ICLA II EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
After reading strategies - ANSWER Strategic readers reflect on what
they have read, continue to integrate new information with old
information, evaluate the new information or use it in some way, and
seek additional information on the topic. Teachers use various
instructional activities to teach after-reading strategies (e.g.
summarizing, retelling, etc.)
Activating prior knowledge - ANSWER Comprehension involves relating
the unknown to the known. Teachers should model the process of how
to preview the text, generate ideas of what is already known about the
subject, and decide what knowledge should be acquired by reading the
text
Anticipation guide - ANSWER Listing of three or more debatable
statements about a topic on which students indicate whether they agree
with each statement before they read about a topic
Annotating Text - ANSWER A systematic summary of a text that is
created within a document. Fill in the information that is missing from the
text but that is important for understanding key ideas.
Antonym - ANSWER Words that are opposite or nearly opposite in
meaning
Argumentative Text - ANSWER Takes a position on an issue and
supports it. Writer responds to literary pieces, persuasive essays, and
responses to prompts that necessitate a position
Background Knowledge - ANSWER The prior knowledge a student has,
or is explicitly taught before to reading a text, related to the theme,
content, and/or topic of the text.
Basal Reader - ANSWER A series of readers or anthologies and
supplementary materials that gradually increase in difficulty, thus serving
, as steppingstones along a path that begins with emergent literacy and
extends through sixth-grade reading
Before Reading Strategies - ANSWER Strategic readers survey the text,
activate appropriate prior knowledge, predict what the text will be about,
set goals, and decide how to read the material. Using an anticipation
guide is one example of how teachers can implement a before reading
strategy.
Brainstorming - ANSWER Group discussion held to generate ideas and
solve problems.
Choral Reading - ANSWER Actively involving students as they read
aloud in unison, as a whole class or small group, along with a teacher or
more-capable reader.
Close Reading - ANSWER A careful analysis of the text. Typically
requires rereading to determine what the author is saying, the language
the author is using, the evidence being provided, and literary devices
and text structures. Students focus on text-dependent questions, but
they also make inferences and judgements based on the text
Comprehension - ANSWER The "essence of reading"; the process of
simultaneously extracting and constructing meaning through interaction
and involvement with written language; involves the reader, the text, and
the activity or purpose all situated within the sociocultural context
Comprehension Strategies - ANSWER Conscious plans that readers
apply and adapt to make sense of text and get the most out of what they
read
Concept Maps / Concept Sorts - ANSWER A graphic organizer that
shows the nature of a word's meaning relationships. Also called
semantic maps, word webs, and word maps
Connections - ANSWER Making text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-
world associations
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