Unit 7: Chp. 12

Question 1

Disciplinary Reading / Content Area Reading:

Answer 1

students apply their literacy skills in reading informational texts in order to gain knowledge in subject areas such as math, science, ect.

Question 2

Expository Text Structures:

Answer 2

Compact, detailed, and explanatory.

Question 3

Content Analysis:

Answer 3

the purpose is to identify the important facts, concepts, and generalization in any given unit of study.

Question 4

Lexile@ Framework:

Answer 4

a way to determine the difficulty level of a text to help match learners with reading materials on their ability level.

Question 5

Text Dependent Questions:

Answer 5

can not be answered by students using their prior knowledge alone or test taking skills and draws the student back into the text to reread it.

Question 6

Before, During, and After Reading (B-D-A):

Answer 6

teachers plan for what students do before they read a new informational text, while they are reading it and after they read it to crystallize their learning.

Question 7

Concept Map:

Answer 7

a graphic organizer showing the relationship between concepts.

Question 8

Written Academic Learning Summaries(WALS):

Answer 8

an evidence based activity that helps students write about what they are learning from disciplinary texts.

Question 9

Frayer Model:

Answer 9

a classic graphic organizer that helps students understand vocabulary and concepts in relation to what is already known.

Question 10

Problem Based Learning (PBL):

Answer 10

a diologic, student centered learning strategy that has students conduct research based on targeted theories within the discipline and apply what they are learning to find answers to a specific problem.