Jenny Bowyer SEOH ed572 3-2-2012 Assignment 2 MAZE

NAME:_______________________________ Date:_____________________________ Directions: Circle the word that best completes the sentence.

Long ago, the Earth was covered in darkness. None of the creatures (live, living, shirt) there knew what daylight looked like. One day, all (of, so, off) the animals of the (forest, yard, house) gathered together in a (parking lot, clearing,, bathtub). They wondered if it (wood, smelled, would) be better to remain (around, on, in) darkness or if it (has, would, am) be better to also (have, has, be) light. Deer, Chipmunk, Raccoon, (Woolf, Wolf, It), Bear, and many other (stuff, her, creatures) climbed to the to (of, off, a) the highest mountain. The (Mountain, mountain, place) stood so tall that there were no trees on its (top, spot, there), and it was covered (any, so, only) with rocks. Millions of ( stars, starts, boxes) blinked in the dark (ski, jungle, sky) overhead. The biggest and (most, best, moist) powerful animal in the (tree, forest, leaf) was the bear, and (my, he, his) was the first to (reach, jump, lift) the mountaintop. Bear stood (in, too, on) the highest peak, looked (in, out, so) over the forest below, (and, an, be) argued for remaining in (darkness, lite, dark). He said that the ( creations, creatures, cookies) of the forest would (be, bee, on) able to sleep better (to, in, gum) darkness because there would (see, be, bay) no light to keep (this, them, how) awake. Most of the (another, other, his) animals were afraid, and (they, hey, to) agreed with Bear. Raccoon (spoke, the, said) that he did not (mind, head, toe) the darkness because he (wuss, was, to) so smart the he (kin, sees,

could) find plenty of food, (even, every, stuff) in the dark. Wolf (can, was, would) easy to please, too. (She, Shy, Am) didn't mind the darkness (cause, because, did) she could howl in (dark, moon, darkness) or in light. But (on, it, one) animal did stand up to (Bear, Bare, Dust). Chipmunk, the smallest of (a, the, to) animals, argued it (wood, would, see)be better to have both light and dark. Chipmunk (it, will, was) very clever. As Bear (continued, continent, because) to argue for darkness, (her, she, then) made very good arguments (for, flour, sum) light. Slowly, the night passed. (Bare, Gums, Bear) grew tired of talking, (but, is, bit) Chipmunk chattered on and (inn, on, be), as if she had (all, owl, at) of the energy in (hum, the, then) world. As the other ( humans, animals, germs) dropped off to sleep, (one, in, won) by one, Chipmunk kept (authority, arguing, tell). Finally, the first sunrise ever seen by the animals appeared over the top of the mountain.

ANSWER KEY MAZE Assignment 2 Long ago, the Earth was covered in darkness. None of the creatures (live, living, shirt) there knew what daylight looked like. One day, all (of, so, off) the animals of the (forest, yard, house) gathered together in a (parking lot, clearing, bathtub). They wondered if it (wood, smelled, would) be better to remain (around, on, in) darkness or if it (has, would, am) be better to also (have, has, be) light. Deer, Chipmunk, Raccoon, (Woolf, Wolf, It), Bear, and many other (stuff, her, creatures) climbed to the to (of, off, a) the highest mountain. The (Mountain, mountain, peace) stood so tall that there were no trees on its (top, spot, there), and it was covered (any, so, only) with rocks. Millions of ( stars, starts, boxes) blinked in the dark (ski, jungle, sky) overhead. The biggest and (most, best, moist) powerful animal in the (tree, forest, leaf) was the bear, and (my, he, his) was the first to (reach, bumo, lift) the mountaintop. Bear stood (in, too, on) the highest peak, looked (in, out, so) over the forest

below, (and, an, be) argued for remaining in (darkness, lite, dark). He said that the ( creations, creatures, cookies) of the forest would (be, bee, on) able to sleep better (to, in, gum) darkness because there would (see, be, bay) no light to keep (this, them, how) awake. Most of the (another, other, his) animals were afraid, and (they, hey, to) agreed with Bear. Raccoon (spoke, the, said) that he did not (mind, head, toe) the darkness because he (wuss, was, to) so smart the he (kin, sees, could) find plenty of food, (even, every, stuff) in the dark. Wolf (can, was, would) easy to please, too. ( She, Shy, Am) didn't mind the darkness (cause, because, did) she could howl in (dark, moon, darkness) or in light. But (on, it, one) animal did stand up to (Bear, Bare, Dust). Chipmunk, the smallest of (a, the, to) animals, argued it (wood, would, see)be better to have both light and dark. Chipmunk (it, will, was) very clever. As Bear (continued, continent, because) to argue for darkness, (her, she, then) made very good arguments (for, flour, sum) light. Slowly, the night passed. (Bare, Gums, Bear) grew tired of talking, (but, is, bit) Chipmunk chattered on and (inn, on, be), as if she had (all, owl, at) of the energy in (hum, the, then) world. As the other ( humans, animals, germs) dropped off to sleep, (one, in, won) by one, Chipmunk kept (authority, arguing, tell). Finally, the first sunrise ever seen by the animals appeared over the top of the mountain.

Bowyer,J Maze Assessment The assessment procedure for MAZE is as follows: readers who score 57% correct or higher are considered an independent reading level, readers who score 44% to 56% are considered at instructional level, and less than 43% at frustration level. Interestingly enough, another passage from Gillet,J.W. & Temple, C. (1990). Understanding

reading problems:assessment and instruction quote Gutherie et al., 1974 states that readers with scores of 85% or better at the independent level, scores between 50% and 85% at the instructional level, and below 50% at the frustration level. The passage is 300 words and will be used for older students such as 4th-6th grade to show how well students can predict or infer words that will fill in the blanks which creates a completeness to the passage. This is also used to measure general comprehension. The criterion is for students to 20WCPM in one minute.