praxis 5047 study guide UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Who wrote the social science fiction, The Giver?
a. Lois Lowry
b. Mark Twain
c. Scott Fitzgerald
d. J.K.Rowling - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Lois Lowry
Match the novel with the correct historical period:
1. Industrial revolution
2. Great Depression
3. Civil Rights Movement
a. Roll of Thunder
b. Hear Me Cry
c. The Watsons Go To Birmingham - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Civil Rights Movement =
The Watsons Go To Birmingham
2. Great Depression = Roll of Thunder
3. Industrial Revolution = Hear Me Cry
Which of the following describes the primary difference between fables and folktales?
a. fables usually contain animals as characters and convey a moral lesson while folktales
typically stay within a specific culture and make attempts to make sense of human existence.
b. fables usually contain magic or the supernatural, while folktales typically pertain to the act of
Gods.
c. fables usually originate in a specific culture and attempt to make sense of the human existence
while folktales typically contain animals as characters and contain a moral.
,d. fables are usually traditional stories that concern the early history of a people, while folktales
typically contain magic or the supernatural. - CORRECT ANSWER - a. fables usually
contain animals as characters and convey a moral lesson while folktales typically stay within a
specific culture and make attempts to make sense of human existence.
Which of the following is the best approach for helping a class who struggles with adverbs and
adjectives?
a. diagramming
b. mini-lesson
c. underlining
d. circling - CORRECT ANSWER - a. diagramming
Use the following words to fill in the sentences: Anticipation Guide, Character map, Semantic
map
1. _________ can build student interest about a subject and establish a purpose as well as tap into
learners' prior knowledge
2. __________ is strategy that helps students to expand their vocabulary word along with draw
upon students' prior knowledge
3. __________ is a graphic organizer that helps students learn about a character and character
impacts and is impacted by setting, other characters, and plot - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
Anticipation guide
2. Semantic Map
3. Character Map
Lambic pentameter is evident in which of the following?
1. literary nonfiction and drama
2. prose fiction and poetry
3. literary nonfiction and prose fiction
4. drama and poetry - CORRECT ANSWER - 4. Drama and poetry
, Which of the following will best support the teacher to collect information to personalize
instruction for students?
a. grade book
b. KWL chart
c. survey
d. reciprocal teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - b. KWL chart (what they know, want to
know, and learned)
what is the best way to analyze mass media?
a. local TV station news report
b. radio station news report
c. newspaper news report
d. magazine article - CORRECT ANSWER - c. newspaper news report
In the publishing process, students will:
a. use a computer program
b. peer review
c. mail a letter to a newspaper
d. turn paper in to the teacher - CORRECT ANSWER - a. use a computer program
Which of the following is the most advance test of rigor?
a. memorizing the soliloquy in Hamlet
b. writing a characterization on the protagonist in Macbeth
c. rewriting Romeo and Juliet in a modern setting
d. analyzing the Declaration of Independence - CORRECT ANSWER - c. rewriting
Romeo and Juliet in a modern setting
What is the purpose of using digital document sharing in the classroom?
a. peer sharing
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Who wrote the social science fiction, The Giver?
a. Lois Lowry
b. Mark Twain
c. Scott Fitzgerald
d. J.K.Rowling - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Lois Lowry
Match the novel with the correct historical period:
1. Industrial revolution
2. Great Depression
3. Civil Rights Movement
a. Roll of Thunder
b. Hear Me Cry
c. The Watsons Go To Birmingham - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Civil Rights Movement =
The Watsons Go To Birmingham
2. Great Depression = Roll of Thunder
3. Industrial Revolution = Hear Me Cry
Which of the following describes the primary difference between fables and folktales?
a. fables usually contain animals as characters and convey a moral lesson while folktales
typically stay within a specific culture and make attempts to make sense of human existence.
b. fables usually contain magic or the supernatural, while folktales typically pertain to the act of
Gods.
c. fables usually originate in a specific culture and attempt to make sense of the human existence
while folktales typically contain animals as characters and contain a moral.
,d. fables are usually traditional stories that concern the early history of a people, while folktales
typically contain magic or the supernatural. - CORRECT ANSWER - a. fables usually
contain animals as characters and convey a moral lesson while folktales typically stay within a
specific culture and make attempts to make sense of human existence.
Which of the following is the best approach for helping a class who struggles with adverbs and
adjectives?
a. diagramming
b. mini-lesson
c. underlining
d. circling - CORRECT ANSWER - a. diagramming
Use the following words to fill in the sentences: Anticipation Guide, Character map, Semantic
map
1. _________ can build student interest about a subject and establish a purpose as well as tap into
learners' prior knowledge
2. __________ is strategy that helps students to expand their vocabulary word along with draw
upon students' prior knowledge
3. __________ is a graphic organizer that helps students learn about a character and character
impacts and is impacted by setting, other characters, and plot - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
Anticipation guide
2. Semantic Map
3. Character Map
Lambic pentameter is evident in which of the following?
1. literary nonfiction and drama
2. prose fiction and poetry
3. literary nonfiction and prose fiction
4. drama and poetry - CORRECT ANSWER - 4. Drama and poetry
, Which of the following will best support the teacher to collect information to personalize
instruction for students?
a. grade book
b. KWL chart
c. survey
d. reciprocal teaching - CORRECT ANSWER - b. KWL chart (what they know, want to
know, and learned)
what is the best way to analyze mass media?
a. local TV station news report
b. radio station news report
c. newspaper news report
d. magazine article - CORRECT ANSWER - c. newspaper news report
In the publishing process, students will:
a. use a computer program
b. peer review
c. mail a letter to a newspaper
d. turn paper in to the teacher - CORRECT ANSWER - a. use a computer program
Which of the following is the most advance test of rigor?
a. memorizing the soliloquy in Hamlet
b. writing a characterization on the protagonist in Macbeth
c. rewriting Romeo and Juliet in a modern setting
d. analyzing the Declaration of Independence - CORRECT ANSWER - c. rewriting
Romeo and Juliet in a modern setting
What is the purpose of using digital document sharing in the classroom?
a. peer sharing
