Vocab Chapters 8&9

A student's knowledge or previous experiences about a topic

Everyone in the class or school stops and independently reads a self-selected book

Explicit instruction

An activity to activate background knowledge, set purpose for reading, and to bring closure

An activity in which students replace words that have been deleted from a text is a

A writing form, or a category of literature such as folklore, biography, or historical fiction.

The process of constructing meaning using the text and background knowledge

Reading smoothly, quickly, and with expression

Literary devices/conventions authors use to achieve particular effects such as heading, rhyme

The teacher reads a book aloud while students follow along in the text, often using a big book.

Minilesson

organizational patterns or genres

Teachers/students verbalize their thoughts while reading or writing describing their strategies

An activity in which the teacher and the students take turns modeling strategies is called

The class discussion over Johnny Got His Gun and the antiwar literature of the 1930's was a