FTCE
FTCE NAVAED Middle Grades English 5-
9 Exam STUDY GUIDE 2025
A 9th grade ELA teacher is planning a trip to a nursing home. Students will write about
their experience. She wants to conduct a sensitivity training exercise, so students
understand the behavior expectations for the trip. An effective activity for her students
to engage in is: -Correct Answer ✔Role play different scenarios to practice socializing
with the elderly.
Students are writing a persuasive essay about a topic of their choice. Which level of
Piaget's cognitive development best classifies this activity? -Correct Answer ✔formal
operation
A 5th grade ELA class is studying different types of poetry and analyzing meaning. Which
stage of cognitive development would be most appropriate for this age group? -Correct
Answer ✔formal operation
A language arts teacher want to help students find meaning in their reading sections.
What strategy should be implement? -Correct Answer ✔use questioning techniques to
find out how students relate the text to their lives.
During a read aloud, a teacher wants to assess students' listening skills. The teacher
should do which of the following to perform her assessment? -Correct Answer ✔stop
and ask the class to repeat and paraphrase what was said.
A class is studying wildlife and will write an essay about their favorite animal. During the
introduction to this topi, the class looks at pictures of cheetahs. What stage of the
writing process would be the best fit for this activity? -Correct Answer ✔pre-writing
FTCE
, FTCE
A teacher knows that not all students come to ELA with the same background
knowledge in literature. Which process is best when selecting works for the school year?
-Correct Answer ✔The teacher allows students to self select their own books
Before the school year starts, a teacher is aware that her class will be culturally diverse.
What topics can the teacher explore that will help her students access, process, and
express information in her class? -Correct Answer ✔cultural responsiveness, research
practices, and information systems
A teacher want to integrate language arts, social science and science into her upcoming
unit. What would be the most effective activity for her students to engage in? -Correct
Answer ✔have the students read about the history of conservancy, then visit an estuary
and record data, then write a letter based on the data that ask for more funding for the
estuary ecosystem.
What should the teacher do first before implementing technology in her ELA class? -
Correct Answer ✔Consult the districts tech policy to determine what has been
approved.
A new teacher is planning an ELA lesson in grammar. What would be her most
appropriate first step. -Correct Answer ✔Consult the state-adopted standards for lesson
plans
For which of the following ELA activities would a word processing program be the best
tool for -Correct Answer ✔free writing
A political cartoon showcases doves, the American flag, and a bald eagle to represent
freedom. What type of literary device does the poem contain? -Correct Answer
✔symbolism
FTCE
FTCE NAVAED Middle Grades English 5-
9 Exam STUDY GUIDE 2025
A 9th grade ELA teacher is planning a trip to a nursing home. Students will write about
their experience. She wants to conduct a sensitivity training exercise, so students
understand the behavior expectations for the trip. An effective activity for her students
to engage in is: -Correct Answer ✔Role play different scenarios to practice socializing
with the elderly.
Students are writing a persuasive essay about a topic of their choice. Which level of
Piaget's cognitive development best classifies this activity? -Correct Answer ✔formal
operation
A 5th grade ELA class is studying different types of poetry and analyzing meaning. Which
stage of cognitive development would be most appropriate for this age group? -Correct
Answer ✔formal operation
A language arts teacher want to help students find meaning in their reading sections.
What strategy should be implement? -Correct Answer ✔use questioning techniques to
find out how students relate the text to their lives.
During a read aloud, a teacher wants to assess students' listening skills. The teacher
should do which of the following to perform her assessment? -Correct Answer ✔stop
and ask the class to repeat and paraphrase what was said.
A class is studying wildlife and will write an essay about their favorite animal. During the
introduction to this topi, the class looks at pictures of cheetahs. What stage of the
writing process would be the best fit for this activity? -Correct Answer ✔pre-writing
FTCE
, FTCE
A teacher knows that not all students come to ELA with the same background
knowledge in literature. Which process is best when selecting works for the school year?
-Correct Answer ✔The teacher allows students to self select their own books
Before the school year starts, a teacher is aware that her class will be culturally diverse.
What topics can the teacher explore that will help her students access, process, and
express information in her class? -Correct Answer ✔cultural responsiveness, research
practices, and information systems
A teacher want to integrate language arts, social science and science into her upcoming
unit. What would be the most effective activity for her students to engage in? -Correct
Answer ✔have the students read about the history of conservancy, then visit an estuary
and record data, then write a letter based on the data that ask for more funding for the
estuary ecosystem.
What should the teacher do first before implementing technology in her ELA class? -
Correct Answer ✔Consult the districts tech policy to determine what has been
approved.
A new teacher is planning an ELA lesson in grammar. What would be her most
appropriate first step. -Correct Answer ✔Consult the state-adopted standards for lesson
plans
For which of the following ELA activities would a word processing program be the best
tool for -Correct Answer ✔free writing
A political cartoon showcases doves, the American flag, and a bald eagle to represent
freedom. What type of literary device does the poem contain? -Correct Answer
✔symbolism
FTCE
