FTCE NavaED Middle Grades English 5-9
Questions and Answers Graded A+
A 9th grade ELA teacher is planning a trip to a nursing home. Students will write about
their experience. She wants to conduct a sensitivity training exercise, so students
understand the behavior expectations for the trip. An effective activity for her students to
engage in is: - ANSWER Role play different scenarios to practice socializing with the
elderly.
Students are writing a persuasive essay about a topic of their choice. Which level of
Piaget's cognitive development best classifies this activity? - ANSWER formal operation
A 5th grade ELA class is studying different types of poetry and analyzing meaning.
Which stage of cognitive development would be most appropriate for this age group? -
ANSWER formal operation
A language arts teacher wants to help students find meaning in their reading sections.
What strategy should be implement? - ANSWER use questioning techniques to find out
how students relate the text to their lives.
During a read aloud, a teacher wants to assess students' listening skills. The teacher
should do which of the following to perform her assessment? - ANSWER stop and ask
the class to repeat and paraphrase what was said.
A class is studying wildlife and will write an essay about their favorite animal. During the
introduction to this topi, the class looks at pictures of cheetahs. What stage of the
writing process would be the best fit for this activity? - ANSWER pre-writing
A teacher knows that not all students come to ELA with the same background
knowledge in literature. Which process is best when selecting works for the school
year? - ANSWER The teacher allows students to self select their own books
Before the school year starts, a teacher is aware that her class will be culturally diverse.
What topics can the teacher explore that will help her students access, process, and
express information in her class? - ANSWER cultural responsiveness, research
practices, and information systems
A teacher want to integrate language arts, social science and science into her upcoming
unit. What would be the most effective activity for her students to engage in? -
ANSWER have the students read about the history of conservancy, then visit an estuary
and record data, then write a letter based on the data that ask for more funding for the
estuary ecosystem.
What should the teacher do first before implementing technology in her ELA class? -
ANSWER Consult the districts tech policy to determine what has been approved.
Questions and Answers Graded A+
A 9th grade ELA teacher is planning a trip to a nursing home. Students will write about
their experience. She wants to conduct a sensitivity training exercise, so students
understand the behavior expectations for the trip. An effective activity for her students to
engage in is: - ANSWER Role play different scenarios to practice socializing with the
elderly.
Students are writing a persuasive essay about a topic of their choice. Which level of
Piaget's cognitive development best classifies this activity? - ANSWER formal operation
A 5th grade ELA class is studying different types of poetry and analyzing meaning.
Which stage of cognitive development would be most appropriate for this age group? -
ANSWER formal operation
A language arts teacher wants to help students find meaning in their reading sections.
What strategy should be implement? - ANSWER use questioning techniques to find out
how students relate the text to their lives.
During a read aloud, a teacher wants to assess students' listening skills. The teacher
should do which of the following to perform her assessment? - ANSWER stop and ask
the class to repeat and paraphrase what was said.
A class is studying wildlife and will write an essay about their favorite animal. During the
introduction to this topi, the class looks at pictures of cheetahs. What stage of the
writing process would be the best fit for this activity? - ANSWER pre-writing
A teacher knows that not all students come to ELA with the same background
knowledge in literature. Which process is best when selecting works for the school
year? - ANSWER The teacher allows students to self select their own books
Before the school year starts, a teacher is aware that her class will be culturally diverse.
What topics can the teacher explore that will help her students access, process, and
express information in her class? - ANSWER cultural responsiveness, research
practices, and information systems
A teacher want to integrate language arts, social science and science into her upcoming
unit. What would be the most effective activity for her students to engage in? -
ANSWER have the students read about the history of conservancy, then visit an estuary
and record data, then write a letter based on the data that ask for more funding for the
estuary ecosystem.
What should the teacher do first before implementing technology in her ELA class? -
ANSWER Consult the districts tech policy to determine what has been approved.
