MTEL Sheltered English Immersion Practice Test

Correct Response: D. The intent of the social studies unit in this scenario is to use the context of influential historical speeches to make students aware of persuasive text structures. Analyzing the structures of these speeches at the discourse level requires students to pay attention to their coherence and cohesion as whole texts. Modeling how to use a graphic organizer to create a visual outline of the components of each persuasive speech will facilitate English learners' comprehension of how this type of text is organized from beginning to end. A focuses on the selection criteria for the excerpts and is inappropriate as a means of scaffolding because asking English learners to follow multiple types of persuasive appeals would make the task more confusing than clarifying. B is incorrect because it focuses students' attention on evaluating the quality of individual samples of supporting evidence (by distinguishing facts and opinions) rather than on determining how the key components of a speech work together to build an argument and persuade an audience. C is incorrect because it provides the English learners with background knowledge that might be useful for comprehending the speeches in terms of content but not in terms of structure.