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Checkpoint Quiz (5Q's)

TOTAL POINTS 5

1. What kind of reader is the “Tin Man”? (Choose the best answer.) 1 / 1 point

One who thinks reading is “passive,” so he or she does not connect reading with active
strategies (like asking questions, predicting, thinking about the text, and evaluating the
author’s ideas) and the need to interact with a text.

One who is disrespectful to the teacher.

One who does not have enough world knowledge to make good predictions while
reading, and so often cannot fully comprehend a text.

One who thinks that reading is a waste of time and so does not enjoy it, preferring
instead to watch movies or interact on social media.

Correct
Yes, that's correct.

2. According to Dorothy, reading is most like what sport? (Choose the best answer.) 1 / 1 point

Tennis, because reading is an active exchange between two players: the reader and
the author.

Swimming, because it’s risky to do in a rainstorm.

Badminton, because even un-athletic people can do it.

Basketball, because you read in a team.

Correct
Yes, that's correct.

3. What purposes may pre-reading activities serve? (Check all that apply.) 1 / 1 point

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Give the reader some practice with summarizing.

Build vocabulary.

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Provide background information, thus increasing interest and motivation.

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Connect the reader’s prior knowledge, experiences, and opinions to the text.

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4. Building ________________, or packets of information or knowledge, can help readers 1 / 1 point

better connect their own past knowledge/experience to the text and predict while reading.
(Choose the best answer.)

Predictions

Schemata

Buildings

Post-reading activities

Correct
Yes, that's correct. Schemata are pockets of knowledge that are formed through
study and life experience. Connecting and building on existing schemata allows
students to make more educated predictions while reading, and thus improves
their comprehension and retention.

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5. What concepts did Dorothy employ to help motivate the social-media loving, selfie-taking 1 / 1 point
Lion? (Check all that apply.)

Autonomy, or allowing students to find literature that fits their own interests and ideas.

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Immediacy, or designing a lesson that is personally meaningful and immediately useful

for the reader.

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Future authenticity, or assigning students reading which they may be able to use in
their own lives.

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Entropy, or the concept that all reading, if left unguided, will dissolve into chaos.

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