Texas: ELAR 4-8 Practice Exam (2025)
Questions and Verified Correct Answers
A teacher gives her students an event in history and has them research how
different news outlets portrayed the event. The class then compares and
contrasts the representations. Which one of the following skills was the teacher
trying to teach?
(a) How different forms of media (blog, newspaper, magazine, etc.) can appeal
to different age groups.
(b) How the media can be used to persuade the public's view on a topic.
(c) The process in which media messages are created.
(d) How one media outlet expresses their views. - ✔✔(b) How the media can be
used to persuade the public's view on a topic.
A teacher has just finished reading aloud The Story of Ruby Bridges and has
students read The Watson's Go to Birmingham. Which of the following would
promote higher level comprehension skills?
(a) The students compare themes and related ideas across texts.
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,(b) The teacher has the students write a summary of each book.
(c) The students watch a video about Martin Luther King.
(d) The students write a story about a road trip they went on. - ✔✔(a) The
students compare themes and related ideas across texts.
Which of the following best promotes oral language development?
(a) watching a video that corresponds with the book students are currently
reading
(b) having students read two texts and compare and contrast them in an essay
(c) having a debate over a topic that corresponds with the book the student is
currently reading
(d) having a guest speaker come in to talk about a topic that corresponds with
the book the students are currently reading - ✔✔(c) having a debate over a
topic that corresponds with the book the student is currently reading
Which of the following would best help a student develop comprehension
through different genres of writing?
(a) have students read excerpts from each genre and write a summary of each
(b) give a lecture on the features of each genre
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,(c) provide the student with a variety of books from different genres and allow
extended silent reading
(d) read excerpts from each genre with students and compare and contrast the
features of each genre and how those features help derive meaning from the
writing - ✔✔(d) The correct answer is read excerpts from each genre with
students and compare and contrast the features of each genre and how those
features help derive meaning from the writing. Students need access to a
variety of writing styles but also need support and guidance with regard to the
concepts they are to learn.
A student writes the following sentence during a writing assignment:
Mi techr sed tu go tu de stor. I wint tu the stor and got a book. The book wuz
abowt a hors.
At what level of spelling development is the student?
(a) Phonetic
(b) Pre-communicative
(c) Conventional
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, (d) Pictorial - ✔✔(a) Phonetic
Which of the following is an effective strategy for promoting oral language
development in reluctant speakers?
(a) allowing students time to discuss with a partner prior to calling on them to
answer in class
(b) having students read aloud each of their written assignments
(c) calling on students to answer aloud repetitively
(d) requiring a 5 minute oral presentation on a project - ✔✔(a) allowing
students time to discuss with a partner prior to calling on them to answer in
class
Which of the following is not an example of analyzing a student's fluency?
(a) The student became confused as to which characters were good and which
were bad.
(b) The student had to sound out many of the words and took 3 minutes to read
100 words.
(c) The student read 12/19 words correctly.
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Questions and Verified Correct Answers
A teacher gives her students an event in history and has them research how
different news outlets portrayed the event. The class then compares and
contrasts the representations. Which one of the following skills was the teacher
trying to teach?
(a) How different forms of media (blog, newspaper, magazine, etc.) can appeal
to different age groups.
(b) How the media can be used to persuade the public's view on a topic.
(c) The process in which media messages are created.
(d) How one media outlet expresses their views. - ✔✔(b) How the media can be
used to persuade the public's view on a topic.
A teacher has just finished reading aloud The Story of Ruby Bridges and has
students read The Watson's Go to Birmingham. Which of the following would
promote higher level comprehension skills?
(a) The students compare themes and related ideas across texts.
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,(b) The teacher has the students write a summary of each book.
(c) The students watch a video about Martin Luther King.
(d) The students write a story about a road trip they went on. - ✔✔(a) The
students compare themes and related ideas across texts.
Which of the following best promotes oral language development?
(a) watching a video that corresponds with the book students are currently
reading
(b) having students read two texts and compare and contrast them in an essay
(c) having a debate over a topic that corresponds with the book the student is
currently reading
(d) having a guest speaker come in to talk about a topic that corresponds with
the book the students are currently reading - ✔✔(c) having a debate over a
topic that corresponds with the book the student is currently reading
Which of the following would best help a student develop comprehension
through different genres of writing?
(a) have students read excerpts from each genre and write a summary of each
(b) give a lecture on the features of each genre
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,(c) provide the student with a variety of books from different genres and allow
extended silent reading
(d) read excerpts from each genre with students and compare and contrast the
features of each genre and how those features help derive meaning from the
writing - ✔✔(d) The correct answer is read excerpts from each genre with
students and compare and contrast the features of each genre and how those
features help derive meaning from the writing. Students need access to a
variety of writing styles but also need support and guidance with regard to the
concepts they are to learn.
A student writes the following sentence during a writing assignment:
Mi techr sed tu go tu de stor. I wint tu the stor and got a book. The book wuz
abowt a hors.
At what level of spelling development is the student?
(a) Phonetic
(b) Pre-communicative
(c) Conventional
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, (d) Pictorial - ✔✔(a) Phonetic
Which of the following is an effective strategy for promoting oral language
development in reluctant speakers?
(a) allowing students time to discuss with a partner prior to calling on them to
answer in class
(b) having students read aloud each of their written assignments
(c) calling on students to answer aloud repetitively
(d) requiring a 5 minute oral presentation on a project - ✔✔(a) allowing
students time to discuss with a partner prior to calling on them to answer in
class
Which of the following is not an example of analyzing a student's fluency?
(a) The student became confused as to which characters were good and which
were bad.
(b) The student had to sound out many of the words and took 3 minutes to read
100 words.
(c) The student read 12/19 words correctly.
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