This is a timed test. You must work on it (attempt, approximate, or complete/master) it for 80 minutes. If you do not do this on the Exam Day, you can make it up during homework help or on a make up day.
- How is writing a system? (Notes will be provided.)
- How is writing a process? (Notes will be provided.)
- How did you apply systems-thinking in Essay 1 and Essay 2? (You can use your essays for this question.)
- What are the key concepts and how did you apply them in Essay 1 and Essay 2? (Notes will be provided.) (You can use your essays for this question.)
- Compare Essay 1 and Essay 2. Describe how they compare. Explain what this shows about your learning so far.
- Describe the following theories of learning: ZPD, Cognitive Cliff, Approximation with Intensification. (Notes will be provided.) Then connect your learning to the theories, with specific connections to Essay 1 and Essay 2 (the process of writing them and what the evidence produced by writing them demonstrates). (You can use your essays for this question.)
- Explain why revision is the most important stage in the writing process.
- Explain how writing is a process for producing and sharing knowledge. Connect this to your life. Reflect on why this matters to you.
- Explain how writing an essay helps you learn to read at the high school and/or pre-university level. (Notes will be provided.) Be specific. Connect to your work this term.
- How does writing make you smarter? Connect to ZPD.
- How does writing make you more powerful? Connect to systems-thinking.
- How does writing make you more attractive? Connect to the LOA of reflect, connect, and metacognition.
- What, in your view, is the value of learning to be literate at the high school and/or pre-university level? Does this, in your view, matter to you? Why or why not?
