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WorksheetsRica Reading Comprehension
Total questions: 77
Worksheet time: 39mins
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Class
Date
1.
What two tasks does the automaticity theory state that the reader must do?
a)
Decode words and understand the meaning of the text.
b)
Have prior knowledge in subject matter and correct spelling
c)
Understand fiction and nonfiction
d)
Be able to speak in more than one language and translate to English
2.
What are the three types of literacy comprehension?
a)
Fiction, non-fiction, and historical fiction
b)
Literal, inferential, and evaluative
c)
Literal, optional, and opinion
d)
Language, interference, and elevation
3.
Which one of the levels of comprehension require that you use your "head" instead of focusing on surface meaning?
a)
Literal
b)
Inferential
c)
Evaluative
d)
Inferential and evaluative
4.
Which of the following sentences would be considered a compound sentence?
a)
The monkey wore a suit.
b)
The monkey wore a suit to work.
c)
The monkey suit.
d)
The monkey wore a suit, and his monkey friends laughed.
5.
An expository text is often fiction.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Which is the best explanation for the importance of oral language in developing comprehension?
a)
For most children there is a correlation between oral language skills and reading comprehension.
b)
Children have to perfect oral language before they even being to read.
c)
If a student can speak a language orally, then they should also read it just as well.
d)
There is no relationship between oral language and reading comprehension.
7.
According to Zarillo, what two task does a teacher reading aloud to students help the students develop?
a)
Inferential and literal comprehension
b)
expository vocabulary
c)
Literal and evaluation comprehension
d)
Inferential and evaluation comprehension
8.
According to Zarillo, what two task does a teacher reading aloud to students help the students develop?
a)
Inferential and literal comprehension
b)
expository vocabulary
c)
Literal and evaluation comprehension
d)
Inferential and evaluation comprehension
9.
According to Zarillo, what two task does a teacher reading aloud to students help the students develop?
a)
Inferential and literal comprehension
b)
expository vocabulary
c)
Literal and evaluation comprehension
d)
Inferential and evaluation comprehension
10.
According to Zarillo, what two task does a teacher reading aloud to students help the students develop?
a)
Inferential and literal comprehension
b)
expository vocabulary
c)
Literal and evaluation comprehension
d)
Inferential and evaluation comprehension
11.
According to Zarillo, what two task does a teacher reading aloud to students help the students develop?
a)
Inferential and literal comprehension
b)
expository vocabulary
c)
Literal and evaluation comprehension
d)
Inferential and evaluation comprehension
12.
Which most accurately would not occur in a strategic read aloud?
a)
A teacher will read a section aloud to the class.
b)
The children will take turns reading aloud.
c)
Comprehension questions will be asked after the readings.
d)
Students read any book they want alone.
13.
What are two types of text based discussions?
a)
Instructional conversations and Book talk
b)
Instructional Conversations and Questioning the author
c)
Debate and speech
d)
Questioning the author and summarizations
14.
According to the principles that reading lesson should be taught, children should be grouped together based on.....
a)
birthday
b)
multiple different reading levels
c)
first language spoken
d)
reading level
15.
The instructional conversational strategy works well for English Learners, and is meant to avoid the questions that only have one answer.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
How does frequent independent reading help to reinforce reading comprehension?
a)
The more the students read the better they get at it.
b)
Students can focus more quietly reading.
c)
Students independently read and guess what vocabulary means.
d)
Students should aim to read independently at a higher reading level than they usually read at.
17.
How should comprehension lessons be implemented?
a)
Comprehension lessons should be created for small groups of children, and discussions within these small groups should take place.
b)
The teacher should teach a long lesson to the entire class.
c)
Comprehension should be left to the student to figure out on their own through worksheets.
d)
The teacher will need to really focus on the students that have the highest reading level, and have all students read at that level.
18.
How does each individual letter correlate with the lesson in KWL?
a)
K is what students already know about a subject, W is what they want to learn, and L is after the reading takes place, what the studnets learned.
b)
K is for knowing, and students list everything they know about a particular subject, L is for language that they know, and L is for the library books they found on the topic.
c)
K is for what students already know about a subject, w is where they learned the information, and L is for what students learn after they read the text.
d)
KWL does not mean anything.
19.
What is PreP?
a)
Prep is a preparation teacher's use to get reader to teach reading
b)
PreP is a new program that Prepare students for AR quizzes
c)
PreP is a prereading strategy where students engage in discussion about a topic. It helps to create background knowledge.
d)
PreP is a medicine you use to treat an infection you may get at school.
20.
When teachers lead children through illustrations that appear in a story before the story is read, this is called a....
a)
Picture Viewing
b)
Picture Walk
c)
Picturing the Story
d)
Pretty Picture
21.
Which of the following in not a type of QAR?
a)
Right there
b)
Somewhere else
c)
Author and you
d)
On my own
22.
Which grownup classification system does QAR replace?
a)
Expository and narrative
b)
Grammar classifications
c)
Fiction, nonfiction, and historical fiction
d)
Literal, Inferential, and Evaluative
23.
Which of the following strategic reading strategies is when a student puts something into their own words that happened in the story?
a)
summarizing
b)
paraphrasing
c)
adjusting reading rate
d)
generating questions
24.
______________is a reading strategy that consists of stopping when you are confused and doing something to bring clarity to your reading.
a)
Classifying
b)
Predicting
c)
Adjusting reading rate
d)
clarifying
25.
______________is a reading strategy that consists of stopping when you are confused and doing something to bring clarity to your reading.
a)
Classifying
b)
Predicting
c)
Adjusting reading rate
d)
clarifying
26.
______________is a reading strategy that consists of stopping when you are confused and doing something to bring clarity to your reading.
a)
Classifying
b)
Predicting
c)
Adjusting reading rate
d)
clarifying
27.
______________is a reading strategy that consists of stopping when you are confused and doing something to bring clarity to your reading.
a)
Classifying
b)
Predicting
c)
Adjusting reading rate
d)
clarifying
28.
When a teacher begins by demonstrating each individual part of the lesson, but then slowly releases more or the lessons so it is up to the student, this model is called...
a)
Teaching as a student
b)
Gradual Release of Responsibility
c)
Modeling Reading Comprehension
d)
Teacher Demonstration
29.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of reciprocal teaching?
a)
The students read text and work independently on a worksheet with little direct instruction.
b)
The teacher models the strategy by using oral think aloud.
c)
The strategies included are predicting, generating questions, clarifying, and summarizing.
d)
The students will eventually learn to use the practice independently.
30.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of reciprocal teaching?
a)
The students read text and work independently on a worksheet with little direct instruction.
b)
The teacher models the strategy by using oral think aloud.
c)
The strategies included are predicting, generating questions, clarifying, and summarizing.
d)
The students will eventually learn to use the practice independently.
31.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of reciprocal teaching?
a)
The students read text and work independently on a worksheet with little direct instruction.
b)
The teacher models the strategy by using oral think aloud.
c)
The strategies included are predicting, generating questions, clarifying, and summarizing.
d)
The students will eventually learn to use the practice independently.
32.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of reciprocal teaching?
a)
The students read text and work independently on a worksheet with little direct instruction.
b)
The teacher models the strategy by using oral think aloud.
c)
The strategies included are predicting, generating questions, clarifying, and summarizing.
d)
The students will eventually learn to use the practice independently.
33.
Which of the following postreading activities encourages students to discover similar experiences they have had in their own lives to a particular story?
a)
Summarizing and retelling
b)
Sharing personal perspectives
c)
Visualizing what they read
d)
Text to Self Connections
34.
Which of the following postreading activities encourages students to discover similar experiences they have had in their own lives to a particular story?
a)
Summarizing and retelling
b)
Sharing personal perspectives
c)
Visualizing what they read
d)
Text to Self Connections
35.
Which of the following postreading activities encourages students to discover similar experiences they have had in their own lives to a particular story?
a)
Summarizing and retelling
b)
Sharing personal perspectives
c)
Visualizing what they read
d)
Text to Self Connections
36.
What category of postreading activites would making a Venn Diagram fall under?
a)
Summarizing and Retelling
b)
Text Text
c)
Sharing Personal Persepctive
d)
Visual/Graphic Representations
37.
Students that are struggling readers need to build up their foundational skills, what strategy is useful in this endeavor?
a)
Giving students lower reading books
b)
Reteaching, additional practice, and concrete examples.
c)
The red and green answers are both correct.
d)
Oral presentation of grade level text
38.
What is a strategy that teachers should use for English Learners in teaching comprehension?
a)
Put them in groups with advanced learners.
b)
Give them extra worksheets.
c)
Go over vocabulary.
d)
Explicitly teaching comprehension strategies, and reteaching those strategies.
39.
What is an example of a way that teachers can differentiate instruction in comprehension for advanced learners?
a)
Allow advanced students to use the grownup categories of literal, inferential, and evaluative rather than the QAR system.
b)
Let them teach the class comprehension lessons.
c)
The advanced learners need to do the same work as the rest of the class.
d)
Give the advanced learners busy work.
40.
Which one is not a reason the retelling of a story is an effective measure of comprehension?
a)
Checklists can be made, and the teacher can evaluate what aspects the student was able to understand.
b)
Retelling is unintimidating to the student, and is an easy way to express what the student got out of a reading.
c)
The teacher can aide the student with questions during the retelling to assist them in organizing their thoughts.
d)
Retelling shows how students would do on a formal test.
41.
Why is a flaw that written assessments have in comprehension evaluation strategies?
a)
Written assessments show writing skills only.
b)
Written assessments do not provide information on the student's thought process.
c)
Written assessments are a waste of time.
d)
Writing has nothing to do with reading.
42.
Which assessment tests the students on the three forms of comprehension?
a)
Progress Monitoring
b)
Summative
c)
Entry Level
d)
Advanced Testing
43.
When analyzing assessment results the purpose is to...
a)
show where students are underperforming and why.
b)
To diagnose learning disabilities
c)
To compare students with each other.
d)
To isolate the students that are struggling.
44.
Teachers should create standard based class profiles. By creating class profiles the teacher can decide which of the following?
a)
Which students need to be held back.
b)
Which students have a learning disability
c)
Helps the teacher seat the students in class.
d)
If all students need to be taught certain aspects of comprehension, or if just a small group needs instruction.
45.
Teachers can teach students about various types of literary genres by exposing students to many examples, and through direct instruction, listing their common elements.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
An Epic is a short poem that tells a nonfiction story.
a)
True
b)
False
47.
Which of the following is not an example of a characteristic of each literary genre?
a)
Character
b)
Plot
c)
Setting
d)
Reading level
48.
The teacher should use direct instruction, and use the literary elements for discussions, and assignments. Which literary element will contribute to the feeling you have while reading a story?
a)
style
b)
plot
c)
therme
d)
mood
49.
Which of the following does a story map help the reader do most specifically?
a)
Define vocabulary
b)
Visualize and connect information in the story
c)
Locate different locations in the story
d)
Learn how to read
50.
Which of the following statements would be an example of the figurative language of a hyperbole.
a)
The butterfly is a flower of the earth.
b)
She was so embarrassed should felt she would die.
c)
Apples are like nature's candy.
d)
The boy new when his mom gave him that look that he was in big trouble.
51.
Which is an example of personification?
a)
The baseball player had strong arms.
b)
His dog smiled with delight.
c)
The lip of the cup was hot, and burned her mouth.
d)
Her mom did not want dirt in the house.
52.
When doing writing journals about reading, how can teachers make this activity more effective for their students?
a)
Students should use various prompts that pertain to the texts to stimulate response.
b)
Teachers should allow students the freedom to write whatever they want
53.
When doing writing journals about reading, how can teachers make this activity more effective for their students?
a)
Students should use various prompts that pertain to the texts to stimulate response.
b)
Teachers should allow students the freedom to write whatever they want
c)
Writing Journals should not be used for reading comprehension.
d)
Teachers need to do the writing journal at the same time each day.
54.
Which is not one of the possible topics that Zarillo lists as supportive comprehension writing topics for literature?
a)
Plot analysis
b)
Character Analysis
c)
Features of the Genre
d)
Opinion of the story
55.
Story maps are not an effective tool for struggling readers, and tend to make comprehension even more confusing.
a)
True
b)
False
56.
Why is clarifying cultural context of stories important to English Learners/Non Standard English speakers?
a)
They may no nothing of US culture.
b)
There culture may be different.
c)
Cultural norms of the United States may not make sense, or make the story difficult to follow.
d)
The story should be changed to fit the culture of the students.
57.
How can teachers help students that are English Learners to better understand vocabulary?
a)
By giving the students a dictionary.
b)
By preteaching vocabulary, and pointing out key words and the definition of those words.
c)
By letting students ask a student that knows.
d)
By getting rid of texts with difficult words.
58.
Which is not a recommended type of assessment that should be used when evaluating student understanding of literature?
a)
Student and Teacher Read Aloud
b)
Oral and Written
c)
Free and Focused
d)
Students evaluate other students
59.
Which statement best describes a text to text connection?
a)
A text message sent from one student to another about the book.
b)
The text is decided if it is expository or literary.
c)
Students write a review of the book in text message format.
d)
Students relate a text they have read to another text they have read.
60.
One way for the teacher to analyze student responses about literary text is to see if students are able to site specific evidence from the book to support their perspectives.
a)
True
b)
False
61.
What is progress monitoring assessment of reading comprehension based on?
a)
Standardized test scores
b)
Daily activities
c)
Reading speed
d)
Response to prompts by teacher
62.
Which below best defines expository texts?
a)
Texts that expose children to real life situations
b)
Transmit information, and are written in a different format than narrative texts.
c)
Non fiction text
d)
Texts that are biographical
63.
Which of the following below would not be considered a expository text?
a)
Social Studies book
b)
Thesaurus
c)
Encyclopedia
d)
Harry Potter
64.
Expository texts tend to have the following text structures....
a)
cause and effect, problem and solution, comparison/contrast, sequence, and description
b)
cause and effect, definitions, descriptions, characters
c)
useless information
d)
all fiction
65.
Guide words are not very important in expository text.
a)
True
b)
False
66.
Graphic features in an expository text include charts, maps, diagrams, and illustrations.
a)
True
b)
False
67.
What is linking when teaching comprehension in expository texts?
a)
Linking is connecting the expository text to your own life experience.
b)
Linking is when you connect many subjects together.
c)
Linking is something you do to link paper clips together.
d)
Linking is used to connect what was previously learned and what they are expected to learn.
68.
How can a teacher focus student attention during and after readings?
a)
Using a study guide can help teachers show students what information is most important.
b)
A teacher can show a movie.
c)
A teacher can let students figure out what is essential for themselves.
d)
A teacher will give a pop quiz.
69.
A study guide based on text structure is very effective in expository texts because students follow along in the text and fill in missing information.
a)
True
b)
False
70.
Data retrieval charts are effective because...
a)
Students can look up the answers in their cell phones.
b)
They do not require a great deal of writing and focus on the essential information
c)
They graph out information.
d)
Students do not need to know much to fill them out.
71.
Which of the following was not one of the ways listed in Zarillo of how to evaluate an expository text?
a)
"how to" texts
b)
Persuasive
c)
Graphic organizers
d)
Playing a game
72.
Lessons on organization of the encyclopedia, using guide words, scanning for information all provide skills in ...
a)
baseball
b)
research
c)
listening
d)
writing
73.
Which of the following does not need to be considered when thinking of an appropriate research topic?
a)
Is the topic too narrow or too broad?
b)
Are there adequate resources on this topic?
c)
Am I interested in this topic?
d)
What time is lunch?
74.
Struggling readers will benefit from the teacher scaffolding on key processes, vocabulary instruction with real objects and diagrams, and....
a)
copying off a partner
b)
Doing an alternative activity
c)
assistance on reading of the text, by hearing it orally, or working with the teacher.
d)
Working in small groups
75.
How would a teacher use text structures for assessment?
a)
The teacher would give a multiple choice test.
b)
The teacher would have students do a word search.
c)
The teacher would have students write an essay.
d)
The teacher would provide a "skeleton" and the student would have to fill in the missing parts.
76.
Teacher observation and anecdotal records are not a good way to evaluate a student's research skills.
a)
True
b)
False
77.
This quiz is awesome!
a)
True
b)
False
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