Comprehension Through Cloze Book 3
Combining Cloze and Text Inspection Activities
Published on 11. September 2020
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Copymasters
143 pages
978-1-912760-57-2 (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
978-1-912760-57-2 (9781912760572)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Teacher Notes..................................... iv-ix
A Super Reading Power
cloze....................................................2-3
predicting.......................................... 4-5
Fishy Friends
cloze....................................................6-7
visualising.......................................... 8-9
Young Sherlock Holmes
cloze.................................................10-11
making connections....................12-13
It's a Dog's Life
cloze................................................ 14-15
questioning.................................... 16-17
False Alarm
cloze................................................ 18-19
clarifying/declunking............... 20-21
Blackbeard, the Pirate
cloze.............................................. 22-23
summarising................................24-25
Emma, the Seeing-eye Dog
cloze.............................................. 26-27
determining importance.........28-29
The Stone in the Hoof
cloze..............................................30-31
inferring........................................32-33
Where There's Smoke ...
cloze..............................................34-35
synthesising.................................36-37
The Circus Comes to Town
cloze..............................................38-39
visualising.....................................40-41
Friendly Aliens
cloze..............................................42-43
predicting.................................... 44-45
Danger: Volcano Erupting
cloze..............................................46-47
questioning................................. 48-49
Atlantis, the Lost City
cloze.............................................. 50-51
visualising.....................................52-53
The Night of the Big Wind
cloze..............................................54-55
making connections.................56-57
A Kite, a Key and Electricity
cloze..............................................58-59
determining importance.........60-61
Growing Plants and Pets
cloze..............................................62-63
inferring........................................64-65
Vampires
cloze..............................................66-67
inferring........................................68-69
The Stranger
cloze.............................................. 70-71
synthesising..................................72-73
Forest Secret
cloze...............................................74-75
predicting..................................... 76-77
Cracking the Code
cloze.............................................. 78-79
visualising.....................................80-81
The Baking Accident
cloze..............................................82-83
making connections.................84-85
Eldred, the Knight and the Spider
cloze..............................................86-87
questioning..................................88-89
Taj Mahal
cloze..............................................90-91
clarifying/declunking............... 92-93
The Great Wall of China
cloze..............................................94-95
summarising................................96-97
The Rose City of Petra
cloze..............................................98-99
determining importance.... 100-101
Christ the Redeemer Statue
cloze......................................... 102-103
inferring...................................104-105
Machu Picchu Festival
cloze......................................... 106-107
synthesising............................108-109
Past and Future Collide
cloze..............................................110-111
predicting.................................... 112-113
Gladiator Games
cloze............................................. 114-115
visualising.................................... 116-117
At the Olympic Games
cloze............................................. 118-119
making connections.............. 120-121
Nice to be Needed
cloze........................................... 122-123
questioning............................... 124-125
Hot Potatoes
cloze........................................... 126-127
clarifying/declunking............128-129
Answers..........................................130-135
A Super Reading Power
cloze....................................................2-3
predicting.......................................... 4-5
Fishy Friends
cloze....................................................6-7
visualising.......................................... 8-9
Young Sherlock Holmes
cloze.................................................10-11
making connections....................12-13
It's a Dog's Life
cloze................................................ 14-15
questioning.................................... 16-17
False Alarm
cloze................................................ 18-19
clarifying/declunking............... 20-21
Blackbeard, the Pirate
cloze.............................................. 22-23
summarising................................24-25
Emma, the Seeing-eye Dog
cloze.............................................. 26-27
determining importance.........28-29
The Stone in the Hoof
cloze..............................................30-31
inferring........................................32-33
Where There's Smoke ...
cloze..............................................34-35
synthesising.................................36-37
The Circus Comes to Town
cloze..............................................38-39
visualising.....................................40-41
Friendly Aliens
cloze..............................................42-43
predicting.................................... 44-45
Danger: Volcano Erupting
cloze..............................................46-47
questioning................................. 48-49
Atlantis, the Lost City
cloze.............................................. 50-51
visualising.....................................52-53
The Night of the Big Wind
cloze..............................................54-55
making connections.................56-57
A Kite, a Key and Electricity
cloze..............................................58-59
determining importance.........60-61
Growing Plants and Pets
cloze..............................................62-63
inferring........................................64-65
Vampires
cloze..............................................66-67
inferring........................................68-69
The Stranger
cloze.............................................. 70-71
synthesising..................................72-73
Forest Secret
cloze...............................................74-75
predicting..................................... 76-77
Cracking the Code
cloze.............................................. 78-79
visualising.....................................80-81
The Baking Accident
cloze..............................................82-83
making connections.................84-85
Eldred, the Knight and the Spider
cloze..............................................86-87
questioning..................................88-89
Taj Mahal
cloze..............................................90-91
clarifying/declunking............... 92-93
The Great Wall of China
cloze..............................................94-95
summarising................................96-97
The Rose City of Petra
cloze..............................................98-99
determining importance.... 100-101
Christ the Redeemer Statue
cloze......................................... 102-103
inferring...................................104-105
Machu Picchu Festival
cloze......................................... 106-107
synthesising............................108-109
Past and Future Collide
cloze..............................................110-111
predicting.................................... 112-113
Gladiator Games
cloze............................................. 114-115
visualising.................................... 116-117
At the Olympic Games
cloze............................................. 118-119
making connections.............. 120-121
Nice to be Needed
cloze........................................... 122-123
questioning............................... 124-125
Hot Potatoes
cloze........................................... 126-127
clarifying/declunking............128-129
Answers..........................................130-135