iTeach TExES 231 Part 2
Which of the following is an example of situational irony?
A character wears a shirt that says "I love dogs," but then screams and runs away when a corgi approaches.
Read the excerpt from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll to answer the questions that follow. Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice "without pictures or conversations?" So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. Which of the following quotes from the excerpt best demonstrates that the speaker is a child?
"...'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversations?'"
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."
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.
An English class has completed their research and written an essay for their research unit. As they prepare for oral presentations, which of the following pieces of guidance should the teacher provide regarding how to present their research to the class?
Avoid reading to the class, but use notecards or information on posters or a PowerPoint to support your ability to recall specific facts and figures that you will want to include in your oral presentation.
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)
An English teacher presents the following writing prompt to her students following their reading of To Kill a Mockingbird: Choose a character from the novel and analyze how his or her characteristics contribute to conflict in the novel. After writing their rough drafts, the class begins the revision and editing process. During peer editing, which of the following tasks would best help students evaluate the coherence and focus of their partner's essay?
Highlight the text evidence in each body paragraph and consider whether it supports an idea presented in the thesis.
While reviewing a poem that students will use as a mentor text for their own writing, the teacher asks them to write a response analyzing how the author used the extended metaphor to convey an idea. Which of the following responses demonstrates student understanding of this writing assignment?
In each stanza, the bird represents a different aspect of the speaker's personality. In the first stanza, she is the skittish bird feeling threatened by things near the ground. In the second stanza, she is confident and free soaring through the sky.
An eleventh-grade class is reading poems by various American poets, including "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" (1865) by Walt Whitman. During the poetry unit, the teacher has the following learning objectives. Students will be able to identify and evaluate poetic devices. Students will be able to identify the theme of the poem. Students will make personal connections to the theme of the poem. The teacher leads a discussion about "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer." When I heard the learn'd astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them, When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room, How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself, In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time, Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars. Which of the following discussion questions best supports objective 2?
In lines 2 and 3, what is the purpose of including the list of data and evidence the astronomer brings to the lecture?
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?
It was a beautiful winter day; fresh snow was falling, and the sun was shining.
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.
Make books accessible to students by setting up a system where students can easily borrow and return books. Allow students the ability to occasionally choose what to read from a list of pre-selected options.
While researching about the benefits of spending time outside, an eighth-grade student records these two statements in his research notes. "Researchers claim spending time outdoors leads to an increase in productivity, creativity, and a decrease in mental health problems." "After walking three miles every day for a month, research participant Patricia recorded that she could more quickly accomplish inside chores such as washing dishes or picking up after her kids, a task that she felt unmotivated to do prior to beginning this challenge." The student plans to use these notes as supporting details in his paper. Which sentence below best summarizes these two sentences into one?
Multiple research studies concluded that time spent outside improves productivity and mental health.
One of the elements that can impact a source's credibility is its publication date. Which of the following best identifies why this element can impact credibility?
Old information may not reflect the current understanding of an issue or idea.
The following informational paragraph was written by an eleventh-grade student. Use the paragraph to answer the questions that follow. (1) Applying for a first job is a frightening and confusing task. (2) You must search and search for the job that most interests you. (3) Sometimes you need to settle for whatever is available. (4) Go to the business and get a paper application or fill out the application online if you can. __________. (5) If they call you for an interview, that's when the nerves kick in. (6) Don't forget to ask friends or family to be a reference before you submit your application. (7) Go to the interview. (8) Wear your best clothes and act professional and mature. (9) Answer the questions the interviewer asks. (10) Then you wait to hear if you got the job! Which transition word or phrase should be inserted at the beginning of Sentence 4 to improve the paragraph's organization?
Once you've chosen a job,
An English teacher presents the following writing prompt to her students following their reading of To Kill a Mockingbird: Choose a character from the novel and analyze how his or her characteristics contribute to conflict in the novel. A student writes the following thesis statement for their essay: Scout is impetuous, naive, and caring, and these characteristics repeatedly put her in danger throughout the story. Which of the following sentences would best serve as a topic sentence for a body paragraph in this essay?
Scout's impetuous nature leads her into danger when she, Dill, and Jem intervene in Atticus's conflict at the jail.
A teacher is conducting writing conferences after students have written rough drafts of their persuasive essays. She reads the following introduction from a student's essay: (1) Today's high schoolers do not know a world before widespread cell phone use. (2) They are part of our culture. (3) So why are schools who are supposed to prepare us for adulthood, banning cell phones? (4) It is a ridiculous policy. (5) Society should use high school as an opportunity to create positive habits for cell phone usage, explore the ways they can improve our lives, and take advantage of the safety and security offered by remaining in frequent contact with our families. Which of the following sentences should be removed to improve this paragraph by making it more concise while still maintaining its intended message?
Sentence 4
Read the excerpt from Joseph Conrad's narrative Youth and answer the questions that follow. 1This could have occurred nowhere but in England, where men and sea interpenetrate, so to speak—the sea entering into the life of most men, and the men knowing something or everything about the sea, in the way of amusement, of travel, or of bread-winning. 2We were sitting round a mahogany table that reflected the bottle, the claret-glasses, and our faces as we leaned on our elbows. 3There was a director of companies, an accountant, a lawyer, Marlow, and myself. 4The director had been a Conway boy, the accountant had served four years at sea, the lawyer—a fine crusted Tory, High Churchman, the best of old fellows, ____________—had been chief officer in the P. & O. service in the good old days when mail-boats were square-rigged at least on two masts, and used to come down the China Sea before a fair monsoon with stun'-sails set alow and aloft. 5We all begin life in the merchant service. 6Between the five of us there was the strong bond of the sea, and also the fellowship of the craft, which no amount of enthusiasm for yachting, cruising, and so on can give, since one is only the amusement of life and the other is life itself. Considering the verb tense used by the author, which of the following sentences below reflects a proper revision of one of the sentences in the narrative?
Sentence 5: We all began life in the merchant service.
It had no instrument panel with push-button controls. It was not operated electronically or jet-propelled. But to many 19th-century people the sewing machine was probably as awe-inspiring as a space capsule is to their 20th-century descendants. It was expensive, but, considering the work it could do and the time it could save, the cost was more than justified. The sewing machine became the first widely advertised consumer appliance, pioneered installment buying and patent pooling, and revolutionized the ready-made clothing industry. It also weathered the protests of those who feared the new machine was a threat to their livelihood. The practical sewing machine is not the result of one man's genius, but rather the culmination of a century of thought, work, trials, failures, and partial successes of a long list of inventors. History is too quick to credit one or two men for an important invention and to forget the work that preceded and prodded each man to contribute his share. Since the sewing machine has been considered by some as one of the most important inventions of 19th-century America, of equal importance to this story of the invention is the history of the sewing machine's development into a practical, popular commodity. Many new companies blossomed overnight to manufacture this very salable item, and still the list is probably incomplete. Many of the companies remained in business a very short time or kept their activities a secret to avoid payment of royalties to patent holders. Which point below has the greatest likelihood of being in a summary of this passage?
Sewing machines revolutionized the clothing industry.
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.
Which of the following activities would best allow a teacher to assess a student's ability to effectively use Standard English conventions?
Students write out a series of directions for a classmate to follow.
A ninth-grade class is reading the autobiography Night by Elie Wiesel. During the novel unit, the teacher has the following learning objectives. Students will be able to analyze how the author's use of language achieves specific purposes. Students will be able to draw conclusions and support them using text evidence. Students will be able to analyze description and imagery used in a text. During class, the teacher leads a discussion about the following passage from the novel. "Yisgadal veyiskadash, shmey raba.... May His name be celebrated and sanctified...." whispered my father. For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for? We continued our march. We were coming closer and closer to the pit, from which an infernal heat was rising. Twenty more steps. If I was going to kill myself, this was the time. Our column had only some fifteen steps to go. I bit my lips so that my father would not hear my teeth chattering. Ten more steps. Eight. Seven. We were walking slowly, as one follows a hearse, our own funeral procession. Only four more steps. Three. There it was now, very close to us, the pit and its flames. I gathered all that remained of my strength in order to break rank and throw myself onto the barbed wire. Deep down, I was saying good-bye to my father, to the whole universe, and against my will, I found myself whispering the words: "Yisgadal, veyiskadash, shmey raba.... My heart was about to burst. There. I was face-to-face with the Angel of Death.... Which of the following student responses best demonstrates that a student has met objective 2?
The narrator is questioning his faith in this section. He is angry with his father for celebrating God. He doesn't understand why anyone would pray as those around him are walking to their deaths. He says God was "silent," so there's no reason why he should speak.
An excerpt of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (1) My sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery, was more than twenty years older than I, and had established a great reputation with herself and the neighbors because she had brought me up "by hand." Having at that time to find out for myself what the expression meant, and knowing her to have a hard and heavy hand, and to be much in the habit of laying it upon her husband as well as upon me, I supposed that Joe Gargery and I were both brought up by hand. (2) She was not a good-looking woman, my sister; and I had a general impression that she must have made Joe Gargery marry her by hand. Joe was a fair man, with curls of flaxen hair on each side of his smooth face, and with eyes of such a very undecided blue that they seemed to have somehow got mixed with their own whites. He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, foolish, dear fellow,—a sort of Hercules in strength, and also in weakness. (3) 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. She was tall and bony, and almost always wore a coarse apron, fastened over her figure behind with two loops, and having a square impregnable bib in front, that was stuck full of pins and needles. She made it a powerful merit in herself, and a strong reproach against Joe, that she wore this apron so much. Though I really see no reason why she should have worn it at all; or why, if she did wear it at all, she should not have taken it off, every day of her life. In this passage what is the meaning of the phrase, "brought up by hand"?
The sister was physically abusive.
While discussing a section of a novel, one student, Tyler, makes the following comment during group discussion. "It made me really angry when Jack didn't listen to his friend, and then Ronald ended up being right the whole time! If Jack had just listened, he wouldn't have gotten into trouble." Which question by the teacher would best help the class evaluate and expand upon Tyler's statement?
Think about Tyler's statement and what we've read of the story so far. Are there reasons why Jack should or should not have listened to Ronald?
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.
An American Literature class is beginning a unit in which they will be studying Emerson and Thoreau. What type of literature is the focus of this unit?
Transcendentalism
An excerpt of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (1) My sister, Mrs. Joe Gargery, was more than twenty years older than I, and had established a great reputation with herself and the neighbors because she had brought me up "by hand." Having at that time to find out for myself what the expression meant, and knowing her to have a hard and heavy hand, and to be much in the habit of laying it upon her husband as well as upon me, I supposed that Joe Gargery and I were both brought up by hand. (2) She was not a good-looking woman, my sister; and I had a general impression that she must have made Joe Gargery marry her by hand. Joe was a fair man, with curls of flaxen hair on each side of his smooth face, and with eyes of such a very undecided blue that they seemed to have somehow got mixed with their own whites. He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, foolish, dear fellow,—a sort of Hercules in strength, and also in weakness. (3) 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. She was tall and bony, and almost always wore a coarse apron, fastened over her figure behind with two loops, and having a square impregnable bib in front, that was stuck full of pins and needles. She made it a powerful merit in herself, and a strong reproach against Joe, that she wore this apron so much. Though I really see no reason why she should have worn it at all; or why, if she did wear it at all, she should not have taken it off, every day of her life. Which word could be substituted for "impregnable" in paragraph 3?
Unconquerable
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
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?
With an increased focus on cross-curricular instruction, Mrs. Adams, a 7th-grade teacher, has developed an assignment in which her students will use the results of their science experiment, comparing the quality of two similar products, to write a short essay. Which of the following would best support the organization of the data collected in their science class?
a Venn diagram
A television commercial shows the school hallways on the first day of school. The camera shifts perspective to show the kids' feet, revealing that they are all wearing the same brand of shoes. Which type of appeal is this commercial primarily relying on to sell their shoe brand?
a bandwagon appeal
Which of the following examples of scaffolding would be most useful for a student struggling to understand the meaning of a political cartoon?
a discussion about applicable current events to provide context
The following sentence is from an 8th grader's writing: Becoming sleepy is a sign that you are not getting enough rest. What grammatical structure is "becoming sleepy"?
a gerund phrase
A teacher is beginning a unit in which students will use both textbook and internet sources to research a historical event. Which of the following lessons should the teacher be sure to include to make sure the student reports are accurate and well-written? Select all answers that apply.
a lesson on citing sources and not plagiarizing a lesson on reliable and unreliable sources
During a unit on informational texts, each time that the teacher has presented a new type of text organization, the students have been asked to write a quick paragraph in their writer's notebook demonstrating the type of organization. Which of the following topics for a paragraph would most likely result in a paragraph that uses cause and effect organization?
a paragraph describing a time when the student attended extra tutoring after school and scored an A on the assessment the next day
When teaching a lesson on including direct quotes in student writing, Mr. Keating reminds students to include a dialogue tag when incorporating direct quotes. Which of the following describes a dialogue tag?
a phrase, like he said or she said
A teacher is requiring students to scan a text to preview text features and graphic elements. Which of the following genres of writing is best served by this reading comprehension strategy?
an informational text
A teacher is planning a lesson based on the poem "Wind" by Gwendolyn Bennet. First, she reads the poem aloud, then asks her students to read the poem twice more, first silently, then quietly aloud to themselves at their desks. After rereading the poem, students will work in pairs to annotate the poem in the following ways: paraphrase each stanza underline examples of figurative language mark the rhyme scheme identify the shift in the poem Finally, students will independently answer a multiple choice question requiring them to choose a theme present in the poem. Wind By Gwendolyn Bennett The wind was a care-free soul That broke the chains of earth, And strode for a moment across the land With the wild halloo of his mirth. He little cared that he ripped up trees, That houses fell at his hand, That his step broke calm on the breast of seas, That his feet stirred clouds of sand. But when he had had his little joke, Had shouted and laughed and sung, When the trees were scarred, their branches broke, And their foliage aching hung, He crept to his cave with a stealthy tread, With rain-filled eyes and low-bowed head. How should the teacher extend the final activity in the lesson to better support the development of literary analysis skills?
ask students to highlight evidence for their theme and write a few sentences explaining how the evidence supports the theme
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 list of items below should the students consider as they choose a mode and format for their writing assignment?
audience, appropriate delivery system, tone
The following paragraph is the final paragraph of a student's short story. Use the paragraph to answer the 3 questions that follow. The two of them would never forget that summer. (2) Her backstabbing would live between them forever, but their friendship would endure. (3) As the weather cooled, so did Jenny's anger, and soon they could walk past the old, looming water tower without feeling anger and resentment bubbling up between them. The student's peer editing partner notes that "backstabbing" seems awkward in the sentence. Which of the following words should the student recommend for a replacement?
betrayal
Which of the following colors might be prominent in the scene of a movie that is intended to depict a calm and peaceful environment?
blue and green
A teacher wants to design a writing prompt that emphasizes the importance of using formal and well-written language. Which of the following prompts would best achieve this goal?
draft a résumé for a dream job
The following paragraph is the final paragraph of a student's short story. Use the paragraph to answer the 3 questions that follow. The two of them would never forget that summer. (2) Her backstabbing would live between them forever, but their friendship would endure. (3) As the weather cooled, so did Jenny's anger, and soon they could walk past the old, looming water tower without feeling anger and resentment bubbling up between them. Which of the following comments would be relevant positive feedback for this paragraph of the student's writing?
effective use of symbolism
A seventh-grade class will be drafting argumentative essays, but before they begin the writing process, the teacher wants to read through a few mentor texts. The teacher gives students the following graphic organizer to complete while reading. Quotation from Article Can be/is proven true by data or evidence Claim made by author "17% of the state's waterways are free from pollution of any kind." X "Without changing our habits, humans will destroy all our clean water." X The primary purpose for this graphic organizer is to help students:
evaluate if a statement is a fact or opinion.
Read the excerpt from Patrick Henry's speech Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death from March 1775. No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings. Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. Which of the following pre-reading activities would best support students' comprehension of this excerpt?
exploring an interactive timeline for the Revolutionary War that explores the events that lead up to the war and events that occurred during the war.
It had no instrument panel with push-button controls. It was not operated electronically or jet-propelled. But to many 19th-century people the sewing machine was probably as awe-inspiring as a space capsule is to their 20th-century descendants. It was expensive, but, considering the work it could do and the time it could save, the cost was more than justified. The sewing machine became the first widely advertised consumer appliance, pioneered installment buying and patent pooling, and revolutionized the ready-made clothing industry. It also weathered the protests of those who feared the new machine was a threat to their livelihood. The practical sewing machine is not the result of one man's genius, but rather the culmination of a century of thought, work, trials, failures, and partial successes of a long list of inventors. History is too quick to credit one or two men for an important invention and to forget the work that preceded and prodded each man to contribute his share. Since the sewing machine has been considered by some as one of the most important inventions of 19th-century America, of equal importance to this story of the invention is the history of the sewing machine's development into a practical, popular commodity. Many new companies blossomed overnight to manufacture this very salable item, and still the list is probably incomplete. Many of the companies remained in business a very short time or kept their activities a secret to avoid payment of royalties to patent holders. Between paragraph 1 and 2, the writer's approach shifts:
from describing the importance of the invention to explaining that many people contributed to the process of inventing it.
A high school British Literature class is reading the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. The novel was published in the mid-nineteenth century and follows a young woman who arrives to care for the ward of a wealthy and mysterious man. Jane Eyre falls in love with the man, Edward Rochester, and the story follows the progression of their relationship amongst the mysterious events in Rochester's gloomy estate. Based on the description, this novel would best be described as which of the following genres?
gothic
A Winter Twilight By Angelina Weld Grimké A silence slipping around like death, Yet chased by a whisper, a sigh, a breath; One group of trees, lean, naked and cold, Inking their cress 'gainst a sky green-gold; One path that knows where the corn flowers were; Lonely, apart, unyielding, one fir; And over it softly leaning down, One star that I loved ere the fields went brown. After reading the poem, a teacher paraphrases line three of the poem in the following way: A group of thin trees have lost their leaves She asks her students to compare her line with the original line of poetry and write one to two sentences exploring how the feeling changed when the words changed. Which of the activities would best provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of this lesson?
have students rewrite a different line of the poem while keeping the same literal meaning but expressing a positive mood
A ninth-grade class is working on writing persuasive essays. The classroom reads through an article published in a local newspaper, a copy of a letter the teacher wrote to the school board about an issue in the school system, and an excerpt from a former student's essay before beginning the writing process for their own essay. This lesson format best demonstrates the teacher's understanding that:
high-quality mentor texts should be used to model effective writing.
Which of the following is an applicable expectation when students are writing editorials?
include your individual opinions and supporting evidence
A high school English teacher is requesting her curriculum leaders add the following novels to the approved reading list. House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Houston and James D. Houston Bless me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya Which of the following is most likely the motivation for these additions?
increase opportunities for culturally responsive reading experiences
Mother to Son Langston Hughes Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare; But all the time I'se been a'climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark, Where there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn back; Don't you sit down on the steps, 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard; Don't you fall now— For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. When the speaker describes the stairs as "places with no carpet on the floor," they are most likely trying to emphasize what aspect of their life?
lack of comfort
A teacher is meeting with a student for a writing conference on the persuasive letters that they are writing to their congressmen. The teacher is working to help the student incorporate more of her individual voice into the writing. Which of the following pieces of advice should the teacher offer the student?
look for opportunities to add your emotion and feeling into the writing
To Helen By Edgar Allan Poe Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece. And the grandeur that was Rome. Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand! The agate lamp within thy hand, Ah! Psyche from the regions which Are Holy Land! The characteristics of this poem best reflect which type of poetry?
lyric
Before reading a short story about a character who overcomes a bully, the teacher has each student write a short journal entry about a time they were bullied or witnessed someone being bullied. After reading, students return to their writing and add a new paragraph describing how the main character acted similarly or differently to themselves. This journal prompt encourages students to practice which reading comprehension skill?
making text-to-self connections
Which of the following groups of words and phrases can be considered hyponyms for the word "subject"?
math, science, history
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
Mother to Son Langston Hughes Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare; But all the time I'se been a'climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark, Where there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn back; Don't you sit down on the steps, 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard; Don't you fall now— For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. The "crystal stair" is an example of which kind of figurative language?
metaphor
A 9th-grade English teacher is requiring students to use the Modern Language Association's guidelines to document their sources in an upcoming research project. Which of the following describes the form of citations that the students will use in their upcoming essay?
parenthetical citations and a works cited page
Which of the following activities would best support students' work to improve their reading prosody?
participating in choral reading
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 that align with each of the five senses. What step in the writing process are the students most likely to be in?
prewriting
Which of the following will best facilitate student reflection on the quality of their writing?
self-assess their writing using a rubric created by the teacher
A ninth-grade English class is reading "The Fisherman And The Draug," a short story included in Weird Tales from Northern Seas by Jonas Lie (1893). The following paragraphs are an excerpt from this story. One day, as he was walking along with a Kvejtepig in his hand, and thinking the matter over, he unexpectedly came upon a monstrous seal, which lay sunning itself right behind a rock on the strand, and was as much surprised to see the man as the man was to see the seal. But Elias was not slack; from the top of the rock on which he stood, he hurled the long heavy Kvejtepig right into the monster's back, just below the neck. The seal immediately rose up on its tail right into the air as high as a boat's mast, and looked so evilly and viciously at him with its bloodshot eyes, at the same time showing its grinning teeth, that Elias thought he should have died on the spot for sheer fright. Then it plunged into the sea, and lashed the water into bloody foam behind it. Elias didn't stop to see more, but that same evening there drifted into the boat place on Kvalcreek, on which his house stood, a Kvejtepole, with the hooked iron head snapped off. Elias thought no more about it, but in the course of the autumn he bought his Sexæring, for which he had been building a little boat-shed the whole summer. Which of the following is the best definition for the word "slack" as used in the sentence "But Elias was not slack; from the top of the rock on which he stood, he hurled the long heavy Kvejtepig right into the monster's back, just below the neck"?
slow-moving
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 English teacher, a science teacher, and a social studies teacher meet to plan an upcoming unit. The social studies teacher is preparing for an upcoming unit on the Cold War, and the teachers will coordinate their plans to support student learning. The teachers agree to the following plans: The history teacher will assign reading from the textbook and study the transcript from a news report during this period. The English teacher will lead a close reading of an excerpt from a speech Winston Churchill made regarding the conflict and analyze political commercials from candidates running for office during the Cold War. The science teacher will teach a lesson overviewing the science of why the atomic bomb is exceptionally destructive. The teachers are planning to use a variety of sources of information on the Cold War. Which of the following sources is a secondary source?
textbook
It had no instrument panel with push-button controls. It was not operated electronically or jet-propelled. But to many 19th-century people the sewing machine was probably as awe-inspiring as a space capsule is to their 20th-century descendants. It was expensive, but, considering the work it could do and the time it could save, the cost was more than justified. The sewing machine became the first widely advertised consumer appliance, pioneered installment buying and patent pooling, and revolutionized the ready-made clothing industry. It also weathered the protests of those who feared the new machine was a threat to their livelihood. The practical sewing machine is not the result of one man's genius, but rather the culmination of a century of thought, work, trials, failures, and partial successes of a long list of inventors. History is too quick to credit one or two men for an important invention and to forget the work that preceded and prodded each man to contribute his share. Since the sewing machine has been considered by some as one of the most important inventions of 19th-century America, of equal importance to this story of the invention is the history of the sewing machine's development into a practical, popular commodity. Many new companies blossomed overnight to manufacture this very salable item, and still the list is probably incomplete. Many of the companies remained in business a very short time or kept their activities a secret to avoid payment of royalties to patent holders. The author implies that:
the costs of an early home-sewing machine was more than many individuals could comfortably spend at one time.
What is the first element included on a plot diagram?
the exposition
A class views an image of a billboard commonly seen on the roads in the city. The teacher asks the question, "What type of person will respond positively to this image?" This question requires students to analyze what part of the billboard?
the target audience
Read the excerpt from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll to answer the questions that follow. Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice "without pictures or conversations?" So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. Which of the following is the best example of a stylistic choice made by Carroll that demonstrates author's craft?
the use of parentheses to insert the narrator's perspective while the rest of the third person narration presents Alice's thoughts without judgment
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
Which of the following best explains why a teacher should encourage or require students to use multiple sources on a research project?
to reduce possibilities of bias
During independent reading, students are required to make a list of unknown or unfamiliar words. The teacher asks students to write the words in their reading notebooks and finish reading the paragraph. Then students use a dictionary to define the word, using context to determine which definition is correct. Students write the definition next to the word in their notebooks. In this scenario, students are using which strategy to develop their vocabulary knowledge?
using available resources
A special education teacher is working with the language arts teacher to promote her students' understanding of media literacy and advertising techniques. What activity would be most appropriate to use to achieve this learning objective?
viewing commercials and having discussions about the advertising techniques used
A science teacher wants to create a technology-based interdisciplinary project. She wants to provide the students with opportunities to use technology to not only understand the learning objectives, but also use the technology to create their own work. Which type of technology would be most beneficial to incorporate into the project?
web-design software
Which of the following elements of writing has the greatest impact on determining whether writing is informal or formal in tone?
word choice
