FTCE ENGLISH 6-12 |
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
grammar - correct-answer -a description of how English works, NOT a set of rules
saying how someone is supposed to speak
traditional grammar - correct-answer -practicing this in isolation does not help
students
graphic organizer - correct-answer -A visual aid to help organize information.
effective strategies to analyze text: context clues - correct-answer -restatement,
example, comparison, contrast, parallelism
word structure(another strategy that assists with text analysis) - correct-answer -
learning prefixes, suffixes, base words, etc
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dictionary - correct-answer -students often disregard guide words
reading strategies to develop and enhance comprehension - correct-answer -
schema theory, metacognition, reciprocal reading, fluency choral reading
schema theory - correct-answer -The belief that new knowledge is connected to
related ideas one already knows. (prior knowledge)
metacognition - correct-answer -"Thinking about thinking" or the ability to
evaluate a cognitive task to determine how best to accomplish it, and then to
monitor and adjust one's performance on that task---students know what they
know and don't know and what they need to know
reciprocal reading - correct-answer -refers to an instructional activity that takes
place in the form of a dialogue between teachers and students regarding
segments of text. The dialogue is structured by the use of four strategies:
summarizing, question generating, clarifying, and predicting.