CEOE Reading and Literacy Instruction 2

Question 1

Which comprehension strategy involves students forming mental pictures of events and characters while reading?

Accepted Answer

Visualizing scenes and details from the text

Answer

Visualization is a comprehension strategy where readers create mental images from descriptive text, which enhances engagement and memory for the material.

Question 2

What is the instructional purpose of a K-W-L chart in a reading lesson?

Accepted Answer

To activate prior knowledge, set purposes, and reflect on learning

Answer

A K-W-L chart (Know, Want to Know, Learned) activates prior knowledge before reading, establishes reading purposes, and helps students consolidate new learning afterward.

Question 3

When a student draws a conclusion that is not explicitly stated in the text but is supported by textual clues and prior knowledge, the student is:

Accepted Answer

Making an inference from the text

Answer

Inferencing requires combining implicit textual clues with prior knowledge to arrive at conclusions the author implied but did not directly state.

Question 4

Which text structure would an author use to explain why the Great Plains experiences frequent tornadoes?

Accepted Answer

Cause and effect

Answer

Cause and effect text structure explains why events occur by linking causes (geographic and meteorological conditions) to their resulting effects (tornado frequency).

Question 5

Reciprocal teaching is a comprehension strategy that incorporates which four specific strategies?

Accepted Answer

Predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing

Answer

Reciprocal teaching (Palincsar & Brown, 1984) uses four strategies—predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing—in structured student-led dialogue.

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CEOE Reading and Literacy Instruction 2