PPR STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH
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A teacher can best simplify language for an English-language learner with which of the
following strategies?
A. Eliminating nonverbal facial expressions and gestures
B. Avoiding the use of cognates while doing group work
C. Reducing the number of pronouns used in spoken instructions
D. Using slang commonly spoken by students of that age group -Answer-C. Reducing
the number of pronouns used in spoken instructions
Su-Mei, a high school English-language learner, is at an intermediate level of English-
language proficiency. She can communicate and understand a wide range of everyday
topics but has difficulty understanding complex content material in class lectures. Which
of the following strategies is the most appropriate for her teachers to use to help her
comprehend academic content?
A. Assigning supplemental homework based on content material
B. Discussing learning objectives at the beginning and end of class
C. Modeling the use of inferential skills to develop prediction skills
D. Monitoring progress through observation during group work -Answer-B. Discussing
learning objectives at the beginning and end of class
Which of the following strategies is most appropriate for assisting English language
learners (ELLs) at the beginning level of proficiency with reading content-specific
material?
a. Providing instruction on text-based academic vocabulary prior to reading
b. Requiring students to develop outlines of the text in English while reading
c. Having students read content material aloud in groups with other ELLs
d. Providing students with parallel texts in English and their native language -Answer-a.
Providing instruction on text-based academic vocabulary prior to reading
1) An English-language learner (ELL) who is at an advanced-high level of language
proficiency is preparing a report summarizing a science experiment. The most
appropriate expectation for the teacher to have of the ELL's report is that it will include
A. illustrations of concepts that the student struggles with communicating in writing.
B. a reliance on teacher-provided sentence stems to complete the report.
C. writing that is correct in content but below grade level in syntax and grammar.
,D. grade-level content information communicated with few language-related errors. -
Answer-D. grade-level content information communicated with few language-related
errors.
A fifth-grade science teacher wants to accommodate science textbook reading
assignments for English- language learners (ELLs). Which of the following activities
would best support the goal?
A. Providing the ELLs with an audio tape version of the science textbook
B. Modifying the textbook content according to the instructional level of the ELLs
C. Segmenting textbook passages into smaller sections for the ELLs
D. Providing extra time for the ELLs to read each textbook assignment -Answer-C.
Segmenting textbook passages into smaller sections for the ELLs
1) Cynthia is an English-Language Learner who frequently makes errors when
speaking. When Cynthia participates in small groups, the other students have difficulty
understanding her pronunciation of English words, causing her to become frustrated
and give up. Which of the following best describes Cynthia's proficiency in spoken
English?
Beginning
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced high -Answer-Beginning
Mr. Dunn's Discipline plan for his 4th-grade classroom includes callling the parent if a
student breaks the rules three times in one day. Mr. Dunn often finds that warning a
student that a parent will be called will serve to change the students behavior. Which of
the following analyzes best describes the major problem with this discipline method?
a. it undermines the teachers authority in the classroom
b. it does not allow the teacher and the parents to work together to reduce proble
behavior
c. A characistics communication between parents and teachers as something students
should fear
d. It causes disruption when the teacher must interrupt instruction to call a parent -
Answer-c. A characistics communication between parents and teachers as something
students should fear
Which of the following is the primary purpose of activating students' prior knowledge
before they read a text?
a. Enhancing students self-monitoring skills
b. Increasing effective student collaboration
c. Promoting active student problem solving
, d. Increasing student's comprehension level -Answer-d. Increasing student's
comprehension level
Teachers in a high school are aware of a local gang problem and wish to influence the
students in their school to reject gang membership. The teacher can best facilitate
achievement of this goal by emphasizing which of the following approaches?
a. Ensuring that all students have access to information from reports, new articles and
other credible sources that objectively examine gang membership.
b. Creating a learning environment where students feel a sense of belonging and have
opportunities to experience success
c. Leading a discussion into their own classrooms aimed at examining the various
causes of individuals' decisions to join a gang.
d. Establishing systems and procedures in each class that emphasize teacher flexibility
regarding expectations for student behavior and learning -Answer-c. Leading a
discussion into their own classrooms aimed at examining the various causes of
individuals' decisions to join a gang.
A 4th grade teacher is planning a unit on weather. Students will record temperature,
daily weather conditions etc. Using data recorded in the charts the students will create
web-based broadcasts of the weather. To complete the project, the teacher will divide
the class into groups.
a. forecast team who analyze and complies students' predictions
b. a script writing team who writes the actual broadcast script
c. a technology team who films the broadcast
d. a design team who creates the set -Answer-a. forecast team who analyze and
complies students' predictions
which of the following types of assessment does the broadcast best illustrate
a. reflective
b. diagnostic
c. mastery learning
d. performance based -Answer-d. performance based
To best help students create transition in the broadcasting of the weather report, the
teacher should demonstrate how to use which of the following graphic organizer
a. cluster
b. Venn diagram
c. storyboard
d. cause and effect chart -Answer-c. storyboard
The end of unit broadcast primarily incorporates which of the following elements in
learning
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
A teacher can best simplify language for an English-language learner with which of the
following strategies?
A. Eliminating nonverbal facial expressions and gestures
B. Avoiding the use of cognates while doing group work
C. Reducing the number of pronouns used in spoken instructions
D. Using slang commonly spoken by students of that age group -Answer-C. Reducing
the number of pronouns used in spoken instructions
Su-Mei, a high school English-language learner, is at an intermediate level of English-
language proficiency. She can communicate and understand a wide range of everyday
topics but has difficulty understanding complex content material in class lectures. Which
of the following strategies is the most appropriate for her teachers to use to help her
comprehend academic content?
A. Assigning supplemental homework based on content material
B. Discussing learning objectives at the beginning and end of class
C. Modeling the use of inferential skills to develop prediction skills
D. Monitoring progress through observation during group work -Answer-B. Discussing
learning objectives at the beginning and end of class
Which of the following strategies is most appropriate for assisting English language
learners (ELLs) at the beginning level of proficiency with reading content-specific
material?
a. Providing instruction on text-based academic vocabulary prior to reading
b. Requiring students to develop outlines of the text in English while reading
c. Having students read content material aloud in groups with other ELLs
d. Providing students with parallel texts in English and their native language -Answer-a.
Providing instruction on text-based academic vocabulary prior to reading
1) An English-language learner (ELL) who is at an advanced-high level of language
proficiency is preparing a report summarizing a science experiment. The most
appropriate expectation for the teacher to have of the ELL's report is that it will include
A. illustrations of concepts that the student struggles with communicating in writing.
B. a reliance on teacher-provided sentence stems to complete the report.
C. writing that is correct in content but below grade level in syntax and grammar.
,D. grade-level content information communicated with few language-related errors. -
Answer-D. grade-level content information communicated with few language-related
errors.
A fifth-grade science teacher wants to accommodate science textbook reading
assignments for English- language learners (ELLs). Which of the following activities
would best support the goal?
A. Providing the ELLs with an audio tape version of the science textbook
B. Modifying the textbook content according to the instructional level of the ELLs
C. Segmenting textbook passages into smaller sections for the ELLs
D. Providing extra time for the ELLs to read each textbook assignment -Answer-C.
Segmenting textbook passages into smaller sections for the ELLs
1) Cynthia is an English-Language Learner who frequently makes errors when
speaking. When Cynthia participates in small groups, the other students have difficulty
understanding her pronunciation of English words, causing her to become frustrated
and give up. Which of the following best describes Cynthia's proficiency in spoken
English?
Beginning
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced high -Answer-Beginning
Mr. Dunn's Discipline plan for his 4th-grade classroom includes callling the parent if a
student breaks the rules three times in one day. Mr. Dunn often finds that warning a
student that a parent will be called will serve to change the students behavior. Which of
the following analyzes best describes the major problem with this discipline method?
a. it undermines the teachers authority in the classroom
b. it does not allow the teacher and the parents to work together to reduce proble
behavior
c. A characistics communication between parents and teachers as something students
should fear
d. It causes disruption when the teacher must interrupt instruction to call a parent -
Answer-c. A characistics communication between parents and teachers as something
students should fear
Which of the following is the primary purpose of activating students' prior knowledge
before they read a text?
a. Enhancing students self-monitoring skills
b. Increasing effective student collaboration
c. Promoting active student problem solving
, d. Increasing student's comprehension level -Answer-d. Increasing student's
comprehension level
Teachers in a high school are aware of a local gang problem and wish to influence the
students in their school to reject gang membership. The teacher can best facilitate
achievement of this goal by emphasizing which of the following approaches?
a. Ensuring that all students have access to information from reports, new articles and
other credible sources that objectively examine gang membership.
b. Creating a learning environment where students feel a sense of belonging and have
opportunities to experience success
c. Leading a discussion into their own classrooms aimed at examining the various
causes of individuals' decisions to join a gang.
d. Establishing systems and procedures in each class that emphasize teacher flexibility
regarding expectations for student behavior and learning -Answer-c. Leading a
discussion into their own classrooms aimed at examining the various causes of
individuals' decisions to join a gang.
A 4th grade teacher is planning a unit on weather. Students will record temperature,
daily weather conditions etc. Using data recorded in the charts the students will create
web-based broadcasts of the weather. To complete the project, the teacher will divide
the class into groups.
a. forecast team who analyze and complies students' predictions
b. a script writing team who writes the actual broadcast script
c. a technology team who films the broadcast
d. a design team who creates the set -Answer-a. forecast team who analyze and
complies students' predictions
which of the following types of assessment does the broadcast best illustrate
a. reflective
b. diagnostic
c. mastery learning
d. performance based -Answer-d. performance based
To best help students create transition in the broadcasting of the weather report, the
teacher should demonstrate how to use which of the following graphic organizer
a. cluster
b. Venn diagram
c. storyboard
d. cause and effect chart -Answer-c. storyboard
The end of unit broadcast primarily incorporates which of the following elements in
learning
