Comprehension Through Cloze Book 1
Combining Cloze and Text Inspection Activities
Published on 11. September 2020
Other
Copymasters
143 pages
978-1-912760-55-8 (ISBN)
Description
Detailed drawings and interesting text make up this collection of comprehension activities. The book provides two distinct sections relating to each drawing and text:
1. Cloze activity pages:
Each picture-story provides the reader with two exercises.
First exercise: The reader is provided with a complete text and shows comprehension by completing the accompanying picture.
Second exercise: The reader shows comprehension by completing a cloze task based on the accompanying picture.
There is opportunity in some activities for slightly varied answers or drawings. If the answer or drawing provided can be justified by the instruction then it should be seen as acceptable.
Cloze comprehension provides an ideal indication of comprehension levels.
2. Comprehension strategy pages:
Each text has two additional comprehension pages that focus on a specific comprehension strategy. These pages can be used to teach these comprehension strategies.
The texts and activities enable teachers to provide variety to any English language programme.
Cloze is a reading comprehension activity in which words are deleted from a text. Readers are required to complete the blanks as they read to construct meaning.
When completing a cloze text, readers have to search on either side of the missing word in the sentence to find what should be included. Readers must consider context as well as vocabulary. Cloze is commonly used as an assessment method because of its many advantages.
Advantages of cloze:
* helps identify reader knowledge and understanding of the reading process;
* helps teachers work out the cueing systems readers use to construct meaning;
* can assess reader vocabulary and topic knowledge (and can also promote vocabulary production);
* helps readers monitor their understanding of a text as they read;
* encourages readers to think critically about, and analyse, a text;
* reinforces grammatical knowledge because readers need to work out what part of speech is required to fill
the gap; and
* reinforces syntactical knowledge (the arrangement of words and phrases in a sentence).
1. Cloze activity pages:
Each picture-story provides the reader with two exercises.
First exercise: The reader is provided with a complete text and shows comprehension by completing the accompanying picture.
Second exercise: The reader shows comprehension by completing a cloze task based on the accompanying picture.
There is opportunity in some activities for slightly varied answers or drawings. If the answer or drawing provided can be justified by the instruction then it should be seen as acceptable.
Cloze comprehension provides an ideal indication of comprehension levels.
2. Comprehension strategy pages:
Each text has two additional comprehension pages that focus on a specific comprehension strategy. These pages can be used to teach these comprehension strategies.
The texts and activities enable teachers to provide variety to any English language programme.
Cloze is a reading comprehension activity in which words are deleted from a text. Readers are required to complete the blanks as they read to construct meaning.
When completing a cloze text, readers have to search on either side of the missing word in the sentence to find what should be included. Readers must consider context as well as vocabulary. Cloze is commonly used as an assessment method because of its many advantages.
Advantages of cloze:
* helps identify reader knowledge and understanding of the reading process;
* helps teachers work out the cueing systems readers use to construct meaning;
* can assess reader vocabulary and topic knowledge (and can also promote vocabulary production);
* helps readers monitor their understanding of a text as they read;
* encourages readers to think critically about, and analyse, a text;
* reinforces grammatical knowledge because readers need to work out what part of speech is required to fill
the gap; and
* reinforces syntactical knowledge (the arrangement of words and phrases in a sentence).
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Ross
Ireland
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Children/juvenile
Dimensions
Height: 295 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-912760-55-8 (9781912760558)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Teacher Notes .................................... iv-ix
The Tooth Fairy
cloze ....................................................2-3
predicting......................................... 4-5
A Fish Adventure
cloze ....................................................6-7
visualising......................................... 8-9
The Elves and the Shoemaker
cloze .................................................10-11
making connections ...................12-13
Like a (Star)fish out of Water
cloze ................................................ 14-15
questioning ................................... 16-17
Great Goose!
cloze ................................................ 18-19
clarifying/declunking .............. 20-21
Crazy Crabs and Coconuts
cloze .............................................. 22-23
summarising ............................... 24-25
Scarecrow Food and other Food
cloze .............................................. 26-27
determining importance........ 28-29
Grasshopper and the Ants
cloze .............................................. 30-31
inferring ....................................... 32-33
Detective Dog
cloze ..............................................34-35
synthesising ................................36-37
School for Rabbits
cloze ..............................................38-39
visualising....................................40-41
Tortoise Tells
cloze ..............................................42-43
predicting................................... 44-45"
"Red Riding Hood and Wolf
cloze ............................................. 46-47
making connections ............... 48-49
The Friendly Giant
cloze .............................................. 50-51
questioning ................................. 52-53
Sweet Sam
cloze ..............................................54-55
clarifying/declunking ..............56-57
Giant Jeff
cloze ..............................................58-59
summarising ............................... 60-61
The Dinosaur Dance
cloze .............................................. 62-63
determining importance........64-65
The Butterfly Ball
cloze ..............................................66-67
inferring .......................................68-69
The Mummy Mystery
cloze ...............................................70-71
synthesising .................................72-73
Three Wishes
cloze ...............................................74-75
predicting.................................... 76-77
How to Make a Snowman
cloze .............................................. 78-79
visualising.................................... 80-81
The Farm Visit
cloze .............................................. 82-83
making connections ................84-85
The Pet Shop
cloze ..............................................86-87
questioning .................................88-89"
"The Bouncing Pumpkin
cloze .............................................. 90-91
clarifying/declunking .............. 92-93
Ghost in the Graveyard
cloze .............................................. 94-95
summarising ............................... 96-97
The Wooden Doll's House
cloze ..............................................98-99
determining importance... 100-101
The Beast in the Bog
cloze ......................................... 102-103
inferring .................................. 104-105
The Great Tagger
cloze ......................................... 106-107
synthesising ...........................108-109
Such a Clean Robot!
cloze ..............................................110-111
making connections ............... 112-113
I Don't Love to Hear Percussion!
cloze ............................................. 114-115
visualising................................... 116-117
The Long Journey
cloze ............................................. 118-119
predicting................................. 120-121
Sun, Moon and Water
cloze ........................................... 122-123
questioning .............................. 124-125
On a Cold, Rainy Night ...
cloze ........................................... 126-127
clarifying/declunking ...........128-129"
"Answers ......................................... 130-135
The Tooth Fairy
cloze ....................................................2-3
predicting......................................... 4-5
A Fish Adventure
cloze ....................................................6-7
visualising......................................... 8-9
The Elves and the Shoemaker
cloze .................................................10-11
making connections ...................12-13
Like a (Star)fish out of Water
cloze ................................................ 14-15
questioning ................................... 16-17
Great Goose!
cloze ................................................ 18-19
clarifying/declunking .............. 20-21
Crazy Crabs and Coconuts
cloze .............................................. 22-23
summarising ............................... 24-25
Scarecrow Food and other Food
cloze .............................................. 26-27
determining importance........ 28-29
Grasshopper and the Ants
cloze .............................................. 30-31
inferring ....................................... 32-33
Detective Dog
cloze ..............................................34-35
synthesising ................................36-37
School for Rabbits
cloze ..............................................38-39
visualising....................................40-41
Tortoise Tells
cloze ..............................................42-43
predicting................................... 44-45"
"Red Riding Hood and Wolf
cloze ............................................. 46-47
making connections ............... 48-49
The Friendly Giant
cloze .............................................. 50-51
questioning ................................. 52-53
Sweet Sam
cloze ..............................................54-55
clarifying/declunking ..............56-57
Giant Jeff
cloze ..............................................58-59
summarising ............................... 60-61
The Dinosaur Dance
cloze .............................................. 62-63
determining importance........64-65
The Butterfly Ball
cloze ..............................................66-67
inferring .......................................68-69
The Mummy Mystery
cloze ...............................................70-71
synthesising .................................72-73
Three Wishes
cloze ...............................................74-75
predicting.................................... 76-77
How to Make a Snowman
cloze .............................................. 78-79
visualising.................................... 80-81
The Farm Visit
cloze .............................................. 82-83
making connections ................84-85
The Pet Shop
cloze ..............................................86-87
questioning .................................88-89"
"The Bouncing Pumpkin
cloze .............................................. 90-91
clarifying/declunking .............. 92-93
Ghost in the Graveyard
cloze .............................................. 94-95
summarising ............................... 96-97
The Wooden Doll's House
cloze ..............................................98-99
determining importance... 100-101
The Beast in the Bog
cloze ......................................... 102-103
inferring .................................. 104-105
The Great Tagger
cloze ......................................... 106-107
synthesising ...........................108-109
Such a Clean Robot!
cloze ..............................................110-111
making connections ............... 112-113
I Don't Love to Hear Percussion!
cloze ............................................. 114-115
visualising................................... 116-117
The Long Journey
cloze ............................................. 118-119
predicting................................. 120-121
Sun, Moon and Water
cloze ........................................... 122-123
questioning .............................. 124-125
On a Cold, Rainy Night ...
cloze ........................................... 126-127
clarifying/declunking ...........128-129"
"Answers ......................................... 130-135