English PISA Lesson 1

Multiple Choice

The PISA exam is important because ....

• It counts for your report card.

• It helps teachers, schools, and the government know what we are doing right.

• It lets you know what career you should choose.

Multiple Select

The PISA exam tests students on their knowledge of ....

(you can choose more than one correct answer)

• math

• science

• reading & literacy

• art and culture

Multiple Choice

What does PISA stand for?

• Program for International Student Assessment

• Program for International Student Assessment

Multiple Choice

The PISA Reading Exam is ........ long.

• 30 minutes

• 45 minutes

• 1 hour

• 1 hour and 30 minutes

Multiple Select

On the PISA Reading Exam I will have to answer the following.....

• find information in the reading

• decide on the main idea of the reading

• connect ideas in the reading

• summarize ideas in the reading

• infers the writers meaning

Reorder

Reorder the reading tasks from easiest to hardest.

• Find a piece of Information in the reading

• Decide on the main idea of the reading

• Connect Information in the text or in multiple texts.

• Evaluate and Summarize information in the text

• Infer the writing meaning

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• 2
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• 5

Multiple Select

The reading passages (فقرات القراءة) in PISA will be....

• Fiction or short stories

• Expository - Explain Something

• Charts and Graphs with Text

• Argumentative Writing - Different Points of View

• Read two Texts Together to Make Connections

Multiple Choice

A Reading Passage (فقرات القراءة) with charts in graphs is going to focus on .....

• making connections

• finding the main ideas

• asking your opinions

Draw

Try to Find at least three connections between the graphs and the text.

Find more

Multiple Choice

What is the depth of Lake Chad today?

• About Two Meters

• About 15 Meters

• About 50 Meters

• It has disappeared completely

Open Ended

Why has the author chosen to start the graph at this point?

Multiple Choice

Figure 2 is base on the assumption that...

• the animals were alive at Lake Chad when the cave art was drawn

• The artists who drew the animals were highly skilled

• The artists who drew the animals travelled widely

• there was no attempt to domesticate the animals by the artists

Multiple Choice

For this question you need to draw together information from Figure 1 and 2:

The disappearance of the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and aurochs from Saharan rock art happened ....

• at the beginning of the most recent ice age.

• in the middle of the period when Lake Chad was at its highest.

• after the level of Lake Chad had been falling for thousands of years

• at the beginning of a long dry period.

Match

Let's see how the questions asked us to read and think.

• What is the depth of Lake Chad?

• Why has the writer chooses to start the graph at 11,000 BC

• Figure 2 is based on the assumption that the animals were alive when drawn.

Find direct information

Making Connections

Infer

• Find direct information

• Making Connections

• Infer

Multiple Choice

Which one describes a feature of the ACOL flu immunization program?

• Daily exercise classes will be run during the winter.

• Immunization will he give during work hours

• A small bonus will be offered to participants.

• A doctor will give the injections.

Open Ended

Fiona wanted the information sheet to friendly and encouraging. Do you think she succeeded? Explain your answer using referring to the layout, style of writing, and the pictures.

Multiple Choice

The information sheet suggest that if you want to protect yourself against the virus, a flu injection is ....

• more effective than exercise and a healthy diet

• a good idea, but does not replace a healthy food and exercise.

• as good as healthy food and exercise, but easier.

• not needed at all if you have a healthy diet and get exercise.

Open Ended

After Fiona sent out the information sheet, a co-worker told her she should have not included the phrase "Anyone interested in being protect against the virus" because it was misleading.

Poll

Do you feel your answer is close the model answers shown?

• Very close - I should get a full mark.

• Close - I should get 75%

• The right idea but not well explained - I should get 50%

• Not close - I will not get a mark

Multiple Choice

According to the information sheet, which one of these workers should contact the Fiona?

• Steve from the store who does not have natural immunity.

• Jules, from sales, who wants to know if the program is a must.

• Alice, who is from the mailroom, who is having a baby in two months.

• Michael, from accounts, who will be on holiday on the week of May 17.

Poll

Congratulations on your first English PISA Session. Who is feeling better about the exam?

• Much better. I know I can do it.

• A little better, but I have work to d

• Still nervous, but I see what I have

• Not better at all. I am still confuse