Telpas Practice

Multiple Choice

Who takes TELPAS?

• Everyone

• All students who speak Spanish

• Students who are learning English (emergent bilingual students)

• Students who are learning Spanish (dual language students)

Multiple Choice

TELPAS is an assessment of ______ proficiency.

• English

• Spanish

Multiple Select

What 4 domains does TELPAS assess?

• Listening

• Speaking

• Thinking

• Reading

• Writing

Multiple Select

Complete this sentence:

Students take the _____ and  _____  part of the TELPAS one day, and the _____  and _____ part on a different day. 

• Listening, Speaking

• Speaking, Writing

• Listening, Reading

• Reading, Writing

Multiple Select

What are the 4 levels can you score in each domain?

• Advanced High

• Advanced

• Beginning

• Below Basic

• Intermediate

Multiple Choice

Bilingual students stop taking the assessment when -

• they score advanced high in all domains and pass the reading STAAR

• they score advanced in all domains and pass the mathematics STAAR

• they score advanced high in at least one domain and advanced in the rest

• when they pass the reading STAAR

Multiple Choice

We will now talk about the ________ part of the TELPAS.

• Listening

• Speaking

• Reading

• Writing

Multiple Choice

To answer this prompt, what do you need to speak about?

• my favorite superhero and their superpowers

• a character I want to meet, why, and what I would ask them

• a list of characters in the books I've read or shows I've watched

Fill in the Blank

I only have ___ attempts to record my response.

​If you decide you do not like your first recording, the second recording will begin as soon as you click OK to delete it.

You cannot go back to your first recording after you delete it!

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​TRUE OR FALSE?

I can go back to my first recording if I don't like my second recording.

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE?

I can go back to my first recording if I don't like my second recording.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Poll

What proficiency level rating do you think this response earned?

• Beginning

• Intermediate

• Advanced

• Advanced High

​This student earned an advanced rating.

Multiple Choice

This student could have scored an advanced high rating if they had -

• corrected all of their grammar errors

• pronounced the words better and faster

• added more details to their response (elaborated)

Poll

What proficiency level rating do you think this response earned?

• Beginning

• Intermediate

• Advanced

• Advanced High

​This student scored an intermediate rating.

​advanced

​With that being said, do not worry about speaking quickly. Plan, practice, and read each word carefully and clearly so that you don't lose any points for pronunciation.

Multiple Choice

How should you speak while recording?

• quickly - as fast as I can

• clearly and carefully

• super quietly

Open Ended

What is the biggest difference between these two responses?

Just one extra sentence could mean the difference between an intermediate and advanced rating!

Poll

What proficiency level rating do you think this response earned?

• Beginning

• Intermediate

• Advanced

• Advanced High

​This student earned an advanced high rating.

Open Ended

What is the biggest difference between these two responses?

Multiple Choice

Based on these advanced high examples, about how many sentences should your speaking responses include?

• about 1 to 2 sentences

• at least one sentence

• about 4 to 8

• about 15 to 28

Multiple Choice

Based on these advanced high examples, about how many conjunctions should your speaking responses include?

• about 1-2 conjunctions

• at least 1 conjunction

• as many as you can naturally include (but try for at least 4)

Open Ended

List as many conjunctions as you can in 20 seconds.

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Multiple Choice

What should you do before you record your response?

• I should just record it right after reading the question.

• I should plan my response on scratch paper and practice it.

• I should click the record button and then just start talking.

​In conclusion, the TELPAS is an academically rigorous test. It's not easy! It measures more than your ability to have conversations in English. It requires effort to show your academic English proficiency in all four domains.

• One thing I learned about the TELPAS is that ...

• One thing I'm still confused about the TELPAS is that ...

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​Exit Ticket

Open Ended

One thing I learned about the TELPAS is that ...

One thing I'm still confused about the TELPAS is that ...