Final Assessment

Writing
Analysis
EPR 2503

Students Name: Zainab Ahmad

ID: H00272705
Section: 12BEPR01

Zainab Ahmad

H00272705
12B4EPR01

Stages of writing development

Preliterate: Drawing
In this stage, children
Draw to stand for writing
Think that drawings deliver a
purposeful message
Read their drawings as if they were
written (Morrow, 2007)
This child Drew a boy instead of writing,
he/she wants to deliver a massage.

Preliterate: scribbling
In this stage, children:

Scribble intends it as writing

hold the pen like adults
The scribbling resembles writing
(Morrow, 2007)

This child Scribble as hes writing, this

scribble shows that he/she holds the pin
like adults.

Early emergent: letter like form

The shapes in writing actually resemble
letters and they aren't actually letters.
They look like poorly formed letters but
unique creations (Morrow, 2007)
In this sample, The shapes formed like
letters (w-o-R-y-B-G-Q)

Zainab Ahmad

H00272705
12B4EPR01

Emergent: random-letters or letter

strings
In this stage, children

Use letter sequences

Write same letters in many ways
Write long strings of letters
randomly (Morrow, 2007)

This child used letter sequences, wrote

random letters shapes and wrote the
letter (o) three times.

Transitional: writing via invented

spelling
In this stage
Children create spellings (miss or
add one or two letters)
May one letter represent the whole
syllable
Don't use proper spacing
Spell words conventionally. (Morrow,
2007)
This child missed some letters and
invented spelling for all words that he
wrote such as: bs instead of bus. He/she
depends on sounds in writing (phonemes).
This child didnt use proper spacing, he/she
wrote each word on one line.

Zainab Ahmad

H00272705
12B4EPR01

Fluency: conventional spelling

Childrens writing become like adults
(Rockets, 2010)
In This sample, the childs wrote
sentences with correct spellings like
adult.

References
Morrow, L. M. (2007). Developing Literacy in Preschool. New York: Guilford.
Retrieved 30 Apr., 2016, from http://pcekindertechteach.weebly.com/:
https://books.google.ae/books?
id=OFJL0tPTVEEC&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=Scribbles+but+intends
+it+as+writing&source=bl&ots=V9TghOPeo&sig=WH_Ki6NXW1IFyR7XcTAWIXWvXz4&hl=en&sa=X&ve
d=0ahUKEwiG5byTprbMAhXF1CYKHfypBw8Q6AEIIDAB#v=onepage&q
=Scribbles%20but%20intends
Rockets, R. (2010). How Writing Develops. Retrieved 30 Apr., 2016, from
readingrockets.org: http://www.readingrockets.org/article/how-writingdevelops

Word count: 244 without references and title, 298 with references and
title