CELDT Preparation

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CELDT Preparation

• South East High School

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Why do I have to take this test?

• Who must take the CELDT?

• The CELDT must be given to students identified as
  English learners once a year as per the school
  districts evaluation process until they are
  reclassified as fluent English(RFEP).

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How do I become redesignated as English
Proficient?

• Score Basic or above on the CST
• Achieve and overall score of 4 or above on the
  CELDT.

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CELDT Listening and Speaking Tips

• Pay attention
• Ignore distractions
• Speak loudly and clearly
• Speak in complete sentences

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Practice Test-Speaking

• Find a partner
• Take turns answering each question with your
  partner
• Speak clearly but low

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Speaking
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1. Identify the person or object2. Explain what
they do or how they work
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Earthmover, tractor

• This is used to move to earth or dirt.
• It is used to clear land.
• It is used to remove trash or debris.

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umbrella

• They are used to keep you dry when it is raining.
• Umbrellas are used to protect you from the rain.

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Cash register

• A cash register is used to add up sales and hold
  money.

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fire extinguisher

• A fire extinguisher is used to put out fires.

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hardhat

• A hardhat is used to protect your head .

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fan

• This helps cool you down on a hot day.
• A fan circulates air.

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calculator

• A calculator is used in math and science classes
  to add, subtract, multiply, and divide large
  numbers.

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gas pump, gasoline pump

• This is used to put gas in your car.

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blender

• A blender is used to mix food to make sauces and
  smoothies.

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gloves

• These are used to protect your hands.

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matches

• They are used to light candles and start
  barbecues.
• Matches are used to start fires.

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flashlight

• This is used during emergencies, like
  earthquakes, when you need light.

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tent

• This is used to provide shelter when people are
  camping.

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clock

• A clock usually hangs on a wall and is used to
  tell time.

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goggles

• These are used to protect your eyes.

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apron

• It is used when cooking to keep your clothes
  clean.
• It is used to protect your clothes.
• It is used to protect you in science lab.

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beakers

• These are used in science classes to contain
  liquids.
• They hold liquids in science labs.

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map

• Maps are used to find places or to plan trips.

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Train tracks

• Train tracks allow trains to move along a path.
• They guide a train.

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watch

• A watch is usually worn on a persons wrist and
  is used to tell time.

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Thesaurus

• A thesaurus is used to find synonyms.
• It is used to look up words that have the same
  meaning.

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compass

• A compass is used to draw circles.

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Tree roots

• Tree roots help trees absorb water from the
  ground.

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protractor

• A protractor is used to measure angles.

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Question mark

• This is used to punctuate a sentence which asks a
  question.
• It is used instead of a period when you ask a
  question.

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electrical outlet

• An electrical outlet is used to supply power the
  things like lamps, TVs, and radios.

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Quotation marks

• They used to show the exact words someone said.
• You use them when you write to show the exact
  words that someone said.

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battery

• A battery is used to supply power to appliances
  and electrical devices.

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Exclamation mark

• This is used at the end of a sentence to show
  excitement.

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microscope

• A microscope is used in science classes to see
  cells.

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whistle

• You blow into a whistle to make a loud, high
  pitched noise.

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fireman

• He fights fires.
• He extinguishes fires.
• He rescues people during fires.

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chef, cook

• He prepares food in a restaurant.
• He makes food in a restaurant.
• He cooks food.

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judge

• The person is a judge, she listens to cases and
  makes decisions.
• She decides if people are innocent or guilty.
• She makes legal decisions.

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police officer, policeman

• He protects people.
• He enforces the law.

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doctor, nurse

• She takes care of newborn babies.
• She takes care of sick people.
• She delivers babies.

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soldier, marine

• She fights for our country.
• She goes to war.
• She protects the country.

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What is name of this shape? How many sides does
it have? How many angles?

• It is a square. It has 4 sides and 4 angles.

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What is name of this shape? How many sides does
it have? How many angles?

• It is a rectangle and it has 4 sides and 4 angles.

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What is name of this shape? How many sides does
it have? How many angles?

• It is a triangle. It has 3 sides and 3 angles.

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What is name of this shape? How many faces does
it have?

• It is a cube and it has 6 faces.

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What is she doing?

• She is diving.
• She is diving into a swimming pool.

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What safety equipment is he wearing?

• He is wearing a hardhat, goggles, and gloves.

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Describe this picture.

• The picture shows marine life.
• It is a picture of a marine habitat.
• This show a marine environment.

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What is the baby doing?

• The baby is crawling.

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What is a beaker? Where would you find one?

• A beaker is used to hold liquids. You can
  usually find them in science labs.

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What do you do in a science lab?

• In a science lab, you conduct experiments.
• Science class use science labs to do experiments.

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Synonymswords have the same or almost the same
meaning

• Cold
• Happy
• Young
• Slender
• Busy
• Bored
• Anxious
• Angry

• Chilly
• Content
• Youthful
• Thin
• Occupied
• Uninterested
• Nervous
• Furious

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Antonymswords that have opposite or nearly
opposite meanings

• Cold hot
• Happy sad
• Young old
• Slender plump
• Busy idle
• Bored fascinated
• Anxious calm
• Angry pleased

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• Tell me a synonym for the word recall.
• Can you recall your last visit to a museum?

• remember

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• Tell me a synonym for the word genuine.
• The scientists found a genuine fossil.

• real, authentic

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• Now Im going to say some words, and I want you
  to say the opposite.
• careful

• careless, dangerous, risky

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• Now Im going to say some words, and I want you
  to say the opposite.
• succeeded

• failed

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• Now Im going to say some words, and I want you
  to say the opposite.
• demolish

• construct or build

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• Now Im going to say some words, and I want you
  to say the opposite.
• accept

• reject

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italics

• Text that is slanted
• Used to indicate the title of a book, movie,
  play, TV show or album
• Used for emphasis
• Used in headings

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Bullets

• Used in notes
• Used to highlight information
• Used to organize information

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Bolded Text

• Used to indicate subject headings
• Used to separate information
• Help you scan documents

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4 Picture Narrative

• I am going to show you four pictures. Look at
  all the pictures. They tell a story.

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I will start the story for you. Yesterday, Maria
and a group of friends played baseball. Tell me
what happened.
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• Maria was the pitcher in the game. She pitches
  the ball to a boy and he hits it very far. So no
  one can catch the ball when he hits it. The
  baseball went so far it was in some grass where
  they couldnt see it. So all the kids started to
  look for the ball but they couldnt find it. But
  then Marias dog found the ball, and all the kids
  laughed. Now they can play baseball again.

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I will start the story for you. One day, Molly
and John were in front of a fruit stand. Tell me
what happened.
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• Molly and John are looking at fruit in a storein
  a window. I think theyre hungry. But they got no
  money with them. And this lady comes out from the
  store. Her bag has ripped and has a hole. She
  drops some fruit. So Molly and Johnthey pick up
  the fruit that fell out . . . from the ladys
  shopping bag. To help her. And they give the
  fruit to her. So, since they help her, the lady
  says to Molly that she can keep a fruit. And she
  gives some fruit to the John too. I think its
  oranges.

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I will start the story for you. Last week, Ms.
Walkers science class was studying sea animals.
Tell me what happened.
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• The students in Ms. Walkers class learned about
  marine life. She showed them a picture of a
  starfish. Then the class went on a field trip to
  the beach. There the children looked in the tide
  pools for the marine life that they had learned
  about in class. Ms. Walker found a starfish and
  showed it to the class. They students remembered
  many interesting facts about it from their
  science class.

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Scoring Rubric 4 Picture Narrative

• Score Scoring Rationale
• 0 No response NR.
• Spoken in another language HL.
• Unintelligible.
• Response consists entirely of I dont know or
  I forget.
• 1 Student attempts to tell a story based on the
  pictures but does not construct a coherent
  narrative.
• Response displays a very limited range of
  vocabulary. The students speech is often halting
  or impeded.
• Response includes numerous grammatical errors
  that interfere with communication.
• Students speech is generally difficult to
  understand. Pronunciation often interferes with
  communication.
• 2 Story is based on pictures but does not
  clearly express some major event.
• Response displays some of the necessary
  vocabulary, but the student often cannot find the
  right word.
• Response shows control of basic grammatical
  structures but includes numerous errors, some of
  which interfere with communication.
• Students speech is sometimes difficult to
  understand. Pronunciation sometimes interferes
  with communication.
• 3 Story is coherent and includes explanation of
  major events, but does not provide much
  elaboration (e.g., explanations of details and
  context).
• Vocabulary resources are generally adequate to
  perform the task. The student sometimes cannot
  find the right word.
• Response is generally adequate grammatically.
  Errors rarely interfere with communication.
• Student may have an accent and/or make some
  errors in pronunciation, but pronunciation is
  generally accurate and usually does not interfere
  with communication.
• 4 Story is coherent and effective, including
  explanation of major events, with appropriate
  elaboration (e.g., explanations of details and
  context). Contains more complex sentence
  structure.

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Choose and Give Reasons

• Im going to ask you a question, and I want to
  hear what you think.

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What would you rather eat, an orange or a
hamburger? Give me two reasons why.
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Suppose that you can go to either a sports event
or an amusement park. Which would you choose?
Tell me why. Give me at least two reasons.
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Im going to ask you a question, and I want to
hear what you think. say What would you rather
do after school, baby-sit a young child or help
someone with homework? Tell me why. Give me at
least two reasons.
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Scoring Rubric

• Speaking Choose and Give Reasons
• Score Scoring Rationale
• 0 Student does not make a choice or does not
  support the choice with a relevant reason.
• No response NR.
• Response is entirely in another language HL.
  
• 1 Student makes choice and supports choice with
  at least one relevant reason.
• Errors in grammar, vocabulary, and/or
  pronunciation are significant enough to interfere
  with communication.
• 2 Student makes choice and supports it with at
  least two relevant reasons.
• Speech is generally accurate (i.e., minor
  grammatical, vocabulary, and/or pronunciation
  errors may occur, but they do not affect
  communication).

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What would you say?

• You have an extra ticket to the football game
  and you want to invite your friend. What would
  you say?

• Would you like to go the football game with me?

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• You are drawing a picture. You want to borrow a
  blue marker from your friend. What would you say
  to your friend?

• Can I borrow your blue marker?
• May I use your blue marker?

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• There is a new student at your school. You see
  the student in the hall and he or she looks lost.
  You want to offer to help the student. What would
  you say?

• What room are looking for? I can show you where
  you want to go.
• Are you new to this school? I can help you find
  the room you are looking for.
• Are you lost? I can help you.

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• There is a new clothing store opening near
  school and you want to work there. What would
  you say to the manager?

• Id would like to work here. Can I have a work
  application?
• Are you hiring? I would like to apply for job.
• Are you the manager? My name is _____. Can I
  have an employment application?

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• You need to write an essay for college
  application and you want your teacher to read it
  over what would you say?

• Would you kindly read over my essay and tell me
  how I can make it better?
• Do you think this is a good essay? How can I
  make it better?

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• You want to know which classes you should take
  to get into college. What would you ask your
  counselor?

• I want to go to college and I need to know if I
  have all the right classes. Can you look at my
  transcript and tell me if there is another class
  I need to take.
• Do you think I have the correct classes for
  college?
• Which classes do you recommend that I take so
  that I can get into a good college?

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• You are going to a new school and you want to
  join the cross country team. What would you say
  to the coach?

• I want to join the cross country team. When are
  try-outs?
• What do I need to do to join the cross country
  team?

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• You have to create a PowerPoint presentation but
  you are not sure how many slides your
  presentation should have. What question would
  you ask your teacher?

• How many slides should the presentation have?
• How many slides are required?

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• This week a pilot will visit your school and
  speak about her profession. You want to know why
  she decided to become a pilot. What would you
  ask her?

• What made you decide to become a pilot?
• Why did you choose to become a pilot?

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• Your friend wants to join the chess club. You
  want to know when they meet and how often. What
  would you ask your friend.

• When does the chess club meet?

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What do you use to punctuate a question?

• You use a question mark.

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What do use to extinguish a fire?

• You use a fire extinguisher to extinguish a fire.

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What do you use to put gasoline in a car?

• You use a gas pump to put gasoline in a car.

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What do you use a thesaurus for?

• You use a thesaurus to find words that have the
  same or similar meaning.
• You use a thesaurus to look up synonyms.

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Listening
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Listen to the passage. Then do numbers 1 through
3.

• 1. Where was Kim going?
• A. to a classroom
• B. to the pet store
• C. to the lunchroom
• 2. Who is Buster?
• A. a friend of Kims
• B. Kims pet rabbit
• C. Ms. Chins rabbit
• 3. What did Kim want to do?
• A. eat lunch
• B. feed Buster
• C. play outside

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Listen to the passage. Then do numbers 1 through
3.

• 1. Where does this story take place?
• A. on a farm
• B. in a city
• C. on a bus
• D. at a school
• 2. After arriving at the farm, the first thing
  Teresa noticed was the
• A. rooster.
• B. horse.
• C. smell.
• D. sounds.
• 3. Teresa was as curious as a kitten. This
  means she wanted to
• A. see everything.
• B. be very careful.
• C. play with the animals.
• D. stay near the teacher.

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Listen to the passage. Then do numbers 1 through
3.

• 1. What were the students talking about?
• A. buying a book
• B. going to the library
• C. entering a contest
• 2. What do the students need to show in their
  posters?
• A. that reading is fun
• B. that the certificate is worth twenty-five
  dollars
• C. that Humphrys sells books and games
• 3. What did Kate say Tom is good at?
• A. telling jokes
• B. drawing pictures
• C. playing games

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Listen to the passage. Then do numbers 1 through
3.

• 1. This passage is MOSTLY about Diego Riveras
• A. work as a painter.
• B. village paintings.
• C. trip to Europe.
• D. murals in Mexico.
• 2. Rivera applied new knowledge to his work when
  he
• A. left Mexico.
• B. returned from Europe.
• C. was a young boy.
• D. arrived in Europe.
• 3. Rivera went to Europe to
• A. teach other artists.
• B. sell his colorful paintings.
• C. become a friend of Pablo Picasso.
• D. study the paintings of famous artists.

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Listen to the passage. Then do numbers 1 through
3.

• 1. What did Kimberly want to do?
• A. find a job to earn money
• B. sign up for volunteer work
• C. place an ad in the newspaper
• 2. How did Joe find his job?
• A. by going to several grocery stores
• B. by applying on the Internet
• C. by calling Mr. Molino
• 3. Why should Kimberly include her job at the
  hospital?
• A. to impress Joe
• B. to show work experience
• C. to get a high school diploma

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Listen to the passage. Then do numbers 1 through
3.

• 1. Which of these is NOT a requirement for this
  job?
• A. painting experience
• B. carpentry experience
• C. ability to lift 50 pounds
• D. ability to work evenings
• 2. The Buford Hardware Store placed an
  advertisement in the newspaper for what type of
  position?
• A. seasonal full-time
• B. seasonal part-time
• C. permanent full-time
• D. permanent part-time
• 3. The job description states that the Buford
  Hardware Store
• A. wants to hire someone who can drive a car.
• B. expects the applicant to be willing to work
  part-time.
• C. seeks to hire someone with a college
  education.
• D. would prefer an applicant with carpentry
  experience.

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Following Oral Directions

• What do the students need for their project?
• A. some pictures
• B. some books
• C. some snacks

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Following Oral Directions

• What is the teacher talking about?
• A. the answers to a homework assignment
• B. a new way of turning in homework
• C. when a book report is due

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Following oral directions.

• What should the students do when they hear the
  bell?
• Walk to auditorium.
• Stay seated.
• Line up at the back door.

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Following Oral Directions.

• What reference material can the students use
  during the test?

1. pen
2. thesaurus
3. paper

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Following Oral Directions

• When will the assembly be held?
• A. 1000 A.M.
• B. 1100 A.M.
• C. 100 P.M.

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• A. B. C.

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1. Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
2. Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
3. Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone

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• A B C

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• A. text B. text C. text

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A B C
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A B C
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1. The student studied diligently to pass his
   algebra final.
2. The student studied diligently to pass his
   algebra final.
3. The student studied diligently to pass his
   algebra final.

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1. yes
2. Yes!
3. Yes?

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