PRAXIS 5047 CERTIFICATION SCRIPT
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Parable.
Answer: realistic and has a moral
◍ Legend.
Answer: exaggerated story about people
◍ persuasive media.
Answer: advertising, public relations, & advocacy
◍ "stacking deck".
Answer: misleads by presenting not complete information, but selected
information supporting persuader positions
◍ rules for writing blogs.
Answer: 1. column width maximum of 80 characters2. highlight important
info3. avoid italics and all caps4. paragraphs shorter than usual
◍ whole-class learning circles.
Answer: 1. no student interrupts another2. certain length of time of
speaking3. take turns then have general discussion4. student starts by
restating what was said previously
◍ Myth.
Answer: literary sub genre of a story that involves gods and heroes, usually
expressing a cultures ideals
◍ small group.
Answer: 1. students speak about others' ideas2. ask for clarification, connect
ideas, & give examples3. summarize overall points
,◍ anticipation guides.
Answer: used to preview and make predictions about texts
◍ Folktale.
Answer: language of the people, does not need a moral, and main purpose is
to entertain
◍ cueing systems.
Answer: the phonological, semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic information
that students rely on as they read.
◍ Fairytales.
Answer: element of magic, usually follows a pattern, and presents an
"ideal", may contain "magic 3" or "stereotyping"
◍ double-entry journals.
Answer: enables students to record their responses to text as they read.
Students write down phrases or sentences from their assigned reading and
then write their own reaction to that passage.
◍ metacognition.
Answer: awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.
◍ phonics instruction.
Answer: teaching the relationship between letters and sounds and how to use
them to read and spell words
◍ reciprocal teaching.
Answer: A cooperative learning model used to improve reading, in which
students play the teacher's role
◍ Fable.
Answer: non-realistic, has a moral, and animals are often the main character
◍ semantic feature analysis.
Answer: comprehension strategy that organizes information and groups of
related words and phrases
,◍ Ex. Fable.
Answer: Aesop- "The Fox and the Crane", "The Fox and the Crow"
◍ questioning the author.
Answer: thinking about why the author wrote the text and what are their
thoughts
◍ Fairy Tale Authors.
Answer: Charles Perrault, Grimm Brothers, Joseph Jacobs, Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Jorgen Moe
◍ Noodlehead Story.
Answer: humorous folktale in which the reader can outsmart character(s)
◍ collaborative writing.
Answer: instructional approach in which students work together to plan,
draft, revise, and edit compositions
◍ process writing.
Answer: an approach to writing instruction which teaches children to write
they way real writers write.
◍ Romanticism.
Answer: 18th and 19th centuries that began in Germany and England,
emphasized imagination, fancy, freedom, emotion, wildness, beauty of the
natural world, rights of individuals, and pastoral life.
◍ sentence combining.
Answer: combining ideas in sentences to show relationships and make
connections
◍ writing workshop.
Answer: model for teaching writing that includes a mini lesson, small group,
and individual writing
◍ Symbolism.
Answer: movement in literature during the 19th century in France, reacted
against the standards of realism, emphasized being able to bend the material
, world of the 5 senses, poetic expression of complex feelings
◍ RAFT.
Answer: To consider when writing:Role, Audience, Format, Topic
◍ 3-2-1 prompts.
Answer: 3 things you've learned, two things you found interesting, one
question you might still have
◍ Symbolism Authors.
Answer: Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud
◍ Surrealism.
Answer: movement in literature in the beginning of the 20th century.
element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions, and non sequitur
◍ holistic scoring.
Answer: Summarizing a student's performance on an assessment with a
single score.
◍ Surrealism Authors.
Answer: Andre Breton, influenced by Freud's free association work, dream
analysis, and the unconscious to free imagination
◍ Existentialism.
Answer: 19th and 20th centuries that emphasized individual existence,
freedom, and choice, believed that there is not objective rational basis for
moral choice
◍ Existentialism authors.
Answer: Soren Keirkegaard, Blaise Pascal, Friedrich Neitzsche, Martin
Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre
◍ Louisa May Alcott.
Answer: American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women
(1868) Wrote about growing up poor in New England during the Civil War
◍ exit ticket.
Answer: formative assessment to see what students learned
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Parable.
Answer: realistic and has a moral
◍ Legend.
Answer: exaggerated story about people
◍ persuasive media.
Answer: advertising, public relations, & advocacy
◍ "stacking deck".
Answer: misleads by presenting not complete information, but selected
information supporting persuader positions
◍ rules for writing blogs.
Answer: 1. column width maximum of 80 characters2. highlight important
info3. avoid italics and all caps4. paragraphs shorter than usual
◍ whole-class learning circles.
Answer: 1. no student interrupts another2. certain length of time of
speaking3. take turns then have general discussion4. student starts by
restating what was said previously
◍ Myth.
Answer: literary sub genre of a story that involves gods and heroes, usually
expressing a cultures ideals
◍ small group.
Answer: 1. students speak about others' ideas2. ask for clarification, connect
ideas, & give examples3. summarize overall points
,◍ anticipation guides.
Answer: used to preview and make predictions about texts
◍ Folktale.
Answer: language of the people, does not need a moral, and main purpose is
to entertain
◍ cueing systems.
Answer: the phonological, semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic information
that students rely on as they read.
◍ Fairytales.
Answer: element of magic, usually follows a pattern, and presents an
"ideal", may contain "magic 3" or "stereotyping"
◍ double-entry journals.
Answer: enables students to record their responses to text as they read.
Students write down phrases or sentences from their assigned reading and
then write their own reaction to that passage.
◍ metacognition.
Answer: awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.
◍ phonics instruction.
Answer: teaching the relationship between letters and sounds and how to use
them to read and spell words
◍ reciprocal teaching.
Answer: A cooperative learning model used to improve reading, in which
students play the teacher's role
◍ Fable.
Answer: non-realistic, has a moral, and animals are often the main character
◍ semantic feature analysis.
Answer: comprehension strategy that organizes information and groups of
related words and phrases
,◍ Ex. Fable.
Answer: Aesop- "The Fox and the Crane", "The Fox and the Crow"
◍ questioning the author.
Answer: thinking about why the author wrote the text and what are their
thoughts
◍ Fairy Tale Authors.
Answer: Charles Perrault, Grimm Brothers, Joseph Jacobs, Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Jorgen Moe
◍ Noodlehead Story.
Answer: humorous folktale in which the reader can outsmart character(s)
◍ collaborative writing.
Answer: instructional approach in which students work together to plan,
draft, revise, and edit compositions
◍ process writing.
Answer: an approach to writing instruction which teaches children to write
they way real writers write.
◍ Romanticism.
Answer: 18th and 19th centuries that began in Germany and England,
emphasized imagination, fancy, freedom, emotion, wildness, beauty of the
natural world, rights of individuals, and pastoral life.
◍ sentence combining.
Answer: combining ideas in sentences to show relationships and make
connections
◍ writing workshop.
Answer: model for teaching writing that includes a mini lesson, small group,
and individual writing
◍ Symbolism.
Answer: movement in literature during the 19th century in France, reacted
against the standards of realism, emphasized being able to bend the material
, world of the 5 senses, poetic expression of complex feelings
◍ RAFT.
Answer: To consider when writing:Role, Audience, Format, Topic
◍ 3-2-1 prompts.
Answer: 3 things you've learned, two things you found interesting, one
question you might still have
◍ Symbolism Authors.
Answer: Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud
◍ Surrealism.
Answer: movement in literature in the beginning of the 20th century.
element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions, and non sequitur
◍ holistic scoring.
Answer: Summarizing a student's performance on an assessment with a
single score.
◍ Surrealism Authors.
Answer: Andre Breton, influenced by Freud's free association work, dream
analysis, and the unconscious to free imagination
◍ Existentialism.
Answer: 19th and 20th centuries that emphasized individual existence,
freedom, and choice, believed that there is not objective rational basis for
moral choice
◍ Existentialism authors.
Answer: Soren Keirkegaard, Blaise Pascal, Friedrich Neitzsche, Martin
Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre
◍ Louisa May Alcott.
Answer: American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women
(1868) Wrote about growing up poor in New England during the Civil War
◍ exit ticket.
Answer: formative assessment to see what students learned
