Deck 10: Integrating the Language Arts in the Content Areas

Question 1

__________ literacy is the ability to use reading and writing for the acquisition of new content.

Answer 1

content

Question 2

What are the organizational patterns of typical informational texts?

Answer 2

cause-effect, comparison-contrast, enumeration, problem-solution, sequence

Question 3

A(n) ________________ enables students to visualize the relationships among concepts.

Answer 3

graphic organizer

Question 4

A(n) _______________ is a categorization activity that uses a matrix to illustrate the similarities and differences between related terms.

Question 5

The _______________ wall chart indicates what students know before they study a topic, what they think they know, what they desire to learn, what they have learned, what evidence shows they have learned the topic.

Question 6

The ________________ strategy has pre-reading activities, activities while students read, and post-reading activities.

Question 7

A _____________________________analysis is a categorization activity that uses a matrix to illustrate the similarities and differences among terms.

Question 8

A(n) _______________ frame uses a cloze procedure of sentence starters to help organize a student's paragraph into one of the common organizational patterns of expository texts.

Question 9

________________________ is a vocabulary strategy that helps students expand, organize and remember new concepts.

Question 10

The separate skills approach to teaching language arts views reading and writing as activities that should be done for their own sake.

Question 11

Research indicates that the most logical place for developing reading and writing skills is in the content areas, such as science and social studies.

Question 12

Informational text has a particular structure that includes a setting, characters, theme, and plot.

Question 13

Cause-effect text describes important information about a particular topic.

Question 14

Sequence involves putting ideas and topics into a particular time order.

Question 15

Readability formulas help one determine the reading level of a particular text.

Question 16

In the cloze procedure, words are systematically deleted from a text passage.

Question 17

The Venn diagram illustrates the similarities and differences between related terms.

Question 18

Questioning is the most frequently used technique for aiding comprehension.

Question 19

The DR-TA is a strategy used to determine the reading level of a text.

Question 20

The GRP is designed to be used with groups.

Question 21

The assessment used while studying thematic units must include something other than teacher-made tests and worksheets with single right answers.

Question 22

How do children learn to read and write?

A) Memorizing words
B) Imitating other children
C) Reading and writing extensively
D) Watching television

Question 23

Readability, or text difficulty, includes all of the following EXCEPT

A) Length of sentence
B) Complexity of the language
C) Writing style of the author
D) Typeface used

Question 24

In the cloze procedure, what is done with individual words?

A) They are added
B) They are substituted
C) They are deleted
D) They are misspelled

Question 25

In the ReQuest procedure, what is the first step?

A) The student answers the question.
B) Both teacher and student read silently.
C) The teacher asks a question.
D) The student asks a question.

Question 26

All of the following strategies help the reading process EXCEPT

A) DR-TA
B) GRP
C) Reading guides
D) DISTAR

Question 27

Informational text includes all of the following EXCEPT

A) History
B) Science
C) Autobiography
D) Fiction

Question 28

One way for students to chronicle their learning, or to clarify certain aspects of learning, in a risk-free atmosphere is through which of the following?

A) Learning logs
B) Standardized tests
C) Chapter tests
D) None of the above

Question 29

What does SQ3R involve?

A) Reviewing, questions
B) Predicting, summarizing
C) Reviewing, clarifying
D) All of the above

Question 30

Which of the following is true regarding social literacy?

A) Encourages students to read and discuss social inequities
B) Requires students to memorize historical events
C) Is really a humorous contemporary story that students choose to read
D) None of the above

Question 31

Which of the following is true regarding a Frayer graphic organizer?

A) Helps students compare and contrast events
B) Helps students organize problems and solutions
C) Helps students give antonyms, synonyms, and examples of each of these words
D) None of the above

Question 32

Describe the benefits of the K--T-W-L-E and the DR-TA strategies.

Question 33

Describe how expository texts are organized, and illustrate what type of graphic organizer can be used for each.

Question 34

Compare and contrast dialogue journals and learning logs.

Question 35

Compare and contrast the benefits of semantic maps, semantic features analyses, and possible sentences as vocabulary building techniques.

Question 36

Explain the contributions of technology to reading and writing across the curriculum.

Question 37

Explain the stance of the Common Core State Standards on integrating informational text and language arts.