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A teacher is preparing to start a unit on descriptive writing. Which of the following should the teacher emphasize that students include in a well-organized piece of descriptive writing?

Answer the questions who, what, where, when and how.

A teacher gives her class a political cartoon to look at and analyze. To perform this task the student needs to understand the historical context of the image and assess how the individual parts of the illustration create meaning. To best support her students in their analysis, what should the teacher recommend? Select all answers that apply.

Note the size or scale of parts of the images. Carefully read the text included with the image. Determine the general mood evoked by the image.

Students in a high school English class have written expository research papers on a historical time period of their choice and the famous novels written during this time period. Which of the following describes an appropriate assessment strategy for the essay?

Students are presented with the rubric, grading guidelines, research expectations, and guided models for their research papers prior to beginning the assignment.

Which of the following statements is true of the writing process?

The editing and revising portions of the writing process are recursive.

Which is the most important item to keep in mind when choosing an internet article to reference in a research paper?

how credible, reliable, or accurate the source is

"Penny for your thoughts?" Marla said. "Not to add insult to injury, but you are barking up the wrong tree," Sam said. "Well, the ball is in your court," Marla replied. The two characters in this excerpt are having a conversation using a particular literary device. Which of the following sentences below adopts the same style and would fit into their conversation?

"Back to the drawing board."

During the Renaissance more than 10,000 words entered the English lexicon. Where did most of these words originate from?

/NOT RIGHT/ French and Italian languages

Which cognate below departs in meaning from its original Greek root?

/NOT RIGHT/ synchronized

Which of the following statements best describes the impact of technology and the Internet on the evolution of the English language?

Technology has led to the development of new words and phrases and semantic expansion of old words and phrases.

Which of the following describes a credible source?

an online database with peer-reviewed articles

Martha gave a bath to her puppy wearing a purple sweater. Which sentence below is a clearer version of the sentence above?

Martha, wearing a purple sweater, gave a bath to her puppy.

A teacher has provided her class with a descriptive writing assignment. The students have chosen a topic and are now filling out a sensory-focused graphic organizer in which they list descriptions matching with each of the five sentences. What step in the writing process are the students most likely to be in?

Prewriting

Which of the following descriptions explains the purpose of prewriting within the writing process?

Prewriting is the initial generation and organization of ideas in order to create a coherent piece of writing for a specific audience.

The following is a rubric for an expository or informative writing assignment: Writing Focus Description Rating (1, 2, 3, or 4) Introduction Does the beginning "hook" the reader? Is the thesis clear? Is there a clear focus or main idea to the paper? Details/Examples Are there clear topic sentences for each body paragraph? Are there sufficient details or examples to provide support for the topic sentences? Conclusion Does the conclusion "wrap up" the paper? Is the main idea revisited? Does the author provide the reader with something to think about? Grammar/Mechanics Are there grammatical or mechanical errors? Are they distracting to the reader? Is the writing fluid and easy to read? Evidence of the Writing Process Has the student taken part in all the parts of the writing process? Total Score Out of 20 points ___/20 How can students most effectively use the rubric to improve their own writing before submitting it for grading?

Students reference the rubric's criteria before, during, and after drafting their papers.

An eighth-grade English teacher is teaching her students how to identify different text structures. As part of the lesson, she asks her students to read the following excerpt about the famous philosophers, Plato and Aristotle. Although much of Aristotle's work was influenced by Plato, Aristotle was able to find many faults in Plato's theories and in time became a critic of his teacher. Their work targets many of the same aspects of philosophy, but their theories differ quite a bit. They both believed that thoughts were more powerful than senses. However, Plato believed the senses could not be used to determine reality, whereas Aristotle believed just the opposite, that the senses were needed to determine reality. So while Plato was busy imagining an invisible world, Aristotle looked to find truth in the world around him. Which graphic organizer would be helpful for students to use during the reading of this excerpt and the remainder of the text?

Venn diagram

Do all superheroes wear capes? Well, Jonathan Thomas doesn't, and he is a real life Superman. He helped out with meals after I came home from late night cancer treatments, got my mail, enlisted the help of others when needed, and took care of my ailing mother. Words can't express how appreciative I am of his willingness to help and care for others. Which of the following rhetorical strategies does the author utilize in this passage?

allusion

A teacher has students read the following sentences from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. (1) In an armchair, with an elbow resting on the table and her head leaning on that hand, sat the strangest lady I have ever seen, or shall ever see. She was dressed in rich materials—satins, and lace and silks—all of white.(2) My sister, Mrs. Joe, with black hair and eyes, had such a prevailing redness of skin that I sometimes used to wonder whether it was possible she washed herself with a nutmeg-grater instead of soap. The teacher uses the sentences to show how writing can be made more compact with the use of which of the following type of phrase?

appositive phrase

An English learner (EL) at the intermediate level of English-language proficiency can be expected to:

explain ideas briefly and simply in writing.

The following is an excerpt from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington: I think that the whole future of my race hinges on the question as to whether or not it can make itself of such indispensable value that the people in the town and the state where we reside will feel that our presence is necessary to the happiness and well-being of the community. No man who continues to add something to the material, intellectual, and moral well-being of the place in which he lives is long left without proper reward. This is a great human law which cannot be permanently nullified. Describing members of his race as "indispensable" and "necessary" to society, Washington builds an argument throughout the excerpt which culminates in the last line of the piece: "This is a great human law which cannot be permanently nullified." Using context clues, which of the following statements provides the best definition for the word "nullified" as it is used in this excerpt?

invalidated

When evaluating a text, the teacher encourages students to ask the following questions: Did the author use transition words between ideas? Does the order of the sentences help to convey the meaning? Which of the following skills is the teacher asking her students to assess?

organization

A teacher is leading her students in the task of writing a letter to the governor to make a request for a change. She provides students with a list of changes they could suggest, such as banning plastic bags in the town, putting a speed tracker on a busy road near the school, etc. When instructing the students on how to write the letter, which of the following should the teacher emphasize?

use rhetorical strategies like logos

Which of the following statements comes from a persuasive article concerning recycling?

"Without recycling, our oceans will become littered and uninhabitable for treasured species."

The following is an excerpt from the Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. My father was, from my earliest recollection, in comfortable circumstances, considering the times, his place of residence, and the community in which he lived. Mindful of his own lack of facilities for acquiring an education, his greatest desire in maturer years was for the education of his children. Consequently, as stated before, I never missed a quarter from school from the time I was old enough to attend till the time of leaving home. This did not exempt me from labor. In my early days, every one labored more or less, in the region where my youth was spent, and more in proportion to their private means. It was only the very poor who were exempt. While my father carried on the manufacture of leather and worked at the trade himself, he owned and tilled considerable land. I detested the trade, preferring almost any other labor; but I was fond of agriculture, and of all employment in which horses were used. Inspired by the Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, a middle school teacher assigns her students a memoir assignment in which they will tell their own life stories. In order to incorporate technology into the assignment, she asks students to create a digital story of their memoirs to present to the class. Which of the following statements best describes a digital story?

a collection of images, videos, text and audio files arranged to tell a story on digital slides

To Whom It May Concern at the Electric Company: I have noticed lately the neighborhood street lights have not been coming on until 8 p.m. This is well after the time the sun sets around 5 p.m. This is upsetting to me because I come home and walk around the block for exercise after work. What if a dangerous person wanted to cause harm to me in the street? I would have no lights around to see the person in question's face or for others to see what was happening. This is a very pressing security issue. It is not expensive to turn the lights on earlier as they are solar powered. In fact, there will be no additional costs incurred by turning the lights on earlier. Therefore, my neighbors and I ask that you consider turning on the lights as soon as it gets dark. Our neighborhood will be safer as a result. Sincerely, A Concerned Citizen Which of the following types of writing is shown in this excerpt?

a persuasive letter

A middle school teacher has taught a lesson on simple, compound, and complex sentences and wants to check the understanding of the entire class. Which of the following is an appropriate formative assessment for a teacher to administer to students following the grammar lesson?

an exit ticket asking students to demonstrate the skill by writing sentences of their own

A middle school teacher is designing a rubric to use when evaluating students' oral presentations. She is planning to focus the rubric on a few different categories. Which category would the following question fit into? Are the words spoken clearly and correctly?

articulation

Mrs. Grant assigns her middle school students a poem to read entitled "Poplars." In the poem, the trees are described as lonely and are difficult for birds to land on due to their short branches. The students are having difficulty attaching the images and figurative language present in the poem to what the real Poplar tree looks like. As a consequence, they are struggling with comprehending the poem. Mrs. Grant creates a slide with information about Poplar trees and includes a picture of the uniquely shaped tree. Then, she guides students through another analysis of the poem. Which comprehension strategy did the teacher rely on in this scenario?

building background knowledge

Ms. Adams displays the following sentence and asks the class which of the two words in parenthesis is the best choice for the sentence. Following his string of robberies in the small town, James Smith was (famous or infamous) among the tight knit community. This activity focuses on which of the following?

connotation

A teacher writes the following sentence from a narrative on the board and asks the class which of the words is the most suited for the sentence. As I walked through the forest, I couldn't help but notice the (elegant or alien) beauty of the tall, slender trees. By conducting this activity, the teacher is helping students work on which skill?

connotation of a word

Ms. Morris wants to educate students about the importance of using credible websites in their research. Which of the following characteristics should she instruct students to look for when choosing a website to cite?

contains a published author, date of information, source of the information, domain address, and a professional site design

A middle school English teacher is reviewing grammar concepts with students. He writes the following sentence on the board: After our dog, Roscoe, ran away, my brother and me spent hours searching the neighbors' yards calling it's name. What type of errors are displayed in the sentence? More than one choice is correct. Select all choices that apply. Select all answers that apply.

correct use apostrophes to show possession correct use of subject and object pronouns

Hundreds of fish swam around under the dock, waiting for me to drop down the line. While we were fishing, my dad and I discussed the important issues of the day: sports scores, grilling, my job, and mom's health. It feels like just yesterday we were standing there together--on the dock. Above all, the time we spent together is what I remember. Which of the following phrases, when replacing the underlined phrase above, preserves the meaning of the sentence?

Most importantly,

An eighth-grade English teacher is teaching her students how to identify different text structures. As part of the lesson, she asks her students to read the following excerpt about the famous philosophers, Plato and Aristotle. Although much of Aristotle's work was influenced by Plato, Aristotle was able to find many faults in Plato's theories and in time became a critic of his teacher. Their work targets many of the same aspects of philosophy, but their theories differ quite a bit. They both believed that thoughts were more powerful than senses. However, Plato believed the senses could not be used to determine reality, whereas Aristotle believed just the opposite, that the senses were needed to determine reality. So while Plato was busy imagining an invisible world, Aristotle looked to find truth in the world around him. Which of the following text structures is the teacher trying to help her students identify?

compare and contrast

Ms. Jennison pairs up students in her class according to abilities and provides them with a rubric. Students exchange papers with their partners and compare their partner's work to the rubric. This scenario describes which of the following assessment tools?

peer editing

A high school English teacher has planned a class discussion on one chapter from a novel the students have read. Some of the students are new to class discussions and are nervous about talking in front of their peers. The teacher wants students to feel comfortable, but she also wants to assess student understanding of the chapter at the same time. Therefore, which of the following activities should the teacher have the students take part in to make them feel more at ease with the discussion?

provide a list of discussion questions beforehand for students to discuss in pairs or small groups

An eighth-grade English teacher is teaching her students about persuasive advertising techniques. She shows them a car advertisement that provides details about the car and suggests that only a person who wears fancy clothes, lives in a mansion, and goes on luxurious vacations belongs in such a car. Which of the following persuasive techniques is being used in this advertisement?

snob appeal

An eighth-grade English teacher has noticed that the English learners (ELs) in her class struggle to understand a lot of the vocabulary used in the text. Which two techniques from below would be the most effective ways for her to assist students in their long-term learning? (1) Teach students to use the contextual analysis to infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word by analyzing the text surrounding it. (2) Encourage students to read the text in their native language to gain a clear understanding. (3) Teach students the proper way to use a dictionary to find the meaning, pronunciation, and part of speech of words(4) Teach students how to use morphemic analysis to derive a word's meaning by analyzing its parts.

1 and 4

A student is having trouble fully comprehending a paragraph he just read about tectonic plate movement. The student doesn't normally struggle with fluency or vocabulary, so the teacher assumes the student is struggling to visualize the process. What should the teacher do to help the student fully comprehend the topic?

Ask the student a basic level question about the passage, then continue with more prompts and guided questions to encourage understanding.

A teacher wants to informally assess the speaking skills of her English learners (ELs). Which of the following activities would best achieve this? Select all answers that apply.

Observing student speech, inflection, and volume as they converse with peers in small groups. Asking each student to read part of a text aloud to the class.

A language arts teacher has a group of students who are reluctant readers struggling to comprehend a novel set in the 1800s. What strategies can the teacher use to help the students understand what they are reading? Select all answers that apply.

Pre-teach unfamiliar vocabulary for each chapter of the novel. Provide time for students to research the setting of the novel.

The following is a rubric for an expository or informative writing assignment: Writing Focus Description Rating (1, 2, 3, or 4) Introduction Does the beginning "hook" the reader? Is the thesis clear? Is there a clear focus or main idea to the paper? Details/Examples Are there clear topic sentences for each body paragraph? Are there sufficient details or examples to provide support for the topic sentences? Conclusion Does the conclusion "wrap up" the paper? Is the main idea revisited? Does the author provide the reader with something to think about? Grammar/Mechanics Are there grammatical or mechanical errors? Are they distracting to the reader? Is the writing fluid and easy to read? Evidence of the Writing Process Has the student taken part in all the parts of the writing process? Total Score Out of 20 points ___/20 This rubric assumes students have taken part in the traditional writing process. Which of the following lists the steps of the writing process in the correct order?

Prewriting, Drafting, Editing/Revising, Publishing

An eighth-grade class is reading "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë. During class, the teacher pulls out the following passage from the novel to focus on. In this passage, the protagonist is describing her thoughts on people who live in the countryside. "I perceive that people in these regions acquire over people in towns the value that a spider in a dungeon does over a spider in a cottage, to their various occupants; and yet the deepened attraction is not entirely owing to the situation of the looker-on. They do live more in earnest, more in themselves, and less in surface, change, and frivolous external things. I could fancy a love for life here almost possible; and I was a fixed unbeliever in any love of a year's standing. One state resembles setting a hungry man down to a single dish, on which he may concentrate his entire appetite and do it justice; the other, introducing him to a table laid out by French cooks: he can perhaps extract as much enjoyment from the whole; but each part is a mere atom in his regard and remembrance..." Before the lesson, the teacher has planned the following learning objectives. 1. Students will be able to analyze a text for themes relative to life. 2. Students will be able to understand the purpose of different literary devices. Which of the following discussion questions best supports objective 2?

Why does the author use these metaphors to compare life in a town to life in the countryside?

A high-school English class is analyzing an excerpt from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë."Most true is it that "beauty is in the eye of the gazer." My master's colourless, olive face, square, massive brow, broad and jetty eyebrows, deep eyes, strong features, firm, grim mouth, — all energy, decision, will, — were not beautiful, according to rule; but they were more than beautiful to me; they were full of an interest, an influence that quite mastered me, — that took my feelings from my own power and fettered them in his. I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extricate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously arrived, green and strong! He made me love him without looking at me." During which of the following literary periods was this book written?

romantic

An eighth-grade class is reading "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë. During class, the teacher pulls out the following passage from the novel to focus on. In this passage, the protagonist is describing her thoughts on people who live in the countryside. "I perceive that people in these regions acquire over people in towns the value that a spider in a dungeon does over a spider in a cottage, to their various occupants; and yet the deepened attraction is not entirely owing to the situation of the looker-on. They do live more in earnest, more in themselves, and less in surface, change, and frivolous external things. I could fancy a love for life here almost possible; and I was a fixed unbeliever in any love of a year's standing. One state resembles setting a hungry man down to a single dish, on which he may concentrate his entire appetite and do it justice; the other, introducing him to a table laid out by French cooks: he can perhaps extract as much enjoyment from the whole; but each part is a mere atom in his regard and remembrance..." Before the lesson, the teacher has planned the following learning objectives. 1. Students will be able to analyze a text for themes relative to life. 2. Students will be able to understand the purpose of different literary devices. Which statement best demonstrates a student meeting objective 1?

"A rural lifestyle encourages people to be more reflective and attentive to what they have."

Utilize the following excerpt from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain for questions 77-79. "Call this a govment! why, just look at it and see what it's like. Here's the law a-standing ready to take a man's son away from him--a man's own son, which he has had all the trouble and all the anxiety and all the expense of raising. Yes, just as that man has got that son raised at last, and ready to go to work and begin to do suthin' for him and give him a rest, the law up and goes for him. And they call that govment! That ain't all, nuther. The law backs that old Judge Thatcher up and helps him to keep me out o' my property. Here's what the law does: The law takes a man worth six thousand dollars and up'ards, and jams him into an old trap of a cabin like this, and lets him go round in clothes that ain't fitten for a hog. They call that govment! A man can't get his rights in a govment like this. Sometimes I've a mighty notion to just leave the country for good and all. Yes, and I told 'em so; I told old Thatcher so to his face. Lots of 'em heard me, and can tell what I said. Says I, for two cents I'd leave the blamed country and never come a-near it agin. Them's the very words. I says look at my hat--if you call it a hat--but the lid raises up and the rest of it goes down till it's below my chin, and then it ain't rightly a hat at all, but more like my head was shoved up through a jint o' stove-pipe. Look at it, says I--such a hat for me to wear--one of the wealthiest men in this town if I could git my rights. Which of the following quotes from the excerpt is a simile?

"Then it ain't rightly a hat at all, but more like my head was shoved up through a jint o' stove-pipe."

An English teacher provides her students with the following excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens for a close-reading exercise. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insist on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only." After reading this excerpt, the teacher leads the class in a discussion. Which of the following statements would best demonstrate student understanding of the quote?

"This paragraph captures the duplicity of human nature."

A tenth-grade English teacher is teaching her class some effective speech delivery techniques. Which of the following should she include? Select all answers that apply.

/NOT RIGHT/ Use formal, professional language. Pause to emphasize words. Vary the cadence.

A middle school teacher wants to do more to promote reading to her students. Which of the following strategies should she try? Select all answers that apply.

/NOT RIGHT/ Ask students to present to the class a summary of a chapter within the book they are reading. Make books accessible to students by setting up a system where students can easily borrow and return books.

A middle-school teacher is preparing an oral language assessment for her students in which she plans to listen to and analyze students' oral language to assess strengths and weaknesses and the next steps to support growth. Which of the following skills would be appropriate to include in her rubric? Select all answers that apply.

/NOT RIGHT/ reads fluently and with correct pronunciation modifies speech, inflection and volume as appropriate

While writing a research paper on the life of scientist Albert Einstein, a student uses many different sources that need to be cited. Which of the following would be an appropriate citation for an article found online?

/NOT RIGHT/ Beyers, Jillian. The Making of a Genius. September 4, 1978, ArtScience Museum. https://www.artsciencemuseum/topics/science/themakingofagenius. October 20, 2019.

The paragraph was written by a ninth-grade student. Sentences are numbered sequentially within the paragraph.(1) It was a beautiful winter day, fresh snow was falling and the sun was shining. (2) My father and I were getting ready to go sledding at the park across the street. (3) While getting dressed, the phone call came. (4) My father answered, but spent most of the call just listening in silence. (5) Covered head to toe in my snow gear and ready to go, I ran to get my father. (6) To my surprise, he was sitting on his bed crying. (7) It was the first time I had ever seen my father cry. (8) I froze in the doorway, not knowing what to do. Which of the following forms of sentence 1 contains the correct grammar and punctuation?

/NOT RIGHT/ Correct as is.

A teacher instructs her students to write in a journal a few times a week. Sometimes she provides them with prompts, but most of the time their entries are reflections on their day or thoughts on topics of their choice. She occasionally asks the students to bring their journals to class so she can check whether they have been writing in it. She asks them to share one piece of writing. What is the purpose of this?

/NOT RIGHT/ Having students write in a journal is a good way to informally assess their writing

An English teacher provides her students with the following excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens for a close-reading exercise. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insist on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only." Which of the following best describes the technique used by Dickens in the first half of this excerpt?

/NOT RIGHT/ He uses an oxymoron to capture the reader's attention.

To ensure that the affective filter is low for an English learner (ELs) in the class at a High Intermediate English-language proficiency level, when assigning the students an oral presentation, what should the teacher ensure that she does?

/NOT RIGHT/ Provide the EL with some public speaking tips like ways to capture the audience's attention. MAYBE: Provide the EL with a list of sentence stems to aid in the presentation. (https://www.collaborativeclassroom.org/blog/lowering-the-affective-filter-for-english-language-learners-facilitates-successful-language-acquisition/)

Students in Mrs. Jemmison's high school class maintain writing journals about the novels they read during independent reading time. The teacher would like students to use the journals as a space to better comprehend the novels they are reading. Which of the following assignments would be appropriate for students to complete in their notebooks following a classroom silent reading time?

/NOT RIGHT/ Rewrite the novel you are reading to be an expository article.

A high school English teacher assigns students a novel to read outside of class along with corresponding discussion questions. The students come to class with the novel questions completed. Which of the following oral presentation strategies will allow students to share ideas with each other while also allowing the teacher to assess student understanding of the novel's main points?

/NOT RIGHT/ Students break into two groups depending on their opinion of the novel, positive or negative. Then, pair off one student who has a positive viewpoint and one student who has a negative viewpoint to debate.

The following questions reference this excerpt from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In my native town of Salem, at the head of what, half a century ago, in the days of old King Derby, was a bustling wharf--but which is now burdened with decayed wooden warehouses, and exhibits few or no symptoms of commercial life; except, perhaps, a bark or brig, half-way down its melancholy length, discharging hides; or, nearer at hand, a Nova Scotia schooner, pitching out her cargo of firewood--at the head, I say, of this dilapidated wharf, which the tide often overflows, and along which, at the base and in the rear of the row of buildings, the track of many languid years is seen in a border of unthrifty grass--here, with a view from its front windows down this not very enlivening prospect, and thence across the harbour, stands a spacious edifice of brick. From the loftiest point of its roof, during precisely three and a half hours of each forenoon, floats or droops, in breeze or calm, the banner of the republic; but with the thirteen stripes turned vertically, instead of horizontally, and thus indicating that a civil, and not a military, post of Uncle Sam's government is here established. Which response below best represents a reader-response criticism to the passage?

/NOT RIGHT/ The Scarlet Letter serves as a commentary on economic progress in colonial Salem. MAYBE: I also remember growing up next to a wharf; the sights and sounds are fresh in my memory.?

The Wild Dog of Africa, or Cape Hunting-dog, Photo by A. S. Rudland & Sons. WILD DOG. These animals range from the plains of India and Burma to the Tibetan Plateau and Siberia. They hunt in small packs, usually by day, and are very destructive to game, but seldom attack domestic animals. This is a most interesting creature, differing from the true dogs in having only four toes on both fore and hind feet, and in being spotted like a hyena. These dogs are the scourge of African game, hunting in packs. Long of limb and swift of foot, incessantly restless, with an overpowering desire to snap and bite from mere animal spirits, the Cape wild dog, even when in captivity and attached to its master, is an intractable beast. In its native state it kills the farmers' cattle and sheep and the largest antelopes. Which statement below best describes the author's use of text features within the excerpt?

/NOT RIGHT/ The title of the article provides the same information found in the caption under the photograph, causing redundancies.

A teacher is beginning a unit on media literacy. She wants to create a project for students that will help them understand the impact of design and design choices on the intended audience. Which activity below will best help students understand her goal?

/NOT RIGHT/ Work in groups to redesign an existing image or logo for a younger or older audience.

A high school English teacher is teaching his students word identification strategies that they can use for unfamiliar words in a text. She writes the following sentence on the board: George had somehow somnambulated his way into the middle of the highway behind his home, and survived unscathed. Which word identification strategy would be most effective in helping students determine the meaning of "somnambulate"?

/NOT RIGHT/ contextual

Group 1: unique, different, odd, peculiar, eccentric, distinctive Group 2: thrifty, frugal, cheap, stingy, economical Group 3: inquisitive, interested, curious, prying, nosy What was the likely purpose of this exercise?

/NOT RIGHT/ developing students' ability to categorize words

A high-school English class is analyzing an excerpt from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë."Most true is it that "beauty is in the eye of the gazer." My master's colourless, olive face, square, massive brow, broad and jetty eyebrows, deep eyes, strong features, firm, grim mouth, — all energy, decision, will, — were not beautiful, according to rule; but they were more than beautiful to me; they were full of an interest, an influence that quite mastered me, — that took my feelings from my own power and fettered them in his. I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extricate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously arrived, green and strong! He made me love him without looking at me." What literary devices are used in this excerpt?

/NOT RIGHT/ personification and symbolism

The paragraph was written by a ninth-grade student. Sentences are numbered sequentially within the paragraph.(1) It was a beautiful winter day, fresh snow was falling and the sun was shining. (2) My father and I were getting ready to go sledding at the park across the street. (3) While getting dressed, the phone call came. (4) My father answered, but spent most of the call just listening in silence. (5) Covered head to toe in my snow gear and ready to go, I ran to get my father. (6) To my surprise, he was sitting on his bed crying. (7) It was the first time I had ever seen my father cry. (8) I froze in the doorway, not knowing what to do. Which of the following sentences from the paragraph contains a dangling modifier?

/NOT RIGHT/ sentence 5

The following is an excerpt from an eighth-grade student's descriptive writing piece. She slowly tiptoed into the library, careful not to wake the others. Staring in awe at the grandiose collection of books, she took a deep breath and drew in their sweet, musky smell. The books were calling out to her like a newborn to his mother. She longed to turn the pages, to be engulfed in the stories inside of them, to experience all the lives different than her own. Which of the following literary techniques does the student use to enhance the reader's mental image? Select all answers that apply.

/NOT RIGHT/ similes and metaphors

Works of literature by American transcendentalists such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Walt Whitman traditionally center on which of the following topics?

/NOT RIGHT/ the feeling of being socially alienated from society while also humorously taking note of life's ironic nature

A high-school English class is analyzing an excerpt from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë."Most true is it that "beauty is in the eye of the gazer." My master's colourless, olive face, square, massive brow, broad and jetty eyebrows, deep eyes, strong features, firm, grim mouth, — all energy, decision, will, — were not beautiful, according to rule; but they were more than beautiful to me; they were full of an interest, an influence that quite mastered me, — that took my feelings from my own power and fettered them in his. I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extricate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously arrived, green and strong! He made me love him without looking at me." Which of the following best states the meaning of "mastered" as used in the following quote? "...they were full of an interest, an influence that quite mastered me."

/NOT RIGHT/ to mesmerize or capture the attention of

Which of the following examples is the best representation of situational irony?

A wife in a play plots revenge on her husband for forgetting their anniversary, only to learn that he has spent all morning planning an elaborate surprise.

A high school teacher has students read a play in the textbook, and then shows students the live action play version on film. Which of the following best describes the differences between a written and an oral work?

An oral work provides the audience with elements of speech that a written work does not, such as tone, intonation, and prosody.

A middle school teacher wants to develop her students oral communication skills. She separates the students into groups and provides each group with a jigsaw activity, in which they read a text and write down answers to questions. The students then change groups and share their information. Which of the following additions would best promote oral communication skills?

Asking the students to cover their papers when sharing their knowledge with the second group, to avoid reading aloud what they have written down.

Use John Donne's poem Confined Love to answer the questions that follow. Some man unworthy to be possessor Of old or new love, himself being false or weak, Thought his pain and shame would be lesser, If on womankind he might his anger wreak, And thence a law did grow, One might but one man know; But are other creatures so? Are Sun, Moon, or Stars by law forbidden, To smile where they list, or lend away their light? Are birds divorced, or are they chidden If they leave their mate, or lie abroad a night? Beasts do no jointures lose Though they new lovers choose, But we are made worse than those. Who e'r rigg'd faire ship to lie in harbors, And not to seek new lands, or not to deal with all? Or built faire houses, set trees, and arbors, Only to lock up, or else to let them fall? Good is not good, unless A thousand it possessed, But doth was with greediness. Many students get off track reading poems because they feature unfamiliar vocabulary words from another time period. Because students are unfamiliar with these words, they must use context clues to determine their meaning. Which of the following underlined words within the poem is most likely to be problematic for high school students and require the use of context clues.

Beasts do no jointures lose (line 12)

A seventh-grade science teacher is working with a language arts teacher to integrate more writing into the curriculum. Which of the following assignments could be used to integrate science with a specific writing skill? Select all answers that apply.

During a lab demonstration, the teacher asks students to write detailed observations in their own words and after the experiment, lets them draw inferences from the observed data. After a biology lesson on plant growth and development, the teacher asks the students to prepare an explanation of photosynthesis for a group of elementary students.

The words eminent and imminent are often confused due to their similarities. Which sentences below show the word eminent being used in the correct manner. (Multiple Select) Select all answers that apply.

His most eminent highness made the trip to Rome. The most eminent psychologist spoke at the conference.

Read the following statements: 1. I have so much weight to lose if I want my pants to feel loose. 2. There is a loose ball foul on the team, so they will lose. Which of the following descriptions below best describes the meanings of the two statements?

In statement 1, loose refers to a lot of slack in something. In statement 2, loose refers to an item that is not contained.

Which of the root word descriptions below best describes the word uncomfortable?

Prefix: not Root: solace Suffix: capable of

A ninth-grade teacher assigns students the task of writing a persuasive essay pertaining to one of the topics on a provided list. Which of the following modifications will best support an English learner who is writing at the Intermediate level of English-language proficiency?

Providing the student with a list of sentence stems that can be used throughout the essay.

The local library announced it would be ending its popular storytime for toddlers that many children in the neighborhood attended. The president of the neighborhood mother's group wrote the newspaper editor a letter to share the opinions of the moms in the group. The English teacher at the local high school has asked students to read the letter and participate in an assignment inspired by the mother's activism. To the President of the Library Association: (1) Greetings! (2) My name is Carol Burkett, and I'm the President of the Treeville Neighborhood Moms' Association. (3) Our association is disheartened to hear of the discontinuation of the storytime. (4) Among other reasons children benefit from the social emotional and intellectual offerings of a local library storytime. (5) If the reason for discontinuation is economic, we would be happy to fundraise and create a fund for the storytime to continue. (6) Please reply back to let us know how we can assist with keeping this vital neighborhood resource. Sincerely, Carol Burkett Which of the following assignments would be most appropriate for an English teacher to give her students to practice the mode of writing modeled in this example?

Students determine a cause they are passionate about and create a written piece to make an impact on the issue in society in a positive way.

Students are creating short grammar tutorial videos to upload to the class website. The purpose of these videos is to give students a database to reference when they need assistance with a grammar concept. In addition, younger students in the school will be able to view the videos to get ahead in the curriculum they will soon see. Which of the following steps will be essential for students to take part in as they create purposeful videos for the school community?

Students determine the concepts students need to review and research how to convey the steps on camera in a clear, concise, entertaining way.

Which description below is consistent with effective, research-based writing instruction?

Students who write in all subjects, not only in English class, have more opportunities to improve their craft as writers.

During this literary period, a focus on the writer or narrator's emotions and inner world and a distrust of reason, as well as a celebration of nature, beauty, and imagination. Which literary period is being described?

The Romantic Period

A high-school English class is analyzing an excerpt from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë."Most true is it that "beauty is in the eye of the gazer." My master's colourless, olive face, square, massive brow, broad and jetty eyebrows, deep eyes, strong features, firm, grim mouth, — all energy, decision, will, — were not beautiful, according to rule; but they were more than beautiful to me; they were full of an interest, an influence that quite mastered me, — that took my feelings from my own power and fettered them in his. I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extricate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously arrived, green and strong! He made me love him without looking at me." Which of the following inferences is best supported by the excerpt?

The narrator has tried to compress her feelings in the past.

A high school ESL teacher is reading an article about climate change with the class. The teacher wants to have students discuss sections of the article with a partner along the way and then have students share their thoughts orally with the group. Which of the following discussion strategies is being used in this classroom scenario?

Think-Pair-Share

A reading teacher has designed a lesson focused on skimming and scanning texts for significant features. What is the purpose of developing this skill?

This skill will help students locate information more quickly.

Which of the following best describes narrators featured in young adult literature?

a first person narrator who grows with the story and has experiences to which the reader can relate

A teacher has just finished teaching her class how to write a strong thesis statement. Now the students need to choose supporting details that are relevant to the topic and will provide sufficient support for their arguments. To scaffold this skill, which of the following could the teacher provide to the students?

a list of details for them to order from strongest to weakest

To help students with comprehension prior to reading expository text, a middle school English teacher should provide students with instruction in which of the following skills?

activating background knowledge

What are the main determining factors one should consider when choosing a type of writing to undertake?

audience and appropriate format

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bandwagon

Ms. Harper is reading an article with her high school English class. The students are completing a worksheet in which they compare the article to one they read the day before. Some of the students are struggling with comparing and contrasting the two articles. Which of the following comprehension strategies should the students complete as they read the article in order to compare and contrast what they are reading with the article from the previous day?

draw and complete a Venn Diagram as they read

An eighth-grade English teacher is teaching her students how to identify different text structures. As part of the lesson, she asks her students to read the following excerpt about the famous philosophers, Plato and Aristotle. Although much of Aristotle's work was influenced by Plato, Aristotle was able to find many faults in Plato's theories and in time became a critic of his teacher. Their work targets many of the same aspects of philosophy, but their theories differ quite a bit. They both believed that thoughts were more powerful than senses. However, Plato believed the senses could not be used to determine reality, whereas Aristotle believed just the opposite, that the senses were needed to determine reality. So while Plato was busy imagining an invisible world, Aristotle looked to find truth in the world around him. Which of the following will help students recognize the text structure of this excerpt?

finding signal words

During a lesson about mass media, a teacher has her students watch an online video advertisement and evaluate the creative techniques used to capture their attention. Which concept of media literacy is the teacher focusing on?

format

By the time many students reach middle school, teachers have often stopped reading aloud to them. But, research shows that there are still many benefits to reading aloud to students as they follow along in the text, including which of the following? Select all answers that apply.

furthers student comprehension by removing the stress of decoding words improves students' understanding of different sentence structures allows students to hear complex texts above their reading level

There are an array of televisions on the market for buyers to choose from. According to Matthew Rodston, the leading media expert at Media To Go, a leading retail chain, the 50-inch HD Sonoyo television is the best on the market. "There is simply not a comparison with the other televisions," Rodston says. "This television features great graphics and vibrant colors for the buyer's viewing pleasure." Which of the following strategies is being utilized by the author to persuade the reader to buy the product?

have an authority figure give a positive review of the product

An eighth-grade class is reading "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë. During class, the teacher pulls out the following passage from the novel to focus on. In this passage, the protagonist is describing her thoughts on people who live in the countryside. "I perceive that people in these regions acquire over people in towns the value that a spider in a dungeon does over a spider in a cottage, to their various occupants; and yet the deepened attraction is not entirely owing to the situation of the looker-on. They do live more in earnest, more in themselves, and less in surface, change, and frivolous external things. I could fancy a love for life here almost possible; and I was a fixed unbeliever in any love of a year's standing. One state resembles setting a hungry man down to a single dish, on which he may concentrate his entire appetite and do it justice; the other, introducing him to a table laid out by French cooks: he can perhaps extract as much enjoyment from the whole; but each part is a mere atom in his regard and remembrance..." Which literary device should the teacher make sure to review with students prior to reading this excerpt?

metaphor

Read the following poem from William Blake and answer the question that follows. Laughing Song When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it; When the meadows laugh with lively green, And the grasshopper laughs in the merry scene; When Mary and Susan and Emily With their sweet round mouths sing 'Ha ha he!' When the painted birds laugh in the shade, Where our table with cherries and nuts is spread: Come live, and be merry, and join with me, To sing the sweet chorus of 'Ha ha he!' Students in the classroom would have a better chance of understanding all the levels of meaning in this poem if they had prior knowledge of which of the following rhetorical devices?

personification

Which of the following is not an important element of effective oral presentations?

reading a script for the oral presentation in order to ensure that you include all information

Read the excerpt of the poem "Ode to a Grecian Urn" by John Keats and answer the question that follows. Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone: Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair! Considering the style and topics considered in this poem, which world literary movement does it best represent?

romanticism

The paragraph was written by a ninth-grade student. Sentences are numbered sequentially within the paragraph.(1) It was a beautiful winter day, fresh snow was falling and the sun was shining. (2) My father and I were getting ready to go sledding at the park across the street. (3) While getting dressed, the phone call came. (4) My father answered, but spent most of the call just listening in silence. (5) Covered head to toe in my snow gear and ready to go, I ran to get my father. (6) To my surprise, he was sitting on his bed crying. (7) It was the first time I had ever seen my father cry. (8) I froze in the doorway, not knowing what to do. Which of the following sentences could the teacher use to demonstrate the correct use of the past perfect tense?

sentence 7

Students in a high school English class read an article from an online peer-reviewed journal. In order to create a citation for this source, they will need which of the following pieces of information?

the date the article was accessed online

An English teacher provides her students with the following excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens for a close-reading exercise. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insist on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only." What is the purpose of using repetition of the phrase "it was" at the start of each clause in the first half of the passage?

to emphasize the direct opposition of the statements

Use the excerpt for the questions that follow. Jacqueline wanted a new life in a new city. Over the rivers, under the bridges, and through the woods she drove and drove. The many landscapes of America rose to meet her: hills, valleys, plains, deserts, and forests. After driving for days and days, she finally arrived at her new destination, and a new day in a new city. What is the main purpose of the colon in sentence 3?

to introduce a list