NBCT - ELA - Early Adolescence

STANDARD V. READING AND VIEWING

A 7th grade teacher develops an anticipation guide for a short story that students are going to read. Students will respond in writing to questions that relate to the story's theme. Which of the following instructional approaches would most effectively promote students' ability to use the anticipation guide to establish a purpose for reading?

• reading aloud a story excerpt that illustrates the theme

• having students predict events that will occur in the story

• modeling how to compose focused responses to the questions

• having students brainstorm additional questions for the guid

STANDARD V. READING AND VIEWING

Elliott woke to the smell of eggs, bacon, and toast, and memories of the past. He could hear the "sizzle pop" sound of the bacon frying in Grandmother's cast iron skillet. Opening his eyes, he saw the brown, knotted pinewood walls of his grandparents' guest bedroom. He winced as his feet touched the cold bare floor, paving a pathway to the kitchen.

Which of the following types of figurative language can best be taught using this text?

• irony

• allusion

• hyperbole

• imagery

STANDARD VI. WRITING AND PRODUCING

After discussing the importance of audience awareness with 6th grade students, a teacher asks them to create a scenario in which a writer shows appropriate audience awareness. Which of the following student scenarios best demonstrates the students' understanding of audience awareness?

• A student writes letter to a new 6th grader in which he or she includes a short narrative that describes a personal experience that will be helpful to a new student, such as learning a trick to tackle a sticky locker

• A student writes an informative pieces for the school Website in which he or she shares with parents/guardians why new 6th graders need to make sure they remember to take the correct books to the right class

• A student writes an opinion piece for the school welcome letter in which he or she states that 6th grade is a daunting experience and should be met with caution

• A student writes a letter to the superintendent in which he or she gives an opinion about how silly it is to make a fuss about leaving 6th grade and going to middle school

STANDARD VI: WRITING AND PRODUCING

Using peer review to help students improve their writing is recognized as an important component of the writing process. The most appropriate definition of a peer reviewer is:

• the strongest writer in the class whose job is to evaluate the writing of others

• an essential member of the writing team

• an extra pair of eyes whose responsibility is to point out mistakes

• a reader whose job is to be obverservant and ask questions of the writer

STANDARD VIII. LANGUAGE STUDY

An accomplished ELA teacher would like to show students examples of words that entered the english language as a result of contact between early European settlers and Native Americans in North America. Which of the following sets of words would be most appropriate for the teacher to use for this purpose?

• cents, gopher, levee

• moose, toboggan, skunk

• bandana, jute, veranda

• landscape, sleigh, waffle

STANDARD VIII: LANGUAGE STUDY

An 8th grade ELA teacher has the goal of promoting ELLs vocabulary acquisition. Whcih of the following approaches would most likely help the teacher achieve this goal?

• having all students in the class use performance strategies, such as acting out synonyms to clarify nuances in meaning

• providing the ELLs with lists of domain-specific words that are grade-level appropriate

• adjusting speaking rate, avoiding the use of confusing terms, and restating rather than merely repeating during instruction

• creating frequent opportunities for all students to engage in whole-class and small-group academic discussions