Written & Spoken Formal English Flashcards
A kindergarten teacher is working in a school with no bilingual program. Which of the following would be developmentally appropriate for the teacher to incorporate in her reading lesson plan to support her students who are English Language Learners? *
Language Experience Stories
Narrative writing
Dictionaries
Quickwrites
Language Experience Stories
During her writing lesson, Mrs. Karnes will teach students how to use the writing process. After the lesson, she would like them to write an expository paragraph on their own, about an animal that lives in the jungle. The steps she is utilizing are: *
Voice, Organization, Word Choice, Ideas, Editing, and Revising
Drafting, Editing, Publishing, Word Choice, Revising
Prewriting, Composing, Revising, Editing, Publishing
Prewriting, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Editing
Prewriting, Composing, Revising, Editing, Publishing
Which activity is an example of developing good listening and speaking skills for 5th graders? *
Ask questions to seek help about something they do not understand
Answer questions about key details in a text read aloud to them.
After listening to a speech, verbally summarize and give an explanation to support claims.
Create an audio-recorded story to present to the class.
After listening to a speech, verbally summarize and give an explanation to support claims.
Mr. Jenkins has instructed his students on both narrative and expository writing. He would like his students to choose a topic for which they can write a story and a factual piece. Which of the following might Mr. Jenkins consider? *
Have the students write a story about a Pilgrim and then an informative piece on why the Pilgrims came to America
Have the students write about a personal Thanksgiving experience and then a story about the Pilgrims and Native Americans
Have the students write a research paper about how Thanksgiving began and then an informative piece on how the Pilgrims traveled to America
Have students create a podcast where they can read from a work of historical fiction and discuss the facts.
Have the students write a story about a Pilgrim and then an informative piece on why the Pilgrims came to America
Which lesson plan activity will help 1st-grade students develop their oral language skills? *
Have students participate in a think-pair-share about a story video they watched in which they discuss the conflict of the story.
Have students take a quiz about the elements of a short story.
Have students complete a story map to see if they can properly sequence events.
Assign pairs of students to create a cartoon strip of a story and display them in a gallery walk
Have students participate in a think-pair-share about a story video they watched in which they discuss the conflict of the story.
A 5th-grade teacher is planning a social studies lesson about the Revolutionary War in which he will be including new Academic Language. What can the teacher include in his lesson plan to support Academic Language use for his ELL students? *
Have students explain in their own words after using visuals to teach the concepts.
Have the students read a book about the Revolutionary War.
Have the students look up the Academic Language on the internet and write a report.
Have students write an essay using at least five new words that they have learned.
Have students explain in their own words after using visuals to teach the concepts.
A 2nd-grade teacher wants to create a lesson where students will use varied text with tasks that focus on comprehension and word recognition (vocabulary). Which activity supports that objective?
Students will select and read 3 books from a series, summarizing each book and discussing how each book is related.
Students will choose to read an article, mini-book, or Internet site. They will identify unknown words and dramatize their meanings, putting unfamiliar words into a graphic organizer.
The teacher will read a story to the class and students will summarize the story in writing. They will discuss as a whole group the meaning of the story.
They will read an article as a class and create word cards from magazine cutouts. Then they will paste word pairs on a poster and display in the classroom.
Students will choose to read an article, mini-book, or Internet site. They will identify unknown words and dramatize their meanings, putting unfamiliar words into a graphic organizer.
Which of the following are patterns of writing most often seen in science and social studies texts? *
WIRC Think Sheets, Glosses, and Pattern Guides
Comparison/Contrast, Concept/Definition, and Description
A Literacy Toolkit
Graphic Organizer, Comparison/Contrast, and Description
Comparison/Contrast, Concept/Definition, and Description
Which of the following is a middle-of-the lesson activity in which students respond to a prompt framed on the content of the lesson? *
KWL
Quick write
Graphic organizer
Anticipation guide
Quick write
Which of the following is an end-of-class activity assesses students’ learning about the day’s lesson? *
Anticipation guide
Graphic organizer
Exit card
KWL
Exit card
Which of the following integrates speaking, listening, reading, and writing through the development of a written text based on first hand experiences? *
Strategy Guide
Think clouds
Opinion Writing
Language Experience Approach
Language Experience Approach
Ms. Jones wants her students to write both a narrative and an expository essay as part of a unit on the American Revolution. Which of the following would be a good representation of this assignment?
Writing a story that is based on factual experiences.
Presenting information of a battle using pictures to tell the story of the battle.
Writing a narrative with the student putting themselves in the shoes of a soldier as well as an expository essay with the true facts about the battle.
Write an essay about why the war was fought and another one describing how this affects the country today.
Writing a narrative with the student putting themselves in the shoes of a soldier as well as an expository essay with the true facts about the battle.
Which of the following is an example of a guided lesson with a teacher?
The teacher gives an example to the students and has them review it before working on their own.
The teacher works with the students to complete the example before asking the students to complete the work on their own.
The teacher models the example for the students before asking them to complete it on their own.
The teacher assigns pairs of students to complete the work together.
The teacher works with the students to complete the example before asking the students to complete the work on their own.
A 5th-grade teacher knows that some of her students have difficulties reading for information. She is using the adopted science text for her school district to teach her students how the text is organized and how to recognize different patterns of writing to focus their reading and understanding of the text. The teacher is implementing:
Reading Workshop
Text Structures
Schema Theory
Situation Model Theory
Text Structures
Mrs. Moore is teaching her students new vocabulary words before reading a story about friendship. She is using a word sort that allows students to categorize the words the way it makes sense to them. She then discusses with the students, why they sorted the words as they did. Mrs. Moore is using a(an):
closed word sort
open word sort
strategy guide
aesthetic response
open word sort
