NEWSELA- Students who learn languages are more accepting article

Which two of the following sentences from the article include CENTRAL ideas of the article?

1. 1 In Woods-Chan's class, her students chat with each other in the various languages of their home countries.
2. 2 Some are from Yemen, a country in the Middle East, and many are from countries in Central America — Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
3. 3 Woods-Chan's classroom is one of many in the U.S. with an increasing number of immigrant students coming from other countries.
4. 4 Expertise in other languages can help Woods-Chan's students beyond the classroom, too.

• 1 and 2

• 2 and 3

• 1 and 4

• 3 and 4

Which of the following MOST influenced Acacia Woods-Chan's idea of what kind of teacher she wanted to be?

• an experience that her students had learning a new language

• an experience that her classmate had dealing with language barriers

• an experience that she had when she felt sick at school

• an experience that her mother had when she was a young student

According to the article, why is Acacia Woods-Chan's class the perfect environment for students to teach one another their home languages?

• because Woods-Chan speaks two languages and can help students learn a second language

• because Woods-Chan teaches ethnic studies and the students in the class are from many different countries

• because Woods-Chan hopes to help set the students in her class on the path toward their chosen careers

• because Woods-Chan wants to make sure that her students do not make fun of their classmates

What was the author's purpose of this article?

• To entertain readers about how fun it is to learn a new language

• To inform teachers about how they should encourage their students to speak different languages

• To persuade students to make friends with classmates from a different culture

• To inform readers about how students who learn each other's languages become more accepting of one another.

According to the article what two languages are frequently spoken in Wood-Chan's ethnic studies class?

• Arabic and English

• Chinese and English

• Arabic and Mam

• Spanish and Mam

What event in class influenced Woods-Chan to start having her students teach each other their native languages?

• Students were assigned a project about diverse cultures in their school

• Spanish-speaking students were teasing their classmates that spoke in their native language in class

• A fight happened between a spanish-speaking and an arabic-speaking student over a misinterpretation of a word

• There was an increase of students who spoke Hebrew who enrolled in the class

According to the article, what do most minors who cross the border without their parents do once they enter into the United States?

• Live in homeless shelters until they can find work

• They are turned over to the U.S. government authorities, then they are sent to live with relatives until they attend a court date

• Are deported back to their native country immediately

• Get a job or enroll themselves into high school

What is the purpose of the photo and caption text feature in the article?

• To fill up space on the paper

• Give us information about all of the languages spoken in the school

• Gives us background information about the teacher and her class

• Helps us see what the teacher looks like so we can see that she is mixed-race and comes from two different cultures

Researchers at the City University of new York say what about students?

• Students like seeing their home languages displayed at school because it makes them feel more comfortable at school

• Students who speak more than one language will be more successful in core classes like math and science

• Students who only speak one language will graduate from high school to be more successful than their classmates that are bilingual

• Teachers who are bilingual are more successful in reaching all of their students

What project did Woods-Chan's create in her class?

• Students took turns teaching their native language to their classmates each day by writing words on the board and creating short videos

• Students held a contest on who could learn the most words in a different language

• Students started a school wide campaign to have every student take an ethnic studies class

• Students taught Woods-Chan how to speak their native language