Comprehension Through Cloze Book 2
Combining Cloze and Text Inspection Activities
Published on 11. September 2020
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Copymasters
142 pages
978-1-912760-56-5 (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
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Dimensions
Height: 295 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-912760-56-5 (9781912760565)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Teacher Notes..................................... iv-ix
Morning Chores
cloze....................................................2-3
making connections...................... 4-5
A View of the Zoo
cloze....................................................6-7
inferring............................................. 8-9
What a Disaster!
cloze.................................................10-11
visualising........................................12-13
Ready Robots
cloze................................................ 14-15
determining importance........... 16-17
The World's Worst Little Sister
cloze................................................ 18-19
making connections................. 20-21
Foods of the Forest
cloze.............................................. 22-23
determining importance.........24-25
Which Way Would You Choose?
cloze.............................................. 26-27
visualising.....................................28-29
Cooking Show for Children
cloze..............................................30-31
summarising................................32-33
When Grandpa was a Boy
cloze..............................................34-35
inferring........................................36-37
Gardening Poem
cloze..............................................38-39
predicting.....................................40-41
Snorkelling
cloze..............................................42-43
clarifying/declunking.............. 44-45
Learning to Fly
cloze..............................................46-47
questioning................................. 48-49
The Clootie Tree
cloze.............................................. 50-51
synthesising.................................52-53
Ready to Ride
cloze..............................................54-55
summarising................................56-57
Pirate Pete
cloze..............................................58-59
questioning..................................60-61
Family Picnic
cloze..............................................62-63
making connections.................64-65
A Lovely Home
cloze..............................................66-67
inferring........................................68-69
The Viking Ship
cloze.............................................. 70-71
predicting......................................72-73
Sand Fox Cubs
cloze...............................................74-75
visualising..................................... 76-77
Cara the Crane
cloze.............................................. 78-79
summarising................................80-81
My New Room
cloze..............................................82-83
visualising.....................................84-85
Mister Shoemaker
cloze..............................................86-87
predicting.....................................88-89
Animals in the Circus
cloze..............................................90-91
synthesising................................. 92-93
Mister Fancy Pants
cloze..............................................94-95
questioning..................................96-97
What Nasty Children!
cloze..............................................98-99
synthesising............................ 100-101
What a Strange Hill!
cloze......................................... 102-103
clarifying/declunking..........104-105
Ally the Adventurer
cloze......................................... 106-107
predicting................................108-109
Jane's House
cloze..............................................110-111
inferring....................................... 112-113
The Lighthouse
cloze............................................. 114-115
determining importance........ 116-117
Tubing Trouble
cloze............................................. 118-119
making connections.............. 120-121
Hidden Kittens
cloze........................................... 122-123
clarifying/declunking............ 124-125
Naughty Sheep
cloze........................................... 126-127
questioning...............................128-129
Answers..........................................130-134
Morning Chores
cloze....................................................2-3
making connections...................... 4-5
A View of the Zoo
cloze....................................................6-7
inferring............................................. 8-9
What a Disaster!
cloze.................................................10-11
visualising........................................12-13
Ready Robots
cloze................................................ 14-15
determining importance........... 16-17
The World's Worst Little Sister
cloze................................................ 18-19
making connections................. 20-21
Foods of the Forest
cloze.............................................. 22-23
determining importance.........24-25
Which Way Would You Choose?
cloze.............................................. 26-27
visualising.....................................28-29
Cooking Show for Children
cloze..............................................30-31
summarising................................32-33
When Grandpa was a Boy
cloze..............................................34-35
inferring........................................36-37
Gardening Poem
cloze..............................................38-39
predicting.....................................40-41
Snorkelling
cloze..............................................42-43
clarifying/declunking.............. 44-45
Learning to Fly
cloze..............................................46-47
questioning................................. 48-49
The Clootie Tree
cloze.............................................. 50-51
synthesising.................................52-53
Ready to Ride
cloze..............................................54-55
summarising................................56-57
Pirate Pete
cloze..............................................58-59
questioning..................................60-61
Family Picnic
cloze..............................................62-63
making connections.................64-65
A Lovely Home
cloze..............................................66-67
inferring........................................68-69
The Viking Ship
cloze.............................................. 70-71
predicting......................................72-73
Sand Fox Cubs
cloze...............................................74-75
visualising..................................... 76-77
Cara the Crane
cloze.............................................. 78-79
summarising................................80-81
My New Room
cloze..............................................82-83
visualising.....................................84-85
Mister Shoemaker
cloze..............................................86-87
predicting.....................................88-89
Animals in the Circus
cloze..............................................90-91
synthesising................................. 92-93
Mister Fancy Pants
cloze..............................................94-95
questioning..................................96-97
What Nasty Children!
cloze..............................................98-99
synthesising............................ 100-101
What a Strange Hill!
cloze......................................... 102-103
clarifying/declunking..........104-105
Ally the Adventurer
cloze......................................... 106-107
predicting................................108-109
Jane's House
cloze..............................................110-111
inferring....................................... 112-113
The Lighthouse
cloze............................................. 114-115
determining importance........ 116-117
Tubing Trouble
cloze............................................. 118-119
making connections.............. 120-121
Hidden Kittens
cloze........................................... 122-123
clarifying/declunking............ 124-125
Naughty Sheep
cloze........................................... 126-127
questioning...............................128-129
Answers..........................................130-134