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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: -
answerRole 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? - answerformal 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? - answerformal
operation
A language arts teacher want to help students find meaning in their reading sections. What
strategy should be implement? - answeruse 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? - answerstop 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? - answerpre-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? - answerThe teacher
allows students to self select their own books