Why is prior knowledge important?

brain seeks to make connections between the information we have & the new

What does it mean to analyze a text?

identify its component parts including the main idea, reasons, and evidence

In a paraphrase, you:

Condense the author's idea into your own words

When teaching story sequencing, you should...

Use texts from other content areas.

When reading a story, it is important to _____ or find the intended meaning.

look for what the author is trying to teach us

This activity is most likely to promote students' reading development by helping them understand the importance of:

basing interpretations about a literary work on textual evidence.

About to read a play of Harriet Tubman called "Travels on the Railroad. Which promotes students comprehension of text?

share what theyalready know about the time periodduring timeframe of play

What is reciprocal teaching?

group of students go to front of the class to teach their classmates

Which strategy would be appropriate to use to promote 2nd grade students ability to analyzekey ideas and details in text

create a story map of main characters in a story & events their involved

The three basic parts of literary analysis are

Comprehension, Interpretation, and Analysis

Which strategies would be effective to use to support the strugglingreaders' comprehension of the book & purpose reading

engage in guided reading and rereading of key passages in the novel

All of the answer choices are correct.

If the premise is untrue, what does that mean for the conclusion?

The conclusion can still be considered true, just unsupported.

How should a teacher instruct students with their thought process while reading?

By showing and modeling examples of what to do while reading.

When you do close reading, _____.

All of the answer choices are correct.

When you summarize, you:

rewrite the author's idea in your own words in about the same length

Which of the following might be included in a story map, depending on grade level and ability?

All of these answers are correct

Which of the following is true?

Prior knowledge makes learning easier.

Which of the following gives three examples of a graphic organizer used in literary response writing exercises?

Story maps, plot diagrams, and Venn diagrams

What does it mean to make an inference?

Take the clues in the text and combine them with what you already know

Which statement is correct?

Class discussions teach students essential life skills.

Which answer listed is the least important in reading comprehension?

Memorizing important vocabulary.

What five essential elements does a plot diagram (or Freytag's Pyramid) illustrate?

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and dénouement, ending

The teacher repeats these steps with each section of the text. This activity promotes reading proficiency primarily by:

modeling for students how to engage in close reading of academic texts.

What does the application of reciprocal teaching look like?

At first the teacher leads. Then each student will take a role or strategy.

What four strategies are used in reciprocal teaching?

Summarizing, questioning, clarifying, and predicting

After a chapter in a book & write an entry in response journals. Which prompt develops students literary response skills

What do you think is the mainidea/theme? Relatespecific events in this chap

How can you differentiate when teaching story sequencing?

Students can use stories based on their own reading and interest levels.

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1
Which reading comprehension strategy would help you sum up what the whole text is about?
Making Connections
Determining the Importance
Visualizing
Asking Questions
2
Why is prior knowledge important?
It allows us to form a biased or unbiased opinion about a specific topic.
brain seeks to make connections between the information we have & the new
Teachers do not have time to teach everything.
We are better as blank slates.
3
What does it mean to analyze a text?
It means to draw up a flow chart and label its main parts.
identify its component parts including the main idea, reasons, and evidence
It means to merely summarize it.
It means to quote a few lines from it.
4
In a paraphrase, you:
Take an author's idea word for word from the text
All of the answers are correct
Condense the author's idea into your own words
rewrite the author's idea in your own words in about the same length
5
The 2nd step to make text-to-text connections is to examine the literary elements. Which is NOT a literary element?
plot
characters
setting
none
symbols
publication date
6
Reading comprehension should focus on 3 areas. Which area is the least necessary regarding reading comprehension skills?
Background reading
After reading
During reading
Before reading
7
Which strategy would you use to create a mental image of the text?
Visualizing
Asking Questions
Determine the importance
Make an Inference
8
Clues to an author's intended meaning may be found in historical contexts, culture contexts, author's background, and __
the author's other works
other books written in the same time period
the reader's knowledge on the subject
similar books by other authors
9
Which of these media would most likely be the most open to literal interpretation?
fantasy novel
newspaper article
horror story
sitcom
10
When teaching story sequencing, you should...
Only use texts in your English textbook.
Students don't need to know how to sequence a story.
Only use fictional texts.
Use texts from other content areas.
11
To annotate a text you might:highlight anything that is surprisingunderline important wordsuse the margin to make notes
A and B
B and C
All
C only
B only
A only
12
When reading a story, it is important to _____ or find the intended meaning.
look for common themes
make predictions about the next chapter
ask questions about the characters
look for what the author is trying to teach us
13
This activity is most likely to promote students' reading development by helping them understand the importance of:
basing interpretations about a literary work on textual evidence.
determining an author's stated or implied main point of view.
using text structure to develop a general summary of a literary work.
identifying a book's mood by analyzing author's use of figurative language
14
About to read a play of Harriet Tubman called "Travels on the Railroad. Which promotes students comprehension of text?
share what theyalready know about the time periodduring timeframe of play
generate several questions about the play based on the play's title
create and perform their own short skits about the same subject
introduce common elements ofplays as a genre & look atsections of play
15
What term identifies the use of words in figures of speech to convey meanings different from their usual definitions?
metaphor
figurative language
rhetorical figure
figura etymologica
16
Which activity involves everyone in the classroom at once?
Hot Seat
Think, Pair, Share
Agree or Disagree
Talking Ball
17
What is reciprocal teaching?
A dialogue between two students about what they just read.
When a teacher from another class comes in to teach.
A dialogue between the teacher and students about the meaning of text.
group of students go to front of the class to teach their classmates
18
You have a dinner party and all the guests ask for seconds. What is the most logical conclusion?
Your guests will eat anything you serve.
Your food is good.
Your food is terrible.
Your guests eat too much.
19
Which strategy would be appropriate to use to promote 2nd grade students ability to analyzekey ideas and details in text
evaluate the significance of a story's setting with respect to its theme
clarify their understanding of a story byreflecting on personal experience
create a story map of main characters in a story & events their involved
teaching students key features and conventions of different literary genres
20
The three basic parts of literary analysis are
Comprehension, Analysis, and Examination
Plot, Resolution, and Analysis
Plot, Setting, and Characters
Comprehension, Interpretation, and Analysis
21
Which strategies would be effective to use to support the strugglingreaders' comprehension of the book & purpose reading
engage in guided reading and rereading of key passages in the novel
rewrite the story from the perspective of adifferent character in the book
stop after reading each chapter & try tosummarize key events of the plot
read key chapters of the novel aloud togetherby taking turns reading pages
22
Literal language refers to the use of words solely by their…
correlations to innuendo
physical implications
secondary connotations
defined meanings
23
Close reading _____.
means looking at the details of a text
All of the answer choices are correct.
allows you to form conclusions about the overall meaning of a text
forces you to pay closer attention to a text
24
Which of the following is the best way to begin teaching story sequencing?
Cut up a page of the history textbook and put it back in the correct order.
Give your students a writing project.
Use picture cards
Introduce transition words and access prior knowledge.
25
If the premise is untrue, what does that mean for the conclusion?
The conclusion can still be considered true, just unsupported.
The conclusion must be rejected.
The conclusion is more probable.
The conclusion is probably still true. We just have to keep looking.
The conclusion must be the premise.
26
How should a teacher instruct students with their thought process while reading?
By reading the material as quickly and as many times as possible.
By watching books that were created into movies.
By showing and modeling examples of what to do while reading.
By showing and watching movies.
27
When you do close reading, _____.
All of the answer choices are correct.
read difficult parts out loud and slowly
pay attention to your responses
focus on understanding what the words mean
28
When you summarize, you:
rewrite the author's idea in your own words in about the same length
Condense the author's idea into a shortened version but in your own words
Expand on the author's thoughts by bringing in other sources.
Take an author's idea word for word from the text
29
Which of the following might be included in a story map, depending on grade level and ability?
Spaces for a text's author and title, beginning, middle, & end for a story
Spaces for a text's setting, main characters, events problems & resolutions
All of these answers are correct
themes, symbols, personal responses important quotations or new vocab words
30
Which of the following is true?
Prior knowledge makes learning easier.
Activating prior knowledge can only be done with a teacher.
Without prior knowledge, new learning is impossible.
less you know about a subject, easier it is for someone to teach it to you
31
At the start of Romeo and Juliet, the information that the characters live in Verona. What part of comprehension fulfil
character
language
setting
plot
32
Breaking apart a word into its component parts is an example of using _____.
context clues
word structure
a root word
prior knowledge
33
In examining author style and language, what is it that you need to already have a working knowledge of?
Author history
Story length
Literary devices
Plot structure
34
Applying what you know about U.S. history when you read a historical novel is an example of using _____.
prior knowledge
a root word
context clues
word structure
35
Which of the following gives three examples of a graphic organizer used in literary response writing exercises?
Cartesian maps, pie charts, and bar graphs
Story maps, plot diagrams, and Venn diagrams
Brain mapping, flow charts, and Mercator projections
Brainstorming chart, plot synopsis, and Möbius diagrams
36
Looking at the words surrounding an unknown word to determine its meaning is an example of using _____.
word structure
a root word
context clues
prior knowledge
37
What is the first step in evaluating reasoning in an essay or article?
Identify the conclusion.
Reject or accept the conclusion.
Begin with a counter argument.
Evaluate the information.
Identify the premise.
38
This passage would be most suited for helping students:
recognize a literary allusion.
analyze an author's point of view.
predict future events.
analyze story elements.
39
What does it mean to make an inference?
Take the clues in the text and combine them with what you already know
Make a mental image of the text
Ask yourself a lot of ? about what is happening in the text, like, I wonder
Determine the main idea of the text
40
Which statement is correct?
Students do not learn anything important through class discussions.
The content that must be taught leaves no time for class discussions
Class discussions teach students essential life skills.
All students are naturally good at communicating effectively in a group.
41
Which answer listed is the least important in reading comprehension?
Looking up the definition for important or unknown vocabulary.
Notating and/or analyzing the title.
Memorizing important vocabulary.
Looking for visuals.
42
What five essential elements does a plot diagram (or Freytag's Pyramid) illustrate?
Setting explanation of problem dramatic point aftermath/dénouement/ ending
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and dénouement, ending
Uneventful portion, building tension, dramatic plot twist lessening tension
Backstory, thickening plot, apex, plot thinning, and dénouement, or ending
43
Prior knowledge refers to:
All of the answers are correct
What we already know before we learn more about a topic
Experiences we may have already had with a certain topic
The information we already have in our brains about a topic
44
The teacher repeats these steps with each section of the text. This activity promotes reading proficiency primarily by:
encouraging to apply metacognitive comprehension strategies as they read
helping students achieve grade-level fluency benchmarks for accuracy & rate
developing students' word consciousness and love of interesting new words.
modeling for students how to engage in close reading of academic texts.
45
What does the application of reciprocal teaching look like?
The students immediately take the lead to teach the class.
None are correct.
At first the teacher leads. Then each student will take a role or strategy.
Students share their ideas of what the activity should look like.
46
The first step to making connections between texts is to examine the authors. What characteristic(s) should you examine?
race
culture
age
gender
all the above
47
What four strategies are used in reciprocal teaching?
Summarizing, questioning, analyzing, and dissecting.
Summarizing, questioning, clarifying, and predicting
Reading, understanding, teaching, and listening.
Explaining, describing, clarifying, and reading.
48
After a chapter in a book & write an entry in response journals. Which prompt develops students literary response skills
Which characters are mentioned in this chapter? List each of the characters
What do you think is the mainidea/theme? Relatespecific events in this chap
What new vocab wordsdid you learn in chapter? List and define the newword
What happened in the chapter? Describe two or three events from the chapter
49
How can you differentiate when teaching story sequencing?
If everyone is doing the same activity, then they must read the same text
each student needs to be reading the exact same story
You can only differentiate if you are teaching students with special needs.
Students can use stories based on their own reading and interest levels.
50
Student lacks fluency when reading aloud. First thing teachershould do to help the student isassess difficulties with
decoding
inferring
metacognition
predicting
51
Which activity provides an alternative way for students to communicate besides speaking?
Chalk Talk
Inner Circle, Outer Circle
Hot Seat
Agree or Disagree
52
What are the two types of premises an argument can have?
Spoken and mimed.
Covered and hidden.
Stated and repeated.
Stated and implied.
Simple and complex.
53
Reads a trade book to class. Which promotes comprehension of the story by enhancing their literary analysis skills
discussing how thecharacters in the story respond tomajor events & challeng
encouraging the students to identify the key vocabulary words in the story
"freewrite" about the story in their reading response journals
reread thestory silently & respond to severalliteral comprehension ?
54
What does it mean to make text-to-text connections?
to look for ways two writings are different
None
to discover what two writings have in common through deeper analysis
to compare and contrast two authors
to look at the simple details of two stories
to group books into categories

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