Kentucky Adult Educators Literacy Institute
"A WebQuest Adventure in Literacy"

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Automaticity Fluent performance without the conscious deployment of attention.2
Cloze Procedure A cloze procedure is a "fill-in-the-blanks" activity where the learner uses clues from the context to supply words that have been deliberately removed from the text.4
DURING reading strategies During reading activities:
bullet enhance the interactions between the students and the text
bullet allow students to respond personally to works of literature and to explore and compare their responses to those of others 
bullet facilitate students' comprehension
bullet focus students' attention on particular themes, issues, or characters
bullet encourage students to react to ideas, events, and characters
bullet call students' attention to effective uses of language
bullet allow students to identify what they find most meaningful in a reading selection3 (pages 50-52)
bullet http://www.somers.k12.ny.us/intranet/reading/guidedreading.html
   
Expository text provides information - i.e., Women in the Material World
by Faith D'Aluisio, Peter Menzel, Naomi Wolf
Fluency  Achieving speed and accuracy in recognizing words and comprehending connected text, and coordinating the two.2
Inquiry "Inquiry is an approach to learning that involves a process of exploring the natural or material world, that leads to asking questions and making discoveries in the search for new understandings."
(http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/inquirydesc.html)

For more information:  http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/ 
Interest Inventory "An interest inventory is a testing instrument designed for the purpose of measuring and evaluating the level of an individual's interest in, or preference for, a variety of activities; also known as interest test. Testing methods include direct observation of behavior, ability tests, and self-reporting inventories of interest in educational, social, recreational, and vocational activities."
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/g2699/0001/2699000184/p1/article.jhtml 
Narrative text tells a story - i.e., Holes by Louis Sachar
Onset-Rime Segmentation  Separating a word into the onset, the consonant(s) at the start of a syllable, and the rime, the remainder of the syllable. For example, in "swift," "sw" is the onset and "ift" is the rime.2
PRE-reading strategies Prereading activities:
bullet activate and build background knowledge on topics or concepts addressed in the book
bullet arouse students' curiosity, and motivate them to read
bullet promote personal responses to text by signaling students that their experiences, ideas, and thoughts matter
bullet provide a forum for eliciting students' feelings and reactions to ideas and issues suggested by a reading selection before interacting with those ideas in the text
bullet prompt students to examine their own beliefs3 (page 18)
bullet http://www.somers.k12.ny.us/intranet/reading/prereading.html
   
POST-reading strategies Post-reading activities:
bullet encourage reflection on ideas, themes, and issues encountered in the book
bullet facilitate analysis and synthesis of ideas
bullet promote personal responses and connections to ideas, themes, and issues encountered in the book
bullet extend comprehension beyond the immediate text
bullet facilitate organization of information3 (page 87) 
bullet http://www.somers.k12.ny.us/intranet/reading/postreading.html
Praxis action with reflection
Reading Comprehension  The ability to understand written language. Comprehension includes both getting the gist of the meaning and interpreting the meaning by relating it to other ideas, drawing inferences, making comparisons and asking questions about it.2
Tenet a doctrine, principle, belief, or opinion held as true by a school, sect, party or person1
Word Attack  An aspect of reading instruction that includes intentional strategies for learning to decode, sight read, and recognize written words.2
   
   

References:

1.  Barnhart, C. L. and Barnhart, R. K. (1986).  The world book dictionary.  Chicago:  World Book, Inc. 

2.  http://www.learningfirst.org/readingguide-all.html  

3.  Yopp, R. H. and Yopp, H. K.  (2001).  Literature-based reading activities, 3rd ed.  Boston:  Allyn and Bacon.  

4.  http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/literacy/ReferenceMaterials/GlossaryOfLiteracyTerms/WhatIsAClozeProcedure.htm 

 
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