Unit 6 LETRS Assessment
1. Which of the following statements best describes an effective way to
pre- pare students to listen to or read a text?: Establish the purpose for
reading the text and impart background knowledge.
2. Which of the following describes a product of comprehension, rather
than a process?: verbalizing a summary or retelling of the text after
reading
3. Which of these statements is not true of students with specific
comprehen- sion difficulties?: They rely less on context to guess on the
identity of the words.
4. Students with greater background knowledge of a text's topic are
more likely to:: remember more of what the text actually says
5. Which teaching strategy is most likely to help English Learners
construct a mental model of a texts meanings?: Provide visual context for
meaning-pictures, graphic organizers, objects, and/or actions.
6. Which statement explains the most important reason why formal
(standard- ized) tests of reading comprehension may be of limited value to
teachers?: - They typically do not indicate where instruction should
focus.
7. Which statement is not true about how student understanding of syntax
can affect comprehension?: The ability to process sentence structure has
little effect on comprehension.
8. What technique would be most relevant for teaching students to
compre- hend the structure of a fictional narrative?: using a story
grammar outline to make notes
9. Which sentence is most likely to challenge younger students'
language comprehension abilities?: Unless everyone can agree, we
will not play there again.
10. What activity would best create awareness of substitution as a
cohesive device?: having students underline words and phrases that
mean almost the same thing
1. Which of the following statements best describes an effective way to
pre- pare students to listen to or read a text?: Establish the purpose for
reading the text and impart background knowledge.
2. Which of the following describes a product of comprehension, rather
than a process?: verbalizing a summary or retelling of the text after
reading
3. Which of these statements is not true of students with specific
comprehen- sion difficulties?: They rely less on context to guess on the
identity of the words.
4. Students with greater background knowledge of a text's topic are
more likely to:: remember more of what the text actually says
5. Which teaching strategy is most likely to help English Learners
construct a mental model of a texts meanings?: Provide visual context for
meaning-pictures, graphic organizers, objects, and/or actions.
6. Which statement explains the most important reason why formal
(standard- ized) tests of reading comprehension may be of limited value to
teachers?: - They typically do not indicate where instruction should
focus.
7. Which statement is not true about how student understanding of syntax
can affect comprehension?: The ability to process sentence structure has
little effect on comprehension.
8. What technique would be most relevant for teaching students to
compre- hend the structure of a fictional narrative?: using a story
grammar outline to make notes
9. Which sentence is most likely to challenge younger students'
language comprehension abilities?: Unless everyone can agree, we
will not play there again.
10. What activity would best create awareness of substitution as a
cohesive device?: having students underline words and phrases that
mean almost the same thing
