WGU D677 Elementary Literacy
Curriculum (OA) TEST STUDY GUIDE
2026/2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. frontal lobe - ANSWER ✔ focus and remember what were reading and
where speech is produced
2. temporal lobe - ANSWER ✔ listens to sounds and helps us understand
words
3. pariental lobe - ANSWER ✔ where we recognize letters and words
4. occipital lobe - ANSWER ✔ sight recognition, words on the page
5. Broca's area - ANSWER ✔ articulate ideas, use words accurately
6. systematic instruction - ANSWER ✔ instruction that presents concepts
being built on prior knowledge, beginning with the easiest concepts and
increasing in difficulty
7. blooms taxonomy - ANSWER ✔ a hierarchical framework that categorizes
cognitive processes into six levels, ranging from lower-order thinking skills,
, such as remembering and understanding, to higher-order thinking skills,
such as analyzing and creating
8. Literacy-rich Environment - ANSWER ✔ a setting that immerses students in
a variety of reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities and materials,
promoting the development of strong literacy skills
9. Orthographic Processor - ANSWER ✔ letter recognition and later word
analysis
10.part of the brain is responsible for understanding the definition or semantics
of words during reading - ANSWER ✔ meaning processor
11.step in explicit instruction comes after the teacher has modeled the concept
and the students have been given multiple opportunities to practice the skill
with feedback from the teacher - ANSWER ✔ "you do together" step in
explicit instruction
12.Elements of Non-Fiction: - ANSWER ✔ -Table of Contents
-Index
-Special Print (B, U, I)
-Title/Subtitles
-Glossary
-Headings
-Captions
-Diagrams/Charts/Graphs
-Illustrations/Photos/Maps
*Text Features: headings, bullet points, captions, diagrams that help
organize and highlight important information in a text, aiding in navigation
and comprehension
,13.Elements of Poetry: - ANSWER ✔ -Imagery: vivid language to paint mental
images to invoke senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell
-Meter: overall structure or pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables in a line
of poetry
-Rhythm: pattern of stressed/unstresed syllables in a line of poetry
-Figurative Language (metaphors, similes (like/as), personification,
symbolism)
-Sound devices (rhyme, alliteration, assonance musicality)
-Structure/From (free verse, haikus, limericks, sonnets)
-Theme+Tone: central idea + the mood/attitude
-Emotion/Expression: capture feelings and experiences in a way that prose
cannot, using language to evoke emotions
14.Define Onomatopoeia: - ANSWER ✔ A word that phonetically imitates or
suggests the sound it describes (e.g., bees buzzed as they flew by; the name
of the cuckoo bird)
15.What is the Simple View of Writing? - ANSWER ✔
Foundational/Mechanical Writing Skills (Transcription) x Text
Generation/Creative Writing Skills (Composition) = Skilled Writing
Expression
16.Transcription: mechanical aspects of writing, like handwriting or typing;
letter formation, spacing, spelling, punctuation; lower-level skills
Composition: creative aspect of writing; higher-level skills like vocabulary
choice, sentence structure, and text cohesion; strong ideas and organization
17.What are the 6 Writing Developmental Stages? - ANSWER ✔ 1. Beginner
Writer
2. Early Writer
3. Developing Writer
, 4. Moderately Fluent Writer
5. Fluent Writer
6. Exceptionally Fluent Writer
18.What is the description of "Early Writer"? - ANSWER ✔ -progressed
beyond basic letter formation and beginning to experiment with more
complex sentences and ideas
-draws on experiences of seeing written language and tries to different ways
to express ideas
-student understands letter and letter sounds
-student draws and adds initial letters using letter strings
-form simple words and phrases, emerging understanding of letter-sound
relationships and basic sentence structure
19.What is the description of "Developing Writer"? - ANSWER ✔ -student
writes letters, lists, and stories; requires help with extending
-can read back their own writing and experiment with punctuation, spelling,
phonics
-writing can be read by others
-complete sentences
-gaining grammar, punctuation, and spelling awareness with errors still
common
-actively expanding their vocabulary, refining sentence structure, working on
organization and coherence in their writing
20.What is the description of "Moderately Fluent Writer"? - ANSWER ✔ -
student experiments with different genres
-uses conventions more accurately, extensions independently
-high-frequency words, advanced vocabulary, experimenting with complex
sentences, transition words
Curriculum (OA) TEST STUDY GUIDE
2026/2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. frontal lobe - ANSWER ✔ focus and remember what were reading and
where speech is produced
2. temporal lobe - ANSWER ✔ listens to sounds and helps us understand
words
3. pariental lobe - ANSWER ✔ where we recognize letters and words
4. occipital lobe - ANSWER ✔ sight recognition, words on the page
5. Broca's area - ANSWER ✔ articulate ideas, use words accurately
6. systematic instruction - ANSWER ✔ instruction that presents concepts
being built on prior knowledge, beginning with the easiest concepts and
increasing in difficulty
7. blooms taxonomy - ANSWER ✔ a hierarchical framework that categorizes
cognitive processes into six levels, ranging from lower-order thinking skills,
, such as remembering and understanding, to higher-order thinking skills,
such as analyzing and creating
8. Literacy-rich Environment - ANSWER ✔ a setting that immerses students in
a variety of reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities and materials,
promoting the development of strong literacy skills
9. Orthographic Processor - ANSWER ✔ letter recognition and later word
analysis
10.part of the brain is responsible for understanding the definition or semantics
of words during reading - ANSWER ✔ meaning processor
11.step in explicit instruction comes after the teacher has modeled the concept
and the students have been given multiple opportunities to practice the skill
with feedback from the teacher - ANSWER ✔ "you do together" step in
explicit instruction
12.Elements of Non-Fiction: - ANSWER ✔ -Table of Contents
-Index
-Special Print (B, U, I)
-Title/Subtitles
-Glossary
-Headings
-Captions
-Diagrams/Charts/Graphs
-Illustrations/Photos/Maps
*Text Features: headings, bullet points, captions, diagrams that help
organize and highlight important information in a text, aiding in navigation
and comprehension
,13.Elements of Poetry: - ANSWER ✔ -Imagery: vivid language to paint mental
images to invoke senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell
-Meter: overall structure or pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables in a line
of poetry
-Rhythm: pattern of stressed/unstresed syllables in a line of poetry
-Figurative Language (metaphors, similes (like/as), personification,
symbolism)
-Sound devices (rhyme, alliteration, assonance musicality)
-Structure/From (free verse, haikus, limericks, sonnets)
-Theme+Tone: central idea + the mood/attitude
-Emotion/Expression: capture feelings and experiences in a way that prose
cannot, using language to evoke emotions
14.Define Onomatopoeia: - ANSWER ✔ A word that phonetically imitates or
suggests the sound it describes (e.g., bees buzzed as they flew by; the name
of the cuckoo bird)
15.What is the Simple View of Writing? - ANSWER ✔
Foundational/Mechanical Writing Skills (Transcription) x Text
Generation/Creative Writing Skills (Composition) = Skilled Writing
Expression
16.Transcription: mechanical aspects of writing, like handwriting or typing;
letter formation, spacing, spelling, punctuation; lower-level skills
Composition: creative aspect of writing; higher-level skills like vocabulary
choice, sentence structure, and text cohesion; strong ideas and organization
17.What are the 6 Writing Developmental Stages? - ANSWER ✔ 1. Beginner
Writer
2. Early Writer
3. Developing Writer
, 4. Moderately Fluent Writer
5. Fluent Writer
6. Exceptionally Fluent Writer
18.What is the description of "Early Writer"? - ANSWER ✔ -progressed
beyond basic letter formation and beginning to experiment with more
complex sentences and ideas
-draws on experiences of seeing written language and tries to different ways
to express ideas
-student understands letter and letter sounds
-student draws and adds initial letters using letter strings
-form simple words and phrases, emerging understanding of letter-sound
relationships and basic sentence structure
19.What is the description of "Developing Writer"? - ANSWER ✔ -student
writes letters, lists, and stories; requires help with extending
-can read back their own writing and experiment with punctuation, spelling,
phonics
-writing can be read by others
-complete sentences
-gaining grammar, punctuation, and spelling awareness with errors still
common
-actively expanding their vocabulary, refining sentence structure, working on
organization and coherence in their writing
20.What is the description of "Moderately Fluent Writer"? - ANSWER ✔ -
student experiments with different genres
-uses conventions more accurately, extensions independently
-high-frequency words, advanced vocabulary, experimenting with complex
sentences, transition words
