PRAXIS II ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE PROFESSIONAL
REVIEW HANDBOOK 2026 ACCURATE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
● Background Building. Answer: Using connections in a student
background.
● Anticipation Guide. Answer: Before reading to activate prior
knowledge. A series of questions or statements students work on silently
and either agree or disagree with each statement.
Ex: a teacher prepares a list of statements about what constitutes a
tragedy, and asks students to indicate whether they agree or disagree
with each statement. After reading the play, the class will discuss what
their misconceptions were and how they have revised their thinking.
Purpose
• Help students to activate their prior knowledge and experience and
think about the ideas they
will be reading.
• Encourage students to make a personal connection with a topic or unit
of work so that they can
integrate new knowledge with their background experience and prior
knowledge.
,Visual Example: https://interactive-
notebooks.wikispaces.com/Anticipation+guide
● Metalinguistic Awareness. Answer: Is the ability to think and talk
about language as language. Native speakers generally come by this
naturally but still need to be taught.
Ex: "can" has two meanings
"Nail" has two meanings
Example from study guide:
The strategy of teaching Ella that words can have multiple meanings
● Kinesthetic Activity. Answer: Students draw pictures to define the
vocabulary words.
● Vernacular Language. Answer: The dialect, or normal spoken form of
language of a specific population
● Colloquial. Answer: The use of informal words and expressions that
are not considered standard
, ● Guiding Strategy in Prewriting. Answer: Having students brainstorm
a variety of situations in which they have been asked to express their
opinions.
● Visual Aids for an Oral Activity. Answer: Accessing integrated Web
content for the audience to view during a lecture.
Displaying multiple charts and graphs during a presentation.
Showing photographs during the delivery of a speech.
● 5w's. Answer: Used for basic information gathering.
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
And how?
● Metacognition. Answer: Often described as thinking about one's
thinking; it is also being aware of what one knows and does not know.
Students use these skills:
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE PROFESSIONAL
REVIEW HANDBOOK 2026 ACCURATE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
● Background Building. Answer: Using connections in a student
background.
● Anticipation Guide. Answer: Before reading to activate prior
knowledge. A series of questions or statements students work on silently
and either agree or disagree with each statement.
Ex: a teacher prepares a list of statements about what constitutes a
tragedy, and asks students to indicate whether they agree or disagree
with each statement. After reading the play, the class will discuss what
their misconceptions were and how they have revised their thinking.
Purpose
• Help students to activate their prior knowledge and experience and
think about the ideas they
will be reading.
• Encourage students to make a personal connection with a topic or unit
of work so that they can
integrate new knowledge with their background experience and prior
knowledge.
,Visual Example: https://interactive-
notebooks.wikispaces.com/Anticipation+guide
● Metalinguistic Awareness. Answer: Is the ability to think and talk
about language as language. Native speakers generally come by this
naturally but still need to be taught.
Ex: "can" has two meanings
"Nail" has two meanings
Example from study guide:
The strategy of teaching Ella that words can have multiple meanings
● Kinesthetic Activity. Answer: Students draw pictures to define the
vocabulary words.
● Vernacular Language. Answer: The dialect, or normal spoken form of
language of a specific population
● Colloquial. Answer: The use of informal words and expressions that
are not considered standard
, ● Guiding Strategy in Prewriting. Answer: Having students brainstorm
a variety of situations in which they have been asked to express their
opinions.
● Visual Aids for an Oral Activity. Answer: Accessing integrated Web
content for the audience to view during a lecture.
Displaying multiple charts and graphs during a presentation.
Showing photographs during the delivery of a speech.
● 5w's. Answer: Used for basic information gathering.
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
And how?
● Metacognition. Answer: Often described as thinking about one's
thinking; it is also being aware of what one knows and does not know.
Students use these skills:
