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A An English Language Learner whose
primary language uses definite and
indefinite articles has little difficulty
understanding the use of articles in
English. This is an example of which
of the following linguistic processes?
A. positive transfer
B. interlanguage
C. phonemic awareness
D. code-switching
B A first-grade teacher places a "start here"
sticker in the upper-left corner of a poster
listing several short sentences. As he
points to each word, he has students read
the sentences in unison. The primary
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benefit of this activity is to:
A. provide skills practice in
auditory/visual association.
B. reinforce the tracking motions used
in reading.
C. encourage self-control and attention
to teacher direction.
D. assess fluency in reading word
combinations.
D A health class is beginning a new unit on
nutrition. The teacher asks students to
complete a pre-reading activity in which
they keep a personal log of their eating
habits for one week. This instructional
activity is likely to be most effective for
accomplishing which of the following
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instructional goals?
A. establishing text-to-text connections
between old and new material
B. providing guided practice for
development of students' research
skills
C. increasing students' understanding
of their own cognitive processes
D. making meaningful connections
between new material and students'
current knowledge and life
experiences
C Which of the following reading and
writing activities would best promote the
development of a sixth-grade student's
literal comprehension skills?
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A. reading two newspaper editorials
about the same topic and creating a
chart comparing the evidence the
authors use to support their opinions
B. reading a grade-level book and
writing a new chapter describing
what happened next to the main
character
C. reading an expository text about a
historical event and creating a flow-
chart showing the cause-and-effect
sequences that led to the event
D. reading a first-person narrative text
and writing a description of the
narrator based on details from the
text
A A reading specialist is evaluating the text
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A An English Language Learner whose
primary language uses definite and
indefinite articles has little difficulty
understanding the use of articles in
English. This is an example of which
of the following linguistic processes?
A. positive transfer
B. interlanguage
C. phonemic awareness
D. code-switching
B A first-grade teacher places a "start here"
sticker in the upper-left corner of a poster
listing several short sentences. As he
points to each word, he has students read
the sentences in unison. The primary
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benefit of this activity is to:
A. provide skills practice in
auditory/visual association.
B. reinforce the tracking motions used
in reading.
C. encourage self-control and attention
to teacher direction.
D. assess fluency in reading word
combinations.
D A health class is beginning a new unit on
nutrition. The teacher asks students to
complete a pre-reading activity in which
they keep a personal log of their eating
habits for one week. This instructional
activity is likely to be most effective for
accomplishing which of the following
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instructional goals?
A. establishing text-to-text connections
between old and new material
B. providing guided practice for
development of students' research
skills
C. increasing students' understanding
of their own cognitive processes
D. making meaningful connections
between new material and students'
current knowledge and life
experiences
C Which of the following reading and
writing activities would best promote the
development of a sixth-grade student's
literal comprehension skills?
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A. reading two newspaper editorials
about the same topic and creating a
chart comparing the evidence the
authors use to support their opinions
B. reading a grade-level book and
writing a new chapter describing
what happened next to the main
character
C. reading an expository text about a
historical event and creating a flow-
chart showing the cause-and-effect
sequences that led to the event
D. reading a first-person narrative text
and writing a description of the
narrator based on details from the
text
A A reading specialist is evaluating the text
