1. A teacher is working with a group of English Language Learners. She asks them to take two pieces of paper. At the top of the first paper, they are to write SAME, at the top of the other, DIFFERENT. Each child will consider what his native country and the United States have in common, and what distinct features each country possesses. The children are using which method in organizing their ideas?

2. Of the three tiers of words, the most important words for direct instruction are:

3. Which text(s) are likely to foster the greatest enthusiasm for and increase comprehension in reading and literature among students?

4. To help students understand abstract concepts in the print materials they read, which instructional aids that teachers provide can students always use three-dimensionally?

5. Which of the following best explains the importance prior knowledge brings to the act of reading?

6. A distinguishing feature of the form known as haiku is

7. Which of the following statements is most accurate about writing the introduction to an essay or paper?

8. A classroom is comprised of students with varying abilities in language.  Some students can read fluently while others are still just learning.  Speech and language abilities also range widely among the students.  Which approach best suits this class?

9. The teacher and her students brainstorm a list of talents, skills, and specialized knowledge belonging to members of the class. Some of the items on the list include how to make a soufflé, how to juggle, and how to teach a dog to do tricks. One student knows a great deal about spiders and another about motorcycles. She asks each student to write an essay about something he or she is good at or knows a great deal about. What kind of essay is she asking the students to produce?

10. Research has found which of the following outcomes occur for students via revision and rewriting?

11. When making in-text citations in a research paper, which of the following reflects MLA guidelines for citing Web sources with regard to page numbers?

12. Which of the following ways of presenting information is best for showing change over time?

13. The purpose of 'targeted instruction' is to:

14. Regarding these elements of print awareness in literacy development, which is true?

15. With a teacher's guidance, a class brainstorms main ideas, topics, or concepts from a text. Students choose a select number of these ideas and copy them onto separate index cards. The students then individually review the text, recording any supporting evidence on the notecard with the applicable main idea. This activity would be an excellent pre-lesson for teaching which skill set?

16. A student identifies a text to read independently. According to an informal reading inventory the teacher just conducted, the student understands 48 percent of words in isolation that this text includes; reads words contained in this text with 90 percent accuracy in context; and correctly answers 68 percent of comprehension questions at this text's reading level. What does this indicate to the teacher?

17. When working with English Language Learners, the teacher should:

18. Which of the following would be most useful in assessing and documenting students' language progress throughout a school year?

19. A sixth-grade student is able to decode most words fluently and has a borderline/acceptable vocabulary, but his reading comprehension is quite low. He can be helped with instructional focus on:

20. Which assessment will determine a student's ability to identify initial, medial, blended, final, segmented, and manipulated ‘units'?

21. English language learner (ELL) students typically are able to develop which type of English language skills the soonest?

22. The phrase 'Pretty as a picture' is best described as a:

23. Which adult would be most effective in helping a student who frequently mispronounces sounds both in reading and in conversation?

24. Following a typical developmental sequence, which of the following is expected of 2nd-graders in decoding and identifying new or unfamiliar words?

25. A child in kindergarten is most likely to be referred to a speech-language pathologist if s/he does not correctly produce which of the following phonemes?