FTCE English 5-9 Study Guide 2025/2026
Exam All Answers and Illustrations
Given
For a unit on the novel Touching Spirit Bear, the teacher prepared an activity that
required his 8th-grade students to work in pairs to generate and discuss pros and
cons of the judge's decision regarding the main character. This was an effective
activity because young adolescents are likely to be in the process of... - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔developing formal reasoning.
Middle school language arts teachers use semantic mapping and webbing to help
develop students' cognitive abilities primarily because these methods - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔encourage the integration, interaction, and understanding of ideas from various
content areas.
Which of the following instructional goals for a 7th-grade language arts class is
aligned with the emotional development of students at that grade level? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔encouraging students to express their perceptions, ideas, and
feelings in personal narratives.
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,To improve students' writing and motivate them to continue striving for mastery, a
teacher would employ which of the following strategies most often? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔individual conferencing with specific feedback.
Which of the following language arts activities is facilitated by a word processing
program? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔free writing.
Identify the best interdisciplinary project to incorporate history, mathematics, and
language arts. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔writing a story about a time-traveler who visits
famous mathematicians and helps them solve mathematical problems.
A team of 7th-grade teachers would like to incorporate technology into a unit that
includes science and language arts. Which of the following technology-based
activities provides the most opportunities for interdisciplinary experiences? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔creating an interactive website about ecosystems found in the
Florida Everglades.
Prior to taking her 6th-grade class on an excursion to an amusement park, which
language arts activity should the teacher use to help the English language learners
in her class communicate with the vendors at the park? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔role-
playing.
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, The most appropriate technique for teaching students the concept of an author's
purpose is to have the students... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔identify several pieces of work
designed to inform, to persuade, or to entertain.
A middle school language arts teacher would like to help students understand how
a narrative point of view affects the message conveyed in a literary text. Given this
purpose, the teacher should have his students do which of the following activities?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔selecting a part of a text to rewrite from the perspective of a
particular character.
Which of the following critical approaches to literature focuses on everyday life in
various cultures (e.g., traditions, rituals, celebrations)? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔anthropological.
Which of the following is a characteristic of emergent literacy? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔understanding that print in English is read from left to right.
Students are preparing to write a newspaper article about the life cycle of the
alligator. Which of the following would be the most likely type of organization that
they might use in the article? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔chronological.
A 7th-grade teacher wants her students to actively engage in group discussion.
However, when she places students in their respective groups, provides them a
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Exam All Answers and Illustrations
Given
For a unit on the novel Touching Spirit Bear, the teacher prepared an activity that
required his 8th-grade students to work in pairs to generate and discuss pros and
cons of the judge's decision regarding the main character. This was an effective
activity because young adolescents are likely to be in the process of... - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔developing formal reasoning.
Middle school language arts teachers use semantic mapping and webbing to help
develop students' cognitive abilities primarily because these methods - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔encourage the integration, interaction, and understanding of ideas from various
content areas.
Which of the following instructional goals for a 7th-grade language arts class is
aligned with the emotional development of students at that grade level? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔encouraging students to express their perceptions, ideas, and
feelings in personal narratives.
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,To improve students' writing and motivate them to continue striving for mastery, a
teacher would employ which of the following strategies most often? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔individual conferencing with specific feedback.
Which of the following language arts activities is facilitated by a word processing
program? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔free writing.
Identify the best interdisciplinary project to incorporate history, mathematics, and
language arts. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔writing a story about a time-traveler who visits
famous mathematicians and helps them solve mathematical problems.
A team of 7th-grade teachers would like to incorporate technology into a unit that
includes science and language arts. Which of the following technology-based
activities provides the most opportunities for interdisciplinary experiences? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔creating an interactive website about ecosystems found in the
Florida Everglades.
Prior to taking her 6th-grade class on an excursion to an amusement park, which
language arts activity should the teacher use to help the English language learners
in her class communicate with the vendors at the park? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔role-
playing.
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, The most appropriate technique for teaching students the concept of an author's
purpose is to have the students... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔identify several pieces of work
designed to inform, to persuade, or to entertain.
A middle school language arts teacher would like to help students understand how
a narrative point of view affects the message conveyed in a literary text. Given this
purpose, the teacher should have his students do which of the following activities?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔selecting a part of a text to rewrite from the perspective of a
particular character.
Which of the following critical approaches to literature focuses on everyday life in
various cultures (e.g., traditions, rituals, celebrations)? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔anthropological.
Which of the following is a characteristic of emergent literacy? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔understanding that print in English is read from left to right.
Students are preparing to write a newspaper article about the life cycle of the
alligator. Which of the following would be the most likely type of organization that
they might use in the article? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔chronological.
A 7th-grade teacher wants her students to actively engage in group discussion.
However, when she places students in their respective groups, provides them a
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