FTCE NavaED MIDDLE GRADES ENGLISH 5-9 EXAM
LATEST ACTUAL EXAM
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 want 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.
A new teacher is planning an ELA lesson in grammar. What would be her most
appropriate first step. - ANSWER: Consult the state-adopted standards for lesson
plans
For which of the following ELA activities would a word processing program be the
best tool for - ANSWER: free writing
A political cartoon showcases doves, the American flag, and a bald eagle to represent
freedom. What type of literary device does the poem contain? - ANSWER: symbolism
Identifying heroes and villains in comic books would be an effective lesson in
evaluating types of: - ANSWER: archetypes
Which of the following is a sign of an emergent reader? - ANSWER: using "fix up"
strategies
When a student dissects a word by its sounds, the student is using? - ANSWER:
phonological awareness
Students are analyzing two proverbs from two different cultures. The American
proverb is,"The early bird gets the worm." The Mexican proverb is, "Those who get
to the well early,have better crops." What is an appropriate higher order
continuation of this activity? - ANSWER: Interview family members about other
proverbs and then compare and contrast the proverbs from different families, and
cultures.
When a student is comparing and contrasting literature from other cultures and
relating that literature to her own life a student is in the: - ANSWER: preoperational
phase.
An 8th grade class is reading the diary of Anne Frank. What would be an appropriate
prereading activity to help students understand the context of Anne Frank's life? -
ANSWER: watching interviews with Holocaust survivors.
Students are outlining categories for writing: highly effective, targeted and
developing. The teacher has them use those guidelines as they write their essay.
What did the students create? - ANSWER: rubric
A teacher is grading essays in her 8th grade English class. What is the best way the
teacher can give feedback on students' writing? - ANSWER: Mark corrections in the
body of the essay and then write comments in the margins explaining the
corrections.
Which of the following words is spelled correctly? - ANSWER: imminent
LATEST ACTUAL EXAM
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 want 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.
A new teacher is planning an ELA lesson in grammar. What would be her most
appropriate first step. - ANSWER: Consult the state-adopted standards for lesson
plans
For which of the following ELA activities would a word processing program be the
best tool for - ANSWER: free writing
A political cartoon showcases doves, the American flag, and a bald eagle to represent
freedom. What type of literary device does the poem contain? - ANSWER: symbolism
Identifying heroes and villains in comic books would be an effective lesson in
evaluating types of: - ANSWER: archetypes
Which of the following is a sign of an emergent reader? - ANSWER: using "fix up"
strategies
When a student dissects a word by its sounds, the student is using? - ANSWER:
phonological awareness
Students are analyzing two proverbs from two different cultures. The American
proverb is,"The early bird gets the worm." The Mexican proverb is, "Those who get
to the well early,have better crops." What is an appropriate higher order
continuation of this activity? - ANSWER: Interview family members about other
proverbs and then compare and contrast the proverbs from different families, and
cultures.
When a student is comparing and contrasting literature from other cultures and
relating that literature to her own life a student is in the: - ANSWER: preoperational
phase.
An 8th grade class is reading the diary of Anne Frank. What would be an appropriate
prereading activity to help students understand the context of Anne Frank's life? -
ANSWER: watching interviews with Holocaust survivors.
Students are outlining categories for writing: highly effective, targeted and
developing. The teacher has them use those guidelines as they write their essay.
What did the students create? - ANSWER: rubric
A teacher is grading essays in her 8th grade English class. What is the best way the
teacher can give feedback on students' writing? - ANSWER: Mark corrections in the
body of the essay and then write comments in the margins explaining the
corrections.
Which of the following words is spelled correctly? - ANSWER: imminent
