WorksheetsCSET 1- English
Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 36mins
Which website talks about smoking diseases? This question was different though, what website would you go to for
Go for .gov or .edu, credible sources
webmd
Which of the following examples best illustrates the appropriate use of pauses in a poetry reputation?
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Taking cues from a poem’s punctuation to use pauses in a way that emphasizes meaning
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Which letters are articulated in the same way when said
m/n
p/b
f/b
t/k
A non-fiction story of a woman (that hurt her leg and that it still hurts)
Two part answer:
Biography sketch
Allegory
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The King and the Wolf story, what type is it?
Allegory
Biography
Fairytale
Narrative
Part 2 The king & the wolf what is the author trying to convey
Moral
Foreshadowing
Information
Irony
Writers' pre-writing stage helps readers organize
Learning key words
Rough draft
Gather materials
Main ideas and examples - Brainstorming idea
The main benefit of using computer presentation software to enhance oral presentation is that such software enables a speaker to? *
(question regarded, what is the best way to show effects of commercials on kids, choices were a photograph, video clip, montage of video games and a slide indicating commercial costs)
Keep speaker on track
Use of technology
Kids are more interested in computers
Visual Aid
Question about whether or not to include lots of background information in an article:
Do readers have background knowledge on the topic
Is it interesting for the readers
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Someone wants to write into a newspaper and have their letter to the editor published in order to encourage readers to take action. Which should the writer know beforehand?*
Who the intended audience is
How much it costs to post the article
Who to contact to get the article posted
What previous knowledge and concerns readers already have
The answer was something about writing out the ideas you have in the topic (this one is asking about webbing) the same answer but more along the lines of finding relationships) (Webbing is organizing and comparing ideas.)
Thinking Map
Compare & Organize ideas (worded differently)
Rough Draft
Which capitalization is wrong?
We are going to the Capitol
His name is Tom.
In Australia, Summer is a long season.
Sara and Sophia are friends.
Standard Capitalization
I am a Marketing Coordinator.
Mr. Bates took us to see the Capitol.
In college, I Majored in Political Science and Minored in Religious Studies.
I began at Acme Industries in the Fall of 2012.
What would a teacher notice first about a 3rd grader reading at an advanced level independently, but had difficulty comprehending a passage that was at level, so which of these answer choices is the cause of their difficulty?
Decoding
Reading too quickly
Inattention
language development - the process by which children come to understand and communicate language during early childhood
Which sentence requires structural analysis for someone to understand the
meaning of the word
It’s an excerpt you must read and then it asks what is the theme based upon the phrase “headless bodies” and the answer is about how he feels dehumanized by how people see past him. It also had a second question about “Circus Sideshows” from the excerpt about what it meant.
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“New York at Night” by Amy Lowell, what literary device did she use?
Allegory
Similie
Symbolism
personification
A phoneme can best be described as the
unit of a language that cannot be further divided
speech sounds that constitute the fundamental components of a language
Smallest distinctive speech sound within a spoken word
smallest meaningful contrastive unit in a writing system
What would a cover letter best be used for?
To explain document enclosed
Introduce yourself
Letter of reference
Job application
Question about a passage that describes a man’s perception of a storm.The question asked what tone was the excerpt. The passage’s tone was excitement, how the man would run to look out the window, etc.
terrified
exhilarating
anticipation
indifference
What can a student notice from a paper/article that will make it appear unbiased?
The way the writer gathers and presents info - gathers info from different reliable sources
Very persuasive
Plenty of references
Use of quotes
What type of behavior is atypical for a second language?
Choosing the wrong tense
Using the wrong preposition
subject-verb agreement
Making the same grammatical mistakes in both languages.
Research paper primary and secondary resources- what to do with info?
Compile information similar from each article, you create your topics from your resources, to your outline as supporting statements for your research. I think it said something along the lines of organize with topics and subtopics
Cite sources
Use plenty of quotes
List primary before secondary
Which best explains why distinguishing phonemes in spoken words presents a challenge for most children?
Comprehension is difficult
They don't have a grasp of the alphabet
The problem is phoneme frequency and can’t be captured as a whole.
**Key word in answer is ‘blended’
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phonemes are coarticulated and blended in normal speech
They are not paying attention
Passage in a bookstore says you shouldn’t put down a book because you have all this other stuff to do… you may never finish reading it. “Life is like a river and is always changing” “You won't put it down.”
Question 1- What is the tone?
Acceptance
Irony
Humor
Despondence
*Passage in a bookstore says you shouldn’t put down a book because you have all this other stuff to do… you may never finish reading it. “Life is like a river and is always changing” “You won't put it down.”
Question 2- What is the meaning of the passage?
Never judge a book by it's cover
your meaning of the book changes overtime you read it
Life is too short not to enjoy a book
Stop and smell the roses
A base of a word that changes the entire word
adding -ful
adding -ing
adding “ment” to a verb
adding - ed
Author being BIAS in a passage. Question asked: how is the author showing personal Bias.
Lack of evidence/support
Inflammatory language
One-sided
No reliable sources
A question about good oral presentation using notes and or outline
to help you stay on track
Loud tone
Good eye contact
Appropriate pauses
If kids can make jokes and riddles this is because?
They are funny
Lexical Ambiguity - is the presence of two or more possible meanings for a single word. It's also called semantic ambiguity or homonymy.
They watch a lot of comedy
They have a strong grasp of the English language
During language acquisition as English as a second language at what stage do students start to use the second language to say spontaneous ideas and opinions?
Speech Emergence
Intermediate Fluency
Advanced Fluency
Early Production
Teacher using Anne Frank ABOVE grade level book and an AT grade level play during class. Which of the following statements accurately describes the research-based rationale for having students read excerpt from the play in addition to reading a book
Differentiates educational material
Challenges struggling readers
Appeals to advanced readers
Enhance student learning
(look for the word “Enhance”)
For someone who their first language involves the alphabet (not English), how will it help when learning English
Encourages reading fluency
Something about already knowing the symbols and sound relationship
Teaches phonics
Fluency in first language
What is a writer’s first plan for a rough draft?
Brainstorming
Gather reliable sources
To get all of the prewriting ideas into print
Organize ideas
Which of the following paired words contain the same vowel phoneme?
Weigh, ate
first, fish
then, that
wash, wish
Which of the following sentences demonstrates correct subject verb agreement?
We eats dinner
The boys runs
Most paintings in the museum are masterpieces
She sleep in her bed
Passage about kids learning syntax
Explicit instruction
Through trial and error
Parents/caregivies correct syntax
“Its innate to them” Comes naturally
Passage of man talking about Steven Crane how he wrote 2 short stories and then went to war?
The irony of his position in war and how he died.
Depicts horrors of war
Portrays desperation
Symbolism
Passage of man talking about Steven Crane how he wrote 2 short stories and then went to war?
Second question related to this passage, what form of writing did he use in this passage?
Compound sentences
Cause and Effect
Autobiography
Allegorical
Which is a compound sentence
I don’t like fishing, but I’ll go for the ride
I went to the store and then I went home
We bought apples, oranges and strawberries
The boys played baseball and dodgeball
Which sentence is the correct form of using apostrophe?
The backpack is her's
The mom's went to the conference
It's all gone
The students’ paper
Which set of words have the same morphemes? It asked about what set has the same root morpheme
Description, inscribe, prescription
near, nearer, nearest
recycle, reuse, reduce
lonely, sadly, happily
Read excerpt (from an African American kid protagonist) explain what “bodiless heads” meant? What does the metaphor “bears hibernate in winter and comes out in spring’ mean from the excerpt?
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Two parts for the excerpt. Look for keywords dehumanize and faith
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Read excerpts about a boy's experience with the rain, identify a simile.
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Remember that a similie uses work "like" or "as"
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What determines the quantitative tool for ability to read?
Intonation
How many words per minute student can read
Correct pronunciation of words in text
Sentence and word length and the frequency of unfamiliar words
In which of the following sentences does the syntax allow for two different interpretations?
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I served the soup to the woman with the spoon.
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Another excerpt about a lotus put in a jar, what does the lotus represent? And second question asking about what feelings you get from the excerpt ?
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Remember keywords "blossomed" "reverence" or revential
Most clearly requires contextual analysis: pronunciation and meaning of multi syllable words
Local guide- help find the EXPOSED part of the desert before sunset. - Exposed has multiple meanings
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During language acquisition when does a student develop competency in English Oral Written communication? This question was on there but it wasn't competency is said Oral expression and ideas
Emergent language
Intermediate fluency
Beginning fluency
Advanced Fluency - Accuracy : Determines that the students are pronouncing the words correctly as they read. Pacing: Students are reading the text at the correct speed (according to the speed of their daily speech). Prosody : Students are reading with expression , phrasing, pitch and volume according to context and punctuation
Child using the word bleeblee to ask for a blanket family now calls blanket bleeblee what language acquisition? (Not exact wording)
Emergent language
Babble
Echolalia
Idiolect - the linguistic system used by an individual
What sentence would be the best starter if describing/writing a process?
How long does it take for a glacier to melt/or form (Pay attention to the word “GLACIER”)
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There was a writing about those that died fighting in a war holding down lines in order for victory.
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The answer was that the last two prose supported the first.
Prose - written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
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Understand alliteration and how to pick it out of a reading such as Shakespeare excerpts Sonnet 73
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Then can I grieve at grievances foregone.” In this case, the “g” sound is alliterative in “grieve”, “grievances”, and “foregone”, since the stressed syllable in “foregone” starts with “g”
What does having a student read outloud an unfamiliar passage show you
Their public speaking skills
Willingness to take risks
their ability to decode
Correct intonation
A kinder student who understands phonemic awareness should be able to
Syllable blending
Decode
should be able to rhyme simple words like mop and pop
Phoneme blending and segmentation
Which choice shows that a kindergartener clearly
understands the alphabetic principle
Clap to syllables
Decodes CVC words
Sings the alphabet
students can identify the consonants with the correct sound
A question about a kindergarten teacher who wants students to write a journal weekly. The teacher wants to use this journal to evaluate the development of the student's writing. What should the teacher do to make this assessment more effective?
Have them write about their day
ask grade-level appropriate guiding questions at the beginning of each writing session
Ask them to give an opinion
Show a picture and ask students to describe picture
What should be done during the writing stage of revision
Adding Supporting details
Check for grammatical errors
Critically evaluate the first draft
Make sure quotes are cited correctly
How would a reader be able to verify an informational text about a current political issue?
Reliable source
Correct spelling
Multiple perspectives
Counter argument
The key research feature of an educational website would fulfill the same function as which of the following sections of a textbook?
Glossary
Appendix
Index (at the end, cross ref ideas, page #)
Sources
Which of the following statements accurately describes the research based rationale for having students read excerpts from the play in addition to reading a book?
Keeps them interested
Increases vocabulary
Encourages empathy
Better Understanding
Which of the following would be most effective when organized by increasing importance in an essay? Organizational approach in research: when to use?
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Contributors to an ecosystem
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Which word would be the easiest for a beginner speller to decode?
Napkin
treasure
tissue
answer
Question regarding the definition of idiom
She was as pale as a ghost
The night sky was a blanket of stars
A saying that means something else (We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it - meaning let’s not talk about it now)
She sells sea shells
If a student is able to fill in a blank in a sentence, what are they good at using?
Prediction
listening skills
Contextual clues
Attention skills
There was one on a 2nd grader trying to spell a new word they hear
context clues
dictionary
ask for help
sound letter understanding
Another question asking for fill in the blank, in the gardening passage. Students reap the fruits of their labor
These can be used as communal gardens, school projects, or fun learning activities
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Pronoun antecedent - Which of the following sentences demonstrate correct pronoun antecedent agreement?
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The bear opened the jar with its paws.
