survey tool to conduct the survey
[ ]	Ask your friends on Facebook
[ ]	Print out surveys on your printer
[ ]	Ask a person online the questions on your survey

In what way is producing a writing assignment on the computer better than writing it on a piece of paper?

[ ]	It will be organized better
[ ]	You will write better paragraphs
[ ]	You can use the thesaurus to choose better words
[ ]	You will pick a better topic

What is another reason that producing a writing assignment on the computer is better than writing it on a piece of paper?

[ ]	The essay will be formatted correctly according to the teacher's requirements
[ ]	Your essay will be completely free from grammar errors
[ ]	You will not need to rewrite the essay because you made the corrections on the screen
[ ]	The sentences will not sound choppy

Your teacher tells you to publish your work so that it can be seen by many people.
Where should you publish your work?

[ ]	On a blog
[ ]	Post it on the wall in your classroom
[ ]	Give a copy to each of your friends
[ ]	Let your parents read it

In what way would technological tools benefit students the most during the summer?

[ ]	They would be able to produce a better quality essay
[ ]	They would give the students a place to showcase their work that they would not have access to during the school year
[ ]	They allow students to collaborate and publish their work online
[ ]	They would allow students to write better sentences

Which is the safest place to publish your writing online?

[ ]	Facebook
[ ]	Classroom website
[ ]	An unknown blog
[ ]	An unknown website

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What can students do to have better keyboarding skills?

[ ]	Look at the keyboard and memorize the keys
[ ]	Practice typing words and sentences
[ ]	Watch someone type
[ ]	Read about typing

English Language: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Grade 5 Writing - Technology (Answers)

After you write your persuasive essay, you want your parent to read over your essay.
What guidance should you expect from your parent?

[ ]	They will give you some more ideas to include
[ ]	They will rewrite the parts that are weak
[ ]	They will show you how to try a new approach
[x]	They will proofread your essay for grammar and spelling errors

The ideas for the essay should definitely come from the student

[ ]	Mail a note to the members
[ ]	Stay after school
[x]	Get on a chat website
[ ]	The leader will email every member his or her ideas

The best way would be to get on a safe chat website where everyone can talk about the essay

[ ]	You now have a name about someone who knows about the topic
[x]	You now can contact experts about your project
[ ]	You can research about the topic
[ ]	You have access to books from a library

You can make contact with an expert online

In your science class, you have to create a survey for an experiment in your class.
Which of the following would allow technology to help you with conducting the survey?

[x]	Use an online survey tool to conduct the survey
[ ]	Ask your friends on Facebook
[ ]	Print out surveys on your printer
[ ]	Ask a person online the questions on your survey

Online survey tools like SurveyMonkey can help with surveys

In what way is producing a writing assignment on the computer better than writing it on a piece of paper?

[ ]	It will be organized better
[ ]	You will write better paragraphs
[x]	You can use the thesaurus to choose better words
[ ]	You will pick a better topic

Since Microsoft Word has a thesaurus, it will allow the student to look up synonyms for words in their essays

What is another reason that producing a writing assignment on the computer is better than writing it on a piece of paper?

[ ]	The essay will be formatted correctly according to the teacher's requirements
[ ]	Your essay will be completely free from grammar errors
[x]	You will not need to rewrite the essay because you made the corrections on the screen
[ ]	The sentences will not sound choppy

If you type the paper on a computer, you will not need to rewrite it since you will be making the corrections on the computer

Your teacher tells you to publish your work so that it can be seen by many people.
Where should you publish your work?

[x]	On a blog
[ ]	Post it on the wall in your classroom
[ ]	Give a copy to each of your friends
[ ]	Let your parents read it

A blog would allow more people to read your work

In what way would technological tools benefit students the most during the summer?

[ ]	They would be able to produce a better quality essay
[ ]	They would give the students a place to showcase their work that they would not have access to during the school year
[x]	They allow students to collaborate and publish their work online
[ ]	They would allow students to write better sentences

Since students do not have much access to all of the students in their class during the school year, they might have access to them online

Which is the safest place to publish your writing online?

[ ]	Facebook
[x]	Classroom website
[ ]	An unknown blog
[ ]	An unknown website

The classroom website would be the safest place on the Internet to publish your work

10.

What can students do to have better keyboarding skills?

[ ]	Look at the keyboard and memorize the keys
[x]	Practice typing words and sentences
[ ]	Watch someone type
[ ]	Read about typing

Practice makes perfect. So, practicing typing is the best way to get better at typing