RED 315 Chapter 9 Vocabulary

Is a procedure in which the reader demonstrates comprehension by supplying missing words. Cloze is short for “closure,” which is the tendency to fill in missing or incomplete information.

• Cloze

• Retelling

• Picture walk

• Wait time

Refers to a type of reading in which the reader evaluates or judges the accuracy and truthfulness of the content.

• Cloze

• Critical reading

• Native advertising

• Text structure

Is an adaptation of the guided reading lesson (or the directed reading activity) in which readers use preview and prediction strategies to set their own purposes for reading.

• Retelling

• Story grammar

• Directed reading–thinking activity (DR–TA)

• Informational text

Is an instructional framework within which the teacher supplies whatever help or guidance students need to read a story successfully. It is an updated version of a framework known as the directed reading activity (DRA).

• Taxonomy

• Story maps

• Wait time

• Guided reading

Is writing that is designed to explain or provide information.

• Informational text

• Picture walk

• Responsive elaboration

• Critical reading

Is the practice of creating promotional pieces that mimic the form and function of their environment, such as a promotional piece that appears in a newspaper but is similar to and appears close to feature articles. Native ads are frequently labeled as “sponsored content.”

• Cloze

• Native advertising

• Slanted writing

• Story elements maps

Is a procedure in which the teacher previews a text picture by picture and discusses vocabulary words, expressions, and concepts that may pose problems for the students. See text walk.

• Text walk

• Guided reading

• Picture walk

• Text structure

Is a procedure in which the teacher analyzes a student’s thought processes in order to determine how to adjust or elaborate instruction so as to redirect the student’s thinking.

• Retelling

• Critical thinking

• Native advertising

• Responsive elaboration

Is telling a story that one has read or heard. Retelling is used to check comprehension or gain insight into a student’s reading processes.

• Retelling

• Taxonomy

• Story maps

• Critical reading

Is writing that uses emotionally charged words and specially chosen details to create an unfairly favorable or unfavorable impression about a person, place, object, or idea.

• Taxonomy

• Slanted writing

• Picture walk

• Text walk