Answer the question below by clicking on the correct response.
Question:
Which of the following sentences shows a comma being used after an introductory
phrase?
A.Buster is a strong, healthy dog.
B.No, you should not buy that shirt.
C.Anna wrote the winning paper, so she received the prize.
D.During the recital, many children were restless.
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Correct Answer: D
Option (D) is correct. The introductory phrase, "During the recital," is offset
by a comma.
Questions 52 and 53 refer to the following scenario.
As part of their morning work, Mr. Stine gives students the following journal prompt:
,"Describe a special place in your life. Explain what makes it special to you." The
following is a response written by Gabriela, an English-language learner.
My favorite place is my abuela's house. It is in Guatemala. It is bigger than mine and it
has a good outside. Outside it has nice weather but sometimes hot. There is never
snow or cold but theres a lot of bugs. The trees are a lot green. Always theres a lot of
people of my family. The food is good, sometimes I make it. We make spicy tamales.
Through a writing conference, Mr. Stine wants to help Gabriela revise the journal
response into a more developed paragraph about her abuela's house.
Answer the question below by clicking on the correct response.
Question:
Mr. Stine has the following exchange during the writing conference with Gabriela.
Mr. Stine: You said that there are a lot of people in your family who you see at your
abuela's house. What is that like, seeing all of them?
Gabriela: Well, I don't see them that much so it makes me happy to see them. I'm
always sad when we have to go back home.
Mr. Stine: What kind of feelings do you have when you are with them?
Gabriela: I have a lot of cousins that are around my age and I like them. They are really
cool and nice. And my tio Eduardo is really funny.
By asking Gabriela questions, Mr. Stine is attempting to help her to
A.organize her ideas
B.incorporate personal voice
C.clarify confusing ideas
D.focus on the topic
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Correct Answer: B
Option (B) is correct. By asking her questions such as "what is that like" and
"what kind of feelings do you have," he is attempting to get her to connect
her emotions with her descriptions and infuse more of her personal
experience and voice into her writing.
Click on your choice(s).
Question:
,Ms. Nero wants to introduce sentence frames that will help her students write
stronger counterarguments in their persuasive essays. Which of the following
sentence frames will be useful for the instructional purpose?
Select all that apply.
A.It might seem that _________. However, _____________.
B.Some people think _________________. Despite this, ______________.
C.In addition ________________________. Together with ____________.
Give this one a try later!
Correct Answer: A, B
Options (A) and (B) are correct. In the first sentences of (A) and (B), the
phrases "It might seem that" and "Some people think" both signal a
commonly held belief or an acknowledgement of the counterargument. In
the second sentences of the options, "However" and "Despite this" indicate
that the writer will refute the initial claim and present an opposing or
different idea.
Read the text below, and listen to the recording of the student reading it. Then answer
the question that follows. You may play the audio two times.
Question:
Clearly there had to be something for the sparks to ignite, some kind of tinder or
kindling—but what? He brought some dried grass in, tapped sparks into it, and
watched them die. He tried small twigs, breaking them into little pieces, but that was
worse than the grass. Then he tried a combination of the two, grass and twigs.Nothing.
He had no trouble getting sparks, but the tiny bits of hot stone or metal—he couldn't
tell which they were—just sputtered and died.He needed something finer, something
soft and fine and fluffy to catch the bits of fire.Shredded paper would be nice, but he
had no paper.
Which of the following hypotheses about the student reader is best supported by the
recording and the text?
A.She often struggles with reading sight words.
B.She often uses the first letter to guess unknown words.
C.She often fails to recognize when to use short vowel sounds.
D.She often decodes by segmenting multisyllabic words.
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C. She often fails to recognize when to use short vowel sounds.
Option (C) is correct. The student reader automatically assumes most
vowels she encounters are long vowels. She mistakenly uses the long "i" in
the first "i" in "ignite," and both of the "i" sounds in "tinder" and "kindling."
She also mistakenly uses the long "a" sound by pronouncing "tapped" as
"taped."
A teacher is planning a lesson in which students will read and discuss the following
passage.
Because people are becoming better educated about how they can make a
difference through a few simple steps, individuals and communities are making
positive changes to the environment. Many groups are working to repair damage to
ecosystems. Some of the ways they are doing this are by planting new trees, creating
new wetlands, and building parks over closed landfills. This process is called habitat
restoration.
People are also polluting less. For example, cars now have special devices on their
tailpipes. These devices reduce the harmful gases that escape into the air. Although
they are still contributors to pollution, factories now release fewer chemicals, and
they are not allowed to dump wastes into rivers and streams.
Because they understand that adding chemicals to fields and lawns degrades the
health of many habitats, many people now use natural ways to get rid of weeds and
insects. Also, after gaining an understanding of how reusing products reduces our
overall imprint on the environment, people are recycling paper, glass, metal, and
plastic more often. And now that more people are recycling, less energy is being
used to make new products, less coal is burned, and finally less pollution is added to
the environment.
Answer the question below by clicking on the correct response.
Question:
The passage primarily follows which of the following text structures?
A.Sequential
B.Descriptive
C.Cause and effect
D.Compare and contrast
Question:
Which of the following sentences shows a comma being used after an introductory
phrase?
A.Buster is a strong, healthy dog.
B.No, you should not buy that shirt.
C.Anna wrote the winning paper, so she received the prize.
D.During the recital, many children were restless.
Give this one a try later!
Correct Answer: D
Option (D) is correct. The introductory phrase, "During the recital," is offset
by a comma.
Questions 52 and 53 refer to the following scenario.
As part of their morning work, Mr. Stine gives students the following journal prompt:
,"Describe a special place in your life. Explain what makes it special to you." The
following is a response written by Gabriela, an English-language learner.
My favorite place is my abuela's house. It is in Guatemala. It is bigger than mine and it
has a good outside. Outside it has nice weather but sometimes hot. There is never
snow or cold but theres a lot of bugs. The trees are a lot green. Always theres a lot of
people of my family. The food is good, sometimes I make it. We make spicy tamales.
Through a writing conference, Mr. Stine wants to help Gabriela revise the journal
response into a more developed paragraph about her abuela's house.
Answer the question below by clicking on the correct response.
Question:
Mr. Stine has the following exchange during the writing conference with Gabriela.
Mr. Stine: You said that there are a lot of people in your family who you see at your
abuela's house. What is that like, seeing all of them?
Gabriela: Well, I don't see them that much so it makes me happy to see them. I'm
always sad when we have to go back home.
Mr. Stine: What kind of feelings do you have when you are with them?
Gabriela: I have a lot of cousins that are around my age and I like them. They are really
cool and nice. And my tio Eduardo is really funny.
By asking Gabriela questions, Mr. Stine is attempting to help her to
A.organize her ideas
B.incorporate personal voice
C.clarify confusing ideas
D.focus on the topic
Give this one a try later!
Correct Answer: B
Option (B) is correct. By asking her questions such as "what is that like" and
"what kind of feelings do you have," he is attempting to get her to connect
her emotions with her descriptions and infuse more of her personal
experience and voice into her writing.
Click on your choice(s).
Question:
,Ms. Nero wants to introduce sentence frames that will help her students write
stronger counterarguments in their persuasive essays. Which of the following
sentence frames will be useful for the instructional purpose?
Select all that apply.
A.It might seem that _________. However, _____________.
B.Some people think _________________. Despite this, ______________.
C.In addition ________________________. Together with ____________.
Give this one a try later!
Correct Answer: A, B
Options (A) and (B) are correct. In the first sentences of (A) and (B), the
phrases "It might seem that" and "Some people think" both signal a
commonly held belief or an acknowledgement of the counterargument. In
the second sentences of the options, "However" and "Despite this" indicate
that the writer will refute the initial claim and present an opposing or
different idea.
Read the text below, and listen to the recording of the student reading it. Then answer
the question that follows. You may play the audio two times.
Question:
Clearly there had to be something for the sparks to ignite, some kind of tinder or
kindling—but what? He brought some dried grass in, tapped sparks into it, and
watched them die. He tried small twigs, breaking them into little pieces, but that was
worse than the grass. Then he tried a combination of the two, grass and twigs.Nothing.
He had no trouble getting sparks, but the tiny bits of hot stone or metal—he couldn't
tell which they were—just sputtered and died.He needed something finer, something
soft and fine and fluffy to catch the bits of fire.Shredded paper would be nice, but he
had no paper.
Which of the following hypotheses about the student reader is best supported by the
recording and the text?
A.She often struggles with reading sight words.
B.She often uses the first letter to guess unknown words.
C.She often fails to recognize when to use short vowel sounds.
D.She often decodes by segmenting multisyllabic words.
, Give this one a try later!
C. She often fails to recognize when to use short vowel sounds.
Option (C) is correct. The student reader automatically assumes most
vowels she encounters are long vowels. She mistakenly uses the long "i" in
the first "i" in "ignite," and both of the "i" sounds in "tinder" and "kindling."
She also mistakenly uses the long "a" sound by pronouncing "tapped" as
"taped."
A teacher is planning a lesson in which students will read and discuss the following
passage.
Because people are becoming better educated about how they can make a
difference through a few simple steps, individuals and communities are making
positive changes to the environment. Many groups are working to repair damage to
ecosystems. Some of the ways they are doing this are by planting new trees, creating
new wetlands, and building parks over closed landfills. This process is called habitat
restoration.
People are also polluting less. For example, cars now have special devices on their
tailpipes. These devices reduce the harmful gases that escape into the air. Although
they are still contributors to pollution, factories now release fewer chemicals, and
they are not allowed to dump wastes into rivers and streams.
Because they understand that adding chemicals to fields and lawns degrades the
health of many habitats, many people now use natural ways to get rid of weeds and
insects. Also, after gaining an understanding of how reusing products reduces our
overall imprint on the environment, people are recycling paper, glass, metal, and
plastic more often. And now that more people are recycling, less energy is being
used to make new products, less coal is burned, and finally less pollution is added to
the environment.
Answer the question below by clicking on the correct response.
Question:
The passage primarily follows which of the following text structures?
A.Sequential
B.Descriptive
C.Cause and effect
D.Compare and contrast
