Deck 7: Literacy in the Content Areas

Question 1

What would be the most effective strategy for assisting students in expository writing?

A) Anticipation guides
B) Poetry writing
C) Data charts
D) Graphic organizers

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What is a summary?

A) A three paragraph essay that paraphrases the beginning, middle, and end of an expository chapter
B) A concise review of the most important information presented by the author
C) A personal paraphrase of the material read
D) A retelling of the material read

Answer 2

B

Question 3

When would it be most useful to assist students in identifying the structure of the text to be read?

A) Before the students read the text
B) During lesson preparation and planning
C) As the students read the text
D) After the students have read the text

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What does previewing expository text give to students?

A) An alternative to reading it
B) An additional strategy for understanding difficult text
C) Additional notes
D) An overview of the text structure and what to expect as they read

Question 5

Which of the following are the important elements of narrative text?

A) Setting, characters, problems, solutions
B) Beginning, middle, end
C) Introduction, body, conclusion
D) Lead, evidence, transitions, and resolution

Question 6

When struggling with too many details and dates, which tool would be most beneficial for a student needing help with chronology?

A) Venn diagram
B) Writing a summary
C) Graphic organizer
D) I-search

Question 7

An anticipation guide is helpful in building students' background knowledge and predictions for reading by providing which of the following?

A) An outline of upcoming reading
B) Notes for upcoming reading
C) Multi-media presentations of the information contained in upcoming reading
D) A series of agree/disagree statements developed from upcoming reading

Question 8

Venn diagrams are particularly useful for helping students understand which of the following?

A) Causation
B) Comparison
C) Narration
D) Definition

Question 9

Which of the following activities allows students to share what they know about a topic or concept using a writing method in which they explore various aspects of the concept and respond to six key questions about it.

A) ROW
B) SQ3R
C) Cubing
D) FLIP strategy

Question 10

After completing informational reading, what should the strategic reader be able to do?

A) Complete any questions that have been provided by the teacher or the textbook
B) Reflect on the significance of the information and systematically organize what has been learned
C) Write a summary or a paraphrase
D) Continue with work in other academic subject areas

Question 11

__________ refers to the use of reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and visually representing as tools for learning subject matter.

Question 12

The purpose of __________ material is to explain, describe, or persuade.

Question 13

In a retelling, the student is trying to include as much information as possible, but in a __________ there is quite a different expectation-that is, to be concise.

Question 14

__________ provide a visible structure that can assist the writer with expository forms.

Question 15

_______________ literacy encourages students to think like scientists, mathematicians, historians, musicians, and artists.

Question 16

__________ writing has the purpose of presenting a proposal that is explained and supported with examples or evidence.

Question 17

A structured way to activate learners' prior knowledge about a topic and create interest in the topic is through __________

Question 18

A __________ serves as an organizational structure for keeping track of research questions, notes, and information from several sources.

Question 19

It is the lack of familiarity with __________ text structure that is generally the reason that some students experience difficulty with content area reading.

Question 20

A structured outlining technique called the __________ helps students who struggle to organize the most important information from expository material.