TEXAS Content Exam Practice Questions/ Study Guide

TEXAS Content Exam Practice
Questions/ Study Guide
1.sWhensinstructingsstudentssaboutsrésuméswriting,sitsissmostsappropriatesforsthesteacherst
osemphasizesthesimportancesofswhichsofsthesfollowing?
A.sMaintainingsasfirst-personspointsofsview
B.sHighlightingspositivespersonalityscharacteristics
C.sEmbellishingsthesobjectivesandsskillsssections
D.sUsingsformalsandssophisticatedslanguages-ssssansss--
OptionsDsisscorrectsbecausesasrésumésshouldsbeswrittensinsformal,sprofessionalslanguages
andsbesfreesofsslangsorsconversationalslanguage.

2.sAsteachersinstructssstudentsstosreadsasshortsstorysonstheirsownsandskeepstracksofsthesm
ajorseventssbyslistingsthemsinstheirsnotebookssasstheysread.sThesnextsday,sthesteachersask
ssthesstudentsstosusestheirslistsstoswritesassummarysofsthesstory.sAsprimarysbenefitsofsthesa
ctivitysissthatsitshelpssstudents
A.sretainscomprehensionsofsliterature.
B.smakespersonalsconnectionsswithsliterature.
C.swritescreativelyswhensrespondingstosliterature.
D.sdevelopsanalyticalsthinkingsskillssaboutsliterature.s-ssssansss--
OptionsAsisscorrectsbecausesthissactivityshelpssstudentsstosunderstandsthesrelationshipsbet
weensreadingsandswritingsbysallowingsstudentsstosreflectsonsthesstorysandsthenscreatesassu
mmarysbasedsonstheirsresponses.

3.sWhichsofsthesfollowingsassignmentssbestsintegratessmathsandsexpositoryswritingstosass
esssspecificsskillssinsbothsareas?
A.sAnsargumentspapersthatsisseithersforsorsagainstsincludingsbasicscomputationsinsthesmath
scurriculum

B.sAsresearchspapersaboutsthesimportantscontributionssofsasparticularsearlysmathematician
C.sAsproceduralsessaysexplainingsthesstepssinvolvedsinssolvingsasparticularsmathsequation
D.sAsreflectivesessaysthatsdescribessthesstudents'smemoriessofslearningsmathsconceptssats
ansearlysages-ssssansss--
OptionsCsisscorrectsbecausesinsexplainingsthesprocesssofssolvingsasmathsequation,sthesstu
dentssmustsdevelopsasfullsunderstandingsofsthesprocess;sfurthermore,sexplainingsthesproc
esssinswritingsreinforcessthesstudents'sunderstandingsofsthesprocesssasswellsasstheirswritin
gsskills.

4.sAshighsschoolsteachersreadssastextsaloudstosstudentssdailyswhilesstudentssfollowsalongs
withstheirsownscopiessofsthestext.sByshearingsthestextsreadsaloud,sstudentssgainsansunderst
andingsofshowswhichsofsthesfollowingselementsscontributesstosthesqualitysofswriting?
A.sThemessandsmotifs
B.sTextsstructure



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,C.sSettingsandscharacterization
D.sSentencesstructures-ssssansss--
OptionsDsisscorrectsbecausesseeingsandshearingsthesconnectionsbetweenswrittensandsspo
kenslanguageswillshelpsstudentssunderstandsthesrolesofspunctuationsinswritingsandscanshel
psthemsbettersunderstandsdifferentssentencesstructures.

5.sAsseventh-
gradesEnglishsteachersissassessingsstudents'sunderstandingsofsthespersuasivesessaysbysh
avingsthemscompletesansin-
classspersuasiveswritingsassignment.sTosmostsappropriatelyssupportsansEnglishslearners(
EL)sinsthesclassswhoswritessatsthesadvancedslevelsofsEnglish-
languagesproficiency,sthesteachersshouldsprovidesthesstudentswithswhichsofsthesfollowing?
A.sSimplessentencesstemssthatsfacilitatesthesEL'ssabilitystoswritesaboutsfamiliarsconcepts
B.sInstructionssinsthesEL'ssnativeslanguageswhensdiscussingsfamiliarsconcepts
C.sComplexssentencesstemssthatsfacilitatesthesEL'ssabilitystoswritesaboutsabstractsconcept
s
D.sPermissionstoswritesaboutsabstractsconceptssinsthesEL'ssnativeslanguages-ssssansss--
OptionsCsisscorrectsbecausescomplexssentencesstemsswouldsaidsthesELsinswritingsaboutsa
bstractsconceptssinsthessamesmannersthatsasnativesEnglishsspeakersmightswrite,swhichsiss
ansappropriatesgoalsforsansELswritingsatsthesadvancedslevelsofsEnglish-
languagesproficiency.

6.sWhensgivingsasseventh-
gradesclasssansinformationalsessaystosread,sasteacherswantsstosensuresthatsansEnglishslea
rners(EL)sinsthesclassswhosissreadingsatsthesintermediatesEnglish-
languagesproficiencyslevelsissablestoscomprehendstheslanguage.sWhichsofsthesfollowingssu
pportsswillsbestspromotesthesEL'sscomprehensionswhilesreading?
A.sProvidingsthesELsaswordsliststhatsgivessasfamiliarssynonymsforswordsslikelystosbesunfamil
iar
B.sProvidingsthesELsaslistsofscommonlysusedssentencesstemssusedsinsinformativesarticles
C.sHavingsthesELsrecordseventssthatsaresmostsimportantstosremembersinsasgraphicsorganiz
er
D.sHavingsthesELsillustratesthespartssofsthesarticlesthatshesorsshesfindssinterestings-ssssansss-
-
OptionsAsisscorrectsbecausesprovidingswordslistssofssynonymsswillsensuresthatsELsswillsnot
shavestosstrugglestosunderstandsunknownswords;stheyswillsbesbettersablestosunderstandsth

escontentsofsthesinformationalstext.

7.sAnsEnglishslearners(EL)sspeakingsatsthesbeginningslevelsofsEnglish-
languagesproficiencyscansbesexpectedstosspeakswith
A.sasvarietysofssentencesstructures.
B.sasvarietysofsverbstenses.
C.sabstractsideassandsterms.
D.ssingleswordssandsshortsphrases.s-ssssansss--
OptionsDsisscorrectsbecausesansELsatsthesbeginningslevelsofsEnglish-




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, languagesproficiencysmainlysspeakssusingsshortswordssandsphrasessaboutsrecentlyspracti
ced,smemorized,sorshighlysfamiliarsmaterial.

8.sAshighsschoolsteachershassassignedsasnovelsforsstudentsstosreadsoutsidesofsclass.sWhic
hsofsthesfollowingsstrategiesswillsbesmostshelpfulsforsasstudentswhosstrugglesswithsbasicsre
adingscomprehension?
A.sWorkingswithsaspartnerswhilesreadingsthesnovel
B.sWatchingsthesfilmsversionsofsthesnovelsbeforesreadingsthesnovel
C.sHavingsextrastimestosfinishsreadingsthesnovel
D.sChoosingsasdifferentsnovelsthatsissatsaslowersreadingslevelsforsthesclasss-ssssansss--
OptionsBsisscorrectsbecausesseeingsthesfilmsversionshelpssprovidesneededscontextsandsas
basicsplotsoutline;sitswillsalsoshelpsthesstudentsdistinguishsthesdifferentscharactersssosthats
whensreadingsthesnovel,sthesstudentswillsalreadyshavesasbasicsunderstandingsandscansuse
sthissbackgroundsknowledgestosdevelopsasdeepersunderstanding.



9.sAsseventh-gradesteachersassignssthesfollowingsin-
classswritingsprompt:s"Writesasdescriptivesparagraphsaboutsasplacesthatsissspecialstosyou."s
WhichsTWOsofsthesfollowingsmodificationssofsthesassignmentswillsbestssupportsansEnglishs
learnerswhosisswritingsatsthesbeginningslevelsofsEnglish-languagesproficiency?
A.sProvidingsthesstudentswithsaslistsofsdescriptivesadjectivesstosuse
B.sAllowingsthesstudentstosdictatesasdescriptionstosanothersstudent
C.sAskingsthesstudentstoslistsobjectssfoundsinsthesplace
D.sHavingsthesstudentsdrawsandslabelsaspicturesofsthesplace
E.sHavingsthesstudentscopysasteacher-createdsparagraphs-ssssansss--
OptionsCsisscorrectsbecausesatsthesbeginningslevelsofslanguagesproficiency,sthesstudentss
houldsbesablestoscompletesassimpleslistsofsobjects.

10.sFromswhichsofsthesfollowingstwoslanguagessdidseighteenth-
centuryswriters,ssuchsassSamuelsJohnson,sborrowswordssandscoinsnewswordssusingsthesla
nguages'smorphemes?
A.sContemporarysSpanishsandsPortuguese
B.sAncientsSanskritsandsPhoenician
C.sClassicalsGreeksandsLatin
D.sMedievalsFrenchsandsItalians-ssssansss--
OptionsCsisscorrectsbecausesduringstheseighteenthscentury,sadoptionsofsGreeksandsLatins
wordssintosEnglishsbecamesincreasinglyspopular,sassdidsthespracticesofsinventingsnewswor
dssbasedsonsthesesancientslanguages

11.sWhichsofsthesfollowingsactivitiessbestshelpssstudentsslearnstosusesaffixesstosdetermines
thesmeaningsofsunknownsvocabulary?
A.sChoosingsansaffixstosstudysandshavingsstudentssusesasdictionarystosdefineswordssthatsu
sesthesaffix
B.saslistsofswordsscontainingsaffixessandshavingsstudentsssortsthemsintoscategoriessbaseds
onslikesparts
C.sHavingsstudentssusesflashscardsstosmemorizesthesmeaningsofscommonsaffixessandstak
esasquizsonstheirsmeanings



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