Reading development in automotive era.

ENG 122 English Composition

Answered

Question:

1. Identify at least one reading demand from the domain specific text "The Age of the Automobile" that could make the text challenging to a fourth grade student.

2. Choose two of the comprehension processes discussed in this session. Then use those two processes to respond to Question #3. Choose from: making connections to prior knowledge, generating questions, creating visual mental images, making inferences, determining importance, synthesizing, monitoring reading and applying fix-up strategies.

3. Describe how a proficient reader would use each process while reading the passage to monitor comprehension and self-correct. Include details from the passage and examples of questions, statements, thoughts, etc. that a student may create while reading.

Prompt:

1. How are oral language and writing important to a student's reading development?

2. Describe an information intensive classroom. Why is an information intensive classroom important for reading development?

Prompt:

Mr. Jones has been teaching his class how to create visual images as they read to increase their comprehension. Students read a portion of an assigned text. Then they draw a quick picture or write a brief description of the visual image they created while reading.

1. How could Mr. Jones use the students' responses as an informal assessment to make instructional decisions for his students?

Chapter Objectives

Understand that effective comprehension processes rely on well-developed language, strong inference making, background knowledge, comprehension monitoring and self-correcting.

Understand the importance of comprehension monitoring and self-correcting to increase reading proficiency.

Understand the reading demands posed by domain specific texts.

Understand the impact of oral language, writing, and an information intensive environment upon reading development.

Understand the role of formal and informal assessment of comprehension in making instructional decisions to meet individual student needs.

Get instant help from 5000+ experts for