Deck 5: English-Language Literacy Development, Lesson Planning, and Specially Designed Content Instruction in English

Question 1

What is "specially designed academic instruction in English" (SDAIE)?

A) Students are taught content in English with specific techniques and modifications to include English-language development (ELD).
B) Students are taught academic language proficiency in order to pass state exams.
C) English learners in ELD classes are taught in specially designated classrooms outside of mainstream learning.
D) Teachers deliver lessons in both English and the students' home languages.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What are the five fundamental parts of an SDAIE lesson plan?

A) reading, writing, speaking, listening, and content skills
B) cognitive strategy, metacognitive strategy, social-affective strategy, content, formative assessment
C) objectives, modified materials, differentiated instruction, summative assessment, reflection
D) teaching, practicing, group work, performing, assessment

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What is a content objective?

A) knowledge or skill in an area of English
B) knowledge or skill in a subject area
C) knowledge, skill, or learning strategy that teaches the student how to learn
D) knowledge, skill, or disposition in a subject area or domain of communicative competence

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What is language objective?

A) knowledge or skill in an area of English
B) knowledge or skill in a subject area
C) knowledge, skill, or learning strategy that teaches the student how to learn
D) knowledge, skill, or disposition in a subject area or domain of communicative competence

Question 5

What is a learning-strategy objective?

A) knowledge or skill in an area of English
B) knowledge or skill in a subject area
C) knowledge, skill, or learning strategy that teaches the student how to learn
D) knowledge, skill, or disposition in a subject area or domain of communicative competence

Question 6

What are the types of learning strategies used for objectives in lesson planning?

A) cognitive, metacognitive, social-affective
B) reading, writing, listening, speaking
C) formative, summative
D) content, connections, comprehensibility

Question 7

Which of the following is an appropriate speech modification strategy used by SDAIE teachers?

A) the teacher speaks in a sing-song rhythm
B) the teacher speaks more slowly
C) the teacher speaks more quickly
D) the teacher does not speak

Question 8

From where are the language-development objectives of an SDAIE lesson drawn?

A) the content objectives
B) content-based standards
C) the learning strategies
D) state or local ELD standards

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of a cognitive strategy?

A) taking effective notes
B) working collaboratively in a group
C) previewing main concepts in a lesson
D) using self-talk to reduce anxiety

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of a metacognitive strategy?

A) taking effective notes
B) working collaboratively in a group
C) previewing main concepts in a lesson
D) using self-talk to reduce anxiety

Question 11

Which of the following activities is an example of cooperative learning?

A) a graphic organizer
B) the jigsaw model
C) role play
D) brainstorming

Question 12

How are scaffolding strategies used in the SDAIE classroom?

A) Content, language, and learning-strategy objectives are linked with standards.
B) The teacher divides the task into smaller pieces and later withdraws assistance.
C) Lessons are connected to students' background, cultures, communities, and experiences.
D) Students plan, monitor, and evaluate their own learning processes in and outside the classroom.

Question 13

In which scaffolding activity do students work on multiple drafts before a final revision?

A) round robin
B) language experience approach
C) learning logs
D) process writing

Question 14

Which of the following graphic organizers is best used to explain content?

A) T-chart
B) K-W-L
C) mind map
D) Likert scale

Question 15

Which of the following graphic organizers is best used to generate ideas about content?

A) grade scale
B) classification chart
C) spider map
D) matrix

Question 16

What is the difference between formative and summative assessment?

A) Formative assessment is based on content; summative assessment is based on language.
B) Formative assessment is teacher-centered; summative assessment is student-centered.
C) Formative assessment is standards-based; summative assessment is content-based.
D) Formative assessment monitors progress; summative assessment is used to give grades.

Question 17

Which of the following is an example of an activity that best activates students' prior knowledge?

A) students take a summative assessment
B) students take a pretest
C) students take a formative assessment
D) students take an exam

Question 18

Which of the following is a way that teachers can modify materials for English learners?

A) provide dictionaries
B) teach students to take notes
C) record text passages into audio
D) access materials online

Question 19

Which of the following is an example of a summative-assessment alternative to traditional summative assessment?

A) a student art exhibition
B) formative assessment
C) true-or-false exam
D) a home visit

Question 20

What is bridging?

A) scaffolding and assessing in the content areas
B) accessing prior knowledge and building schemata
C) students working together to solve problems
D) teachers working with outside resources to help students in class

Question 21

Describe activities outside of the classroom that can assist English learners. Give at least three activities.

Question 22

What are the characteristics of a successful teacher in an SDAIE classroom? Give at least three examples of what a successful teacher does.