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A Farewell to Handwriting? https://youtu.be/RJFDDd3arhA
Vocabulary:
penmanship: the ability to write neatly, or the activity of learning to do this
script: a particular style of writing letters
cursive: Cursive writing is written with rounded letters that are joined together.
Cursive writing looks like this.
print: to write words without joining the letters together. (This is the opposite of cursive)
word processor: a computer or computer program that you use for writing letters, reports, etc
credibility: a quality that means someone can be believed and trusted:
legibility: the fact of being easy to read, or the degree to which something is easy to read
peak: to reach the highest level or value of something
1. How many emails and text messages are sent every day?
2. Nowadays, for adults, what is the tactile personal art of handwriting used for?
3. Tamara Plakins Thornton has written a history about what?
4. In the time of the pilgrims, not everybody could write. And there was something even more strange. What was even more strange?
5. Nowadays, what is Spencerian script known for?
6. Who was the penmanship emperor of the 20th century?
7. What is “graphology”?
8. Before the 1920s, what is the only type of handwriting that students were taught?
9. What is something that Abraham Lincoln never did?
10. According to Steve Graham, Which kids have better quality writing over time: those who write by hand, or those who write on word processors?
11. Some people believe writing by hand is more effective for stimulating what?
12. According to Steve Graham, people form judgements about the credibility of your ideas based upon what?
13. When does our legibility tend to peak? Why?
14. Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown caused a national scandal because of his bad penmanship in one of his letters. Who had he written the letter to?
15. What percentage of people call their penmanship excellent?
A Farewell to Handwriting? https://youtu.be/RJFDDd3arhA
Vocabulary:
penmanship: the ability to write neatly, or the activity of learning to do this
script: a particular style of writing letters
cursive: Cursive writing is written with rounded letters that are joined together.
Cursive writing looks like this.
print: to write words without joining the letters together. (This is the opposite of cursive)
word processor: a computer or computer program that you use for writing letters, reports, etc
credibility: a quality that means someone can be believed and trusted:
legibility: the fact of being easy to read, or the degree to which something is easy to read
peak: to reach the highest level or value of something
1. How many emails and text messages are sent every day?
294 billion emails and nearly 5 billion text messages (1:02)
2. Nowadays, for adults, what is the tactile personal art of handwriting used for?
Shopping lists and credit card signatures (1:07)
3. Tamara Plakins Thornton has written a history about what?
Handwriting in America (1:35)
4. In the time of the pilgrims, not everybody could write. And there was something even more strange. What was even more strange?
Some people could read, but not write. (1:47)
5. Nowadays, what is Spencerian script known for?
Coca Cola logo (2:37)
6. Who was the penmanship emperor of the 20th century?
A.M. Palmer (2:57)
7. What is “graphology”?
Handwriting analysis (3:49)
8. Before the 1920s, what is the only type of handwriting that students were taught?
Cursive (4:19)
9. What is something that Abraham Lincoln never did?
Printed (4:27)
10. According to Steve Graham, Which kids have better quality writing over time: those who write by hand, or those who write on word processors?
Word processors (5:34)
11. Some people believe writing by hand is more effective for stimulating what?
Memory and language skills (5:59)
12. According to Steve Graham, people form judgements about the credibility of your ideas based upon what?
Your handwriting (6:14)
13. When does our legibility tend to peak? Why?
Around 4th grade. Because that’s when instruction stops (6:28)
14. Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown caused a national scandal because of his bad penmanship in one of his letters. Who had he written the letter to?
The mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan (6:45)
15. What percentage of people call their penmanship excellent?
18% (7:10)
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