Practice PACE Questions with Correct
Answers
When instructing students about résumé writing, it is most appropriate for the teacher to
emphasize the importance of which of the following?
A. Maintaining a first-person point of view
B. Highlighting positive personality characteristics
C. Embellishing the objective and skills sections
D. Using formal and sophisticated language - ANSWERSD
A teacher instructs students to read a short story on their own and keep track of the
major events by listing them in their notebooks as they read. The next day, the teacher
asks the students to use their lists to write a summary of the story. A primary benefit of
the activity is that it helps students...
A. retain comprehension of literature.
B. make personal connections with literature.
C. write creatively when responding to literature.
D. develop analytical thinking skills about literature. - ANSWERSA
Which of the following assignments best integrates math and expository writing to
assess specific skills in both areas?
A. An argument paper that is either for or against including basic computation in the
math curriculum
B. A research paper about the important contributions of a particular early
mathematician
C. A procedural essay explaining the steps involved in solving a particular math
equation
D. A reflective essay that describes the students' memories of learning math concepts
at an early age - ANSWERSC
A high school teacher reads a text aloud to students daily while students follow along
with their own copies of the text. By hearing the text read aloud, students gain an
understanding of how which of the following elements contributes to the quality of
writing?
A. Themes and motifs
B. Text structure
C. Setting and characterization
D. Sentence structure - ANSWERSD
A seventh-grade English teacher is assessing students' understanding of the persuasive
essay by having them complete an in-class persuasive writing assignment. To most
appropriately support an English learner (EL) in the class who writes at the advanced
, level of English-language proficiency, the teacher should provide the student with which
of the following?
A. Simple sentence stems that facilitate the EL's ability to write about familiar concepts
B. Instructions in the EL's native language when discussing familiar concepts
C. Complex sentence stems that facilitate the EL's ability to write about abstract
concepts
D. Permission to write about abstract concepts in the EL's native language -
ANSWERSC
When giving a seventh-grade class an informational essay to read, a teacher wants to
ensure that an English learner (EL) in the class who is reading at the intermediate
English-language proficiency level is able to comprehend the language. Which of the
following supports will best promote the EL's comprehension while reading?
A. Providing the EL a word list that gives a familiar synonym for words likely to be
unfamiliar
B. Providing the EL a list of commonly used sentence stems used in informative articles
C. Having the EL record events that are most important to remember in a graphic
organizer
D. Having the EL illustrate the parts of the article that he or she finds interesting -
ANSWERSA
An English learner (EL) speaking at the beginning level of English-language proficiency
can be expected to speak with
A. a variety of sentence structures.
B. a variety of verb tenses.
C. abstract ideas and terms.
D. single words and short phrases. - ANSWERSD
A high school teacher has assigned a novel for students to read outside of class. Which
of the following strategies will be most helpful for a student who struggles with basic
reading comprehension?
A. Working with a partner while reading the novel
B. Watching the film version of the novel before reading the novel
C. Having extra time to finish reading the novel
D. Choosing a different novel that is at a lower reading level for the class - ANSWERSB
A seventh-grade teacher assigns the following in-class writing prompt: "Write a
descriptive paragraph about a place that is special to you." Which TWO of the following
modifications of the assignment will best support an English learner who is writing at the
beginning level of English-language proficiency?
A. Providing the student with a list of descriptive adjectives to use
B. Allowing the student to dictate a description to another student
C. Asking the student to list objects found in the place
D. Having the student draw and label a picture of the place
E. Having the student copy a teacher-created paragraph - ANSWERSC
Answers
When instructing students about résumé writing, it is most appropriate for the teacher to
emphasize the importance of which of the following?
A. Maintaining a first-person point of view
B. Highlighting positive personality characteristics
C. Embellishing the objective and skills sections
D. Using formal and sophisticated language - ANSWERSD
A teacher instructs students to read a short story on their own and keep track of the
major events by listing them in their notebooks as they read. The next day, the teacher
asks the students to use their lists to write a summary of the story. A primary benefit of
the activity is that it helps students...
A. retain comprehension of literature.
B. make personal connections with literature.
C. write creatively when responding to literature.
D. develop analytical thinking skills about literature. - ANSWERSA
Which of the following assignments best integrates math and expository writing to
assess specific skills in both areas?
A. An argument paper that is either for or against including basic computation in the
math curriculum
B. A research paper about the important contributions of a particular early
mathematician
C. A procedural essay explaining the steps involved in solving a particular math
equation
D. A reflective essay that describes the students' memories of learning math concepts
at an early age - ANSWERSC
A high school teacher reads a text aloud to students daily while students follow along
with their own copies of the text. By hearing the text read aloud, students gain an
understanding of how which of the following elements contributes to the quality of
writing?
A. Themes and motifs
B. Text structure
C. Setting and characterization
D. Sentence structure - ANSWERSD
A seventh-grade English teacher is assessing students' understanding of the persuasive
essay by having them complete an in-class persuasive writing assignment. To most
appropriately support an English learner (EL) in the class who writes at the advanced
, level of English-language proficiency, the teacher should provide the student with which
of the following?
A. Simple sentence stems that facilitate the EL's ability to write about familiar concepts
B. Instructions in the EL's native language when discussing familiar concepts
C. Complex sentence stems that facilitate the EL's ability to write about abstract
concepts
D. Permission to write about abstract concepts in the EL's native language -
ANSWERSC
When giving a seventh-grade class an informational essay to read, a teacher wants to
ensure that an English learner (EL) in the class who is reading at the intermediate
English-language proficiency level is able to comprehend the language. Which of the
following supports will best promote the EL's comprehension while reading?
A. Providing the EL a word list that gives a familiar synonym for words likely to be
unfamiliar
B. Providing the EL a list of commonly used sentence stems used in informative articles
C. Having the EL record events that are most important to remember in a graphic
organizer
D. Having the EL illustrate the parts of the article that he or she finds interesting -
ANSWERSA
An English learner (EL) speaking at the beginning level of English-language proficiency
can be expected to speak with
A. a variety of sentence structures.
B. a variety of verb tenses.
C. abstract ideas and terms.
D. single words and short phrases. - ANSWERSD
A high school teacher has assigned a novel for students to read outside of class. Which
of the following strategies will be most helpful for a student who struggles with basic
reading comprehension?
A. Working with a partner while reading the novel
B. Watching the film version of the novel before reading the novel
C. Having extra time to finish reading the novel
D. Choosing a different novel that is at a lower reading level for the class - ANSWERSB
A seventh-grade teacher assigns the following in-class writing prompt: "Write a
descriptive paragraph about a place that is special to you." Which TWO of the following
modifications of the assignment will best support an English learner who is writing at the
beginning level of English-language proficiency?
A. Providing the student with a list of descriptive adjectives to use
B. Allowing the student to dictate a description to another student
C. Asking the student to list objects found in the place
D. Having the student draw and label a picture of the place
E. Having the student copy a teacher-created paragraph - ANSWERSC
