Exam 12: Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum

A group of students examined a list of words and then decided which ones they thought were related to the textbook chapter. These students participated in an activity known as:

To help students use textbooks effectively, teachers remind them to:

Gloria kept a journal on her desk as she read a textbook chapter about the solar system. She divided each page of her journal into two columns. She wrote questions in one column and answers to the questions in the opposite column. Gloria's journal is an example of a:

As they studied the topic of recycling, a group of students prepared posters, diagrams, and timelines, read Internet articles, and wrote poems. These students participated in a:

After reading many books and magazine articles about tennis star Serena Williams, fourth grade student Caroline pretended that she was Serena Williams and she began writing journal entries using the viewpoint of the famous athlete. Caroline's writing is an example of a:

The school district requires teacher Ryan Drexel to use a social studies textbook which his sixth grade students have trouble reading. List four steps the teacher could take to help his students use the content-area textbook.

When planning a thematic unit, teachers should:

Of the following, the most effective way to activate students' background knowledge is to use:

A common thread or unifying feature of a project is known as the:

When students take notes in class, they should:

A technique which helps students to be consciously aware of whether they are likely to find the answer to a question "right there" on the page, between the lines, or beyond the information provided in the text is:

Interdisciplinary units that integrate reading and writing with social studies, science, and other curricular areas are known as:

Teacher Donna Rutgers was given a science textbook and correctly advised that she should:

To help his students retain information as they read, a sixth grade teacher would like to teach a strategy that incorporates before, during, and after-reading components and encourages students to review material. An appropriate technique would be:

Because they wanted the principal to reverse his decision on the school's dress code, sixth grade students wrote compositions from their own viewpoints in which they expressed the need for change. Their writing could most appropriately be classified as:

While planning a unit on the California Gold Rush, a fourth grade teacher found a trade book that he thought his students would enjoy. A few of the students, however, were not able to read it independently. List two steps could a teacher take to help students who have difficulty reading specific trade books independently.

As she read the novel, Esperanza Rising, eleven-year-old Marissa wrote her favorite lines on sticky-notes. She then arranged the lines to create a poem. That type of poem is known as a (n):

A few students in Diane Sand's class have difficulty reading their textbooks independently. Of the following, the best way to help these students would be for the teacher to:

When fifth grade teacher Emily Fox announced that she was planning a unit on famous musicians, her students wanted to help. How can students participate in planning a unit?

Students conduct authentic research when they: