Both linguistic study about the meanings of words & our differentiations

Why would expanding one's reading help a person to learn vocabulary in context?

All of the answers are correct.

This activity is likely to contribute to students' literacy development primarily by:

promoting their oral language development and listening comprehension.

This series of activities is likely to promote the students' reading development primarily by helping them:

extend/reinforce their expressive & receptive vocabularies related to topic

knowledge and skills related to understanding complex academic language.

Which strategies would be most effective in promoting the ELL's comprehension of the text?

Activate students' prior knowledgeabout the topic and provide visualaids

The teacher can best help the student understand this idiomatic expression by:

discussing with the student more examples of the phrase used in context.

What would be the best literary connection for the word 'erratic'?

the Mad Hatter - an unreliable, unpredictable character

This type of activity is most likely to promote students' reading proficiency in which of the following ways?

enriching vocab knowledge by relating familiar words to conceptual category

The teacher could best respond by advising the student to take which of the following steps?

Look up the word dictionary& paraphrase sentenceusing dictionary definition

How did the idiom 'as happy as a clam' most likely originate?

Because clams used to be the forbidden fruit of the sea

Which of these is NOT commonly included on a word map?

The definition written five times

What does the KWL strategy ask students to do?

to write what they know, what they wonder, and what they learned

Which of the following BEST describes syntax?

The decision as to how to arrange the words in one's writing

Which of the following is the first step the teacher should take in order to promote this student's reading proficiency?

determining the extent of the student's vocabulary knowledge

The students are most likely to be successful in their independent reading of the book if:

students can decode &understand meaning of at least95% of the words in text

Which of the following statements is true?

An author's syntax is determined by the purpose for his or her writing.

The word indefensible, is unfamiliar. Which strategies for teaching is effective in clarifying meaning & extend vocab

Help apply structural/contextual analyses to construct & confirm word mean

This activity is most likely to promote students' vocabulary development by:

helping them to categorize, visualize, and remember new vocabulary.

Which of the following skills would be most effective for the teacher to focus on first?

identifying the independent clause at the heart of a sentence

In which of the following sentences is context most helpful in understanding the italicized word?

Pete's mom was adamant he should attend college, but dad didnt seem to care

Which of the following is TRUE about idioms?

Idioms add a little spice to our everyday language.

Begin a new unit on weather & climate. Which types of vocabularywords would be most appropriate to preteach?

words that are conceptually challenging

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1
Which of the following is NOT a syntactical consideration?
Punctuation usage
Sentence structure
Word choice
Creative elements
2
Semantics means:
Only the linguistic field of study about the meanings of words
When we take concepts at face value
Only our differentiations between words and sentences based on context.
Both linguistic study about the meanings of words & our differentiations
3
Which of the following is not a technique for finding the meaning of a word based on context?
Is the definition listed?
None
What is the context?
Is there a cause and effect related to the word?
Are there similar words in the text?
Are there clues for the opposite meaning of the word?
4
Why would expanding one's reading help a person to learn vocabulary in context?
All of the answers are correct.
It shows words being used in their typical contexts.
It exposes a reader to more words in general.
It increases background knowledge.
5
What is the term for the words at the top of the dictionary page that show the range of words on a page?
Guide words
No special term exists
Diction words
Range words
6
This activity is likely to contribute to students' literacy development primarily by:
promoting their oral language development and listening comprehension.
encouraging them to practice speaking skills.
helping them begin to make connection between print and the spoken word.
fostering their ability to work independently of teacher guidance.
7
This series of activities is likely to promote the students' reading development primarily by helping them:
strengthen/extend their understanding of the overall structure of the text
infer the meaning of new vocabulary in the text based on word derivations.
verify word meanings by incorporating syntactic & semantic clues in word
extend/reinforce their expressive & receptive vocabularies related to topic
8
If a person proves extremely knowledgeable in a subject area, he/she is generally referred to as a/an _____.
Prima Donna
Aficionado
Alma mater
Esprit de Corps
9
Which strategy uses only post reading strategies for reading and writing?
PAR
Anticipation Guide
GIST
KWL
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knowledge and skills related to understanding complex academic language.
understanding of important features of skilled prosodic reading.
development of decoding skills & automaticity recognizing grade sight words
skill in applying contextual analysis and other word analysis strategies.
11
Which strategies would be most effective in promoting the ELL's comprehension of the text?
Give a list of newvocab with definitions &ask students to try to construc
look up unknown English words using bilingual dictionaries & then makevocab
Pair ELL with native speakers of English andhave the native speakers explan
Activate students' prior knowledgeabout the topic and provide visualaids
12
The teacher can best help the student understand this idiomatic expression by:
helping the student create a tree diagram of the structure of the phrase.
discussing with the student more examples of the phrase used in context.
look up different meanings of fell & swoop in dictionary
asking student to find other sentences in the text that use fell and swoop
13
What does semantics determine?
All answers are correct
Our interpretation of a given passage
How we communicate with other people
Our reading comprehension
14
If you hugged the President of the United States instead of shaking his hand, you would be committing a _____.
Faux pas
Alma mater
Avant garde
Fiasco
15
What would be the best literary connection for the word 'erratic'?
the Mad Hatter - an unreliable, unpredictable character
James Bond - a smooth spy character
Hermione Granger - a smart, practical student character
Sherlock Holmes - a calculating detective character
16
This type of activity is most likely to promote students' reading proficiency in which of the following ways?
help them recognize that word's meaning may shift when the context changes
help them recognize that every word has links to many other types of words
enriching vocab skills by demonstrating single words denotative/connotative
enriching vocab knowledge by relating familiar words to conceptual category
17
The teacher could best respond by advising the student to take which of the following steps?
Make note of the word in a vocabulary log & study word after finishing stor
Use context clues in sentence to guess meaning of word & try out that meani
Break word into components& compare parts to the meanings of similar words
Look up the word dictionary& paraphrase sentenceusing dictionary definition
18
How did the idiom 'as happy as a clam' most likely originate?
Because people are happy when they eat clams
Because shellfish are known to be happy creatures
Because clams used to be the forbidden fruit of the sea
Because clams are delicious
Because when the shell of a clam opens up, it looks like a smile
19
Which term best describes the type of learning involved with a word map?
Tertiary
Passive
Active
Primary
20
What is the prefix in the word amorphous?
morph
amor
none
a
mor
ous
21
A likely context for the use of the word acquit would be _____.
a public park
a courtroom
a school cafeteria
a doctor's office
22
Which of the following words or phrases demonstrates a contrast?
but
and
along with
none
if
also
23
Which of these is NOT commonly included on a word map?
A picture of the word
The definition written five times
Similar words
A definition
24
What does the KWL strategy ask students to do?
what they know, what they want, and what they like about a topic
to write what they know, what they wonder, and what they learned
to prioritize reading content
to predict and then go look for answers in text
25
Which of the following is not a reference for vocabulary?
Glossary
None
Thesaurus
Textbook
Dictionary
Index
26
Which of the following BEST describes syntax?
The elimination of punctuation from one's writing
The decision to use MLA or APA formatting
The selection of words to cause impact
The decision as to how to arrange the words in one's writing
27
What are content area classes?
social studies
science
all the above
math
28
Which of the following is the first step the teacher should take in order to promote this student's reading proficiency?
determining the extent of the student's vocabulary knowledge
evaluating the student's ability to apply grade-level phonics skills
evaluating the degree to which the student uses syntactic clues
determining the rate of the student's phonological processing
29
Which of the following phrases is not an idiom?
Put it on the kitchen table
Bee's knees
Fly off the handle
Keep your chin up
Barking up the wrong tree
30
If you received an invitation to a wedding, which foreign phrase would likely be on it?
Deja vu
Du jour
RSVP
Bon voyage
31
The students are most likely to be successful in their independent reading of the book if:
text primarily deals with fictional than factual characters and/or events.
come from homeswhere silent reading is modeled & encouraged bycaregivers
text doesn't include compoundsentences coordinatingconjunctions (and/or)
students can decode &understand meaning of at least95% of the words in text
32
Which of the following statements is true?
An author's syntax is determined by the purpose for his or her writing.
None of the answers are true
author's syntax is determined by his or her education level and background
An author's syntax is determined by grammar rules and conventions.
33
The word indefensible, is unfamiliar. Which strategies for teaching is effective in clarifying meaning & extend vocab
explicit explanation to describe meaning of word before they read text
Ask to paraphrase thesentence containing word bysubstituting with a synonym
Help apply structural/contextual analyses to construct & confirm word mean
enter the word in list of new vocabularywords & then look up definition ind
34
Which cannot be a word map?
flow chart
paraphrasing
none
chart
table
web
35
What is the root in the word amorphous?
ous
a
mor
amor
morph
none
36
This activity is most likely to promote students' vocabulary development by:
guiding them to discover the multiple meanings of new vocabulary.
show how structural analysis can be used to determine meaning of new vocab
helping them to categorize, visualize, and remember new vocabulary.
providing them with frequent varied reading experiences using the new vocab
37
Which of the following skills would be most effective for the teacher to focus on first?
identifying common transition words that link ideas in two or more sentence
distinguishing between sentences that use passive and active voice
identifying the independent clause at the heart of a sentence
distinguishing between demonstrative and indefinite pronouns in a sentence
38
In which of the following sentences is context most helpful in understanding the italicized word?
John's friends surreptitiously planned a party for him after he moved in
Mary is magnanimous in herdealings with ppl, even when shedoesn't know them
Tulip trees are ubiquitous in Virginia & in some parts of the U.S. as well
Pete's mom was adamant he should attend college, but dad didnt seem to care
39
Which of the following is TRUE about idioms?
Idioms are not commonly used as most are outdated.
Idioms add a little spice to our everyday language.
Idioms allow writers to be lazy.
Idioms are a new, exciting writing tool.
Idioms are only used in children's literature.
40
Begin a new unit on weather & climate. Which types of vocabularywords would be most appropriate to preteach?
high-frequency words with multiple meanings
multisyllable words
high-frequency, phonetically irregular words
words that are conceptually challenging
41
What is the best method of distinguishing between literal meaning and figurative meaning?
Context
Length of a given sentence
Word choice
Level of vocabulary

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