edTPA Academic Language

True or false

100

Academic language is essential to know.

True

200

Academic language only includes written language.

False, it also includes oral language.

300

Students will be able to compare the characters from two texts is an example of language function.

True

400

Academic language is NOT used to engage students in the material.

False

500

Academic language is the “language of the discipline."

True!

Fill in the blank.

100

The 2 in x² is the ____?

Exponent

200

The students were asked to ___ and ___ a red and green apple when looking at a picture.

compare, contrast

300

The ___ statement states the main idea of the paper. 

thesis

400

The students were asked to ___ a character in the story using adjectives.

describe

500

The process of ___ is when plants convert light energy into chemical energy.

photosynthesis

Is this correct?

100

The principle at my school is scary.

No. It should say, The principal at my school is scary.

200

The teacher is fair to all of his/her students.

Correct.

300

The students loved their school so much.

Correct

400

The students were told to go into pears to talk about the question.

No, pear should be pair.

500

There are two many people at the restaurant. We are never going to be seated.

No, two should be too.

Teaching

100

Incorporating ___ ___ into your teaching will help the students understand the material better.

academic language 

200

Using ____ when teaching math to students helps them visualize what they are doing.

charts, graphs, examples

300

Using the academic language words in your ___ for other lessons to reinforce the word.

objectives

400

How could you reinforce academic language to your students?

repeating, using it in examples

500

How could you encourage academic language in your classroom?

Using using the word in your directions, giving examples, encouraging reading harder books, giving students harder texts to read, using context clues, having students summarize texts

Bonus

100

What do students do when they participat in think-pair-share.

discuss

200

Academic language is very important in some/all subjects?

all

300

Students act out the meanings of vocabulary terms in this game.

Charades 

400

True or False

Students are able to learn academic language without the teacher using it in the classroom.

False! Students need the reinforcement of the words to fully understand it.

500

What are the four language demands of academic language?

language function, vocabulary, syntax, discourse