ICLA Standard IV EXAM (2025) QUESTIONS AND (elaborated)
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
6-3-5- Brainwriting - ✔✔6 in a group, 3 ideas per round, 5
minutes per round; each person reads the ideas on the sheet
and then writes new ones; pass the sheet to the right at the
end of each round; no talking
Analytic assessment - ✔✔an assessment that provides
meaningful feedback; shared understanding of good writing; it
enhances instruction
Argumentative Writing - ✔✔Writing that supports a position
on or a claim about a particular topic through the use of logic,
reasons, and evidence, often acknowledging and/or
developing a counterclaim. It may have many purposes: to
change the reader's point of view, to establish a call to action,
or to get the reader to accept the writer's position or claim. It
is a reasoned, logical way of showing that the writer's position
is valid.
Authentic - ✔✔Performance Standard 3: the teacher
structures frequent, _________ writing opportunities that
encompass a range of tasks, formats, audiences, and digital
technologies
,Authentic Writing - ✔✔any writing a student might do for
some real world purpose, a purpose other than demonstrating
his writing ability to a teacher
Choice - ✔✔Performance Standard 8: the teacher utilizes
______ to motivate writing production
Competency - ✔✔Performance Standard 7: the teacher helps
writers develop __________ in a variety of writing types:
narrative, argumentative, and informational/explanatory;
model, have students work together, conference, give
individualized feedback, allow multiple opportunities to revise
and edit
Content - ✔✔Also known as ideas, this is the main message of
writing; Develop a single topic to convey a clear message. The
quality of having something to say and saying it clearly to the
reader. This includes researching a topic, having an original
point of view, and providing details.
Conventions - ✔✔the mechanical correctness of the piece—
spelling, grammar and usage; Make writing more correct by
, following the rules of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and
grammar.
Decoding - ✔✔the process of reading words in text. When a
child reads the words 'The ball is big,' for example, it is
necessary to understand what the letters are, the sounds
made by each letter and how they blend together to create
words
Descriptive writing - ✔✔writing that paints a picture of a
person, place, thing, or idea using details related to the five
senses
Differentiation - ✔✔meet the needs of all learners from
struggling readers to gifted and talented students; enable
students of all ability levels to experience success with reading
and writing; use a variety of instructional strategies, or deliver
lessons at varying levels of difficulty based on the ability of
each student
Double Entry Journal - ✔✔A note taking strategy to improve
comprehension. This is a double entry record in which a
student takes notes and adds reflections while reading any
text. A two column format is used. Typically, the left column is
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
6-3-5- Brainwriting - ✔✔6 in a group, 3 ideas per round, 5
minutes per round; each person reads the ideas on the sheet
and then writes new ones; pass the sheet to the right at the
end of each round; no talking
Analytic assessment - ✔✔an assessment that provides
meaningful feedback; shared understanding of good writing; it
enhances instruction
Argumentative Writing - ✔✔Writing that supports a position
on or a claim about a particular topic through the use of logic,
reasons, and evidence, often acknowledging and/or
developing a counterclaim. It may have many purposes: to
change the reader's point of view, to establish a call to action,
or to get the reader to accept the writer's position or claim. It
is a reasoned, logical way of showing that the writer's position
is valid.
Authentic - ✔✔Performance Standard 3: the teacher
structures frequent, _________ writing opportunities that
encompass a range of tasks, formats, audiences, and digital
technologies
,Authentic Writing - ✔✔any writing a student might do for
some real world purpose, a purpose other than demonstrating
his writing ability to a teacher
Choice - ✔✔Performance Standard 8: the teacher utilizes
______ to motivate writing production
Competency - ✔✔Performance Standard 7: the teacher helps
writers develop __________ in a variety of writing types:
narrative, argumentative, and informational/explanatory;
model, have students work together, conference, give
individualized feedback, allow multiple opportunities to revise
and edit
Content - ✔✔Also known as ideas, this is the main message of
writing; Develop a single topic to convey a clear message. The
quality of having something to say and saying it clearly to the
reader. This includes researching a topic, having an original
point of view, and providing details.
Conventions - ✔✔the mechanical correctness of the piece—
spelling, grammar and usage; Make writing more correct by
, following the rules of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and
grammar.
Decoding - ✔✔the process of reading words in text. When a
child reads the words 'The ball is big,' for example, it is
necessary to understand what the letters are, the sounds
made by each letter and how they blend together to create
words
Descriptive writing - ✔✔writing that paints a picture of a
person, place, thing, or idea using details related to the five
senses
Differentiation - ✔✔meet the needs of all learners from
struggling readers to gifted and talented students; enable
students of all ability levels to experience success with reading
and writing; use a variety of instructional strategies, or deliver
lessons at varying levels of difficulty based on the ability of
each student
Double Entry Journal - ✔✔A note taking strategy to improve
comprehension. This is a double entry record in which a
student takes notes and adds reflections while reading any
text. A two column format is used. Typically, the left column is
