CLOZE

READING
STRATEGY
Topic: Identifying context
clues in a reading text
and sentences.
 Activity: (Students will be doing an activity using cloze reading strategy
before the discussion of the topic.)
 Directions:
1. The class will be group into 5 members in each group.
2. Each group will be given three sheets of papers with reading texts and
sentences.
3. Each member of the group will help each other in reading and answering the
given sheets within 10 minutes.
4. Write your answers on the blanks.
5. Write also the names of the group on the sheet of papers given to you.
6. After answering, the papers will be checked and scores will be recorded as
points in participation.
7. One of each group member will say something on how they come up with
their answers.
 Complete the story by choosing from the words inside
the box
Junk food nutritious food hospital processed food

Mother prepares ________________ for my snacks. These are boiled

bananas, a bottle of milk, and slices of mango. She doesn’t like to give me
money as my baon. She knows that I will buy, _________________ from
the store. She doesn’t prepare __________________ either. Based on her
experience, eating processed food like tocino, ham, and hotdog has once
put her life in danger. She had a kidney problem and was confined in the
____________________ for a week. She promised not to eat those food
anymore.
Mother prepares nutritious food for my snacks. These are
boiled bananas, a bottle of milk, and slices of mango. She
doesn’t like to give me money as my baon. She knows that I
will buy, junk food from the store. She doesn’t prepare
processed food either. Based on her experience, eating
processed food like tocino, ham, and hotdog has once put her
life in danger. She had a kidney problem and was confined in
the hospital for a week. She promised not to eat those food
anymore.
 Complete the paragraph by selecting words in the box.

honest thoughtful brightest height eight

John Mark D. Cruz is an _______________ year old boy.
He is a Grade 4 pupil. He is the smallest pupil in the class. His
_____________ is only 2 feet and 8 inches. Though he’s small,
he is the ___________________ pupil in their class. Moreover,
he is __________________ and _______________ according to
Mr. Gelido, his adviser.
 John Mark D. Cruz is an eight year old boy. He
is a Grade 4 pupil. He is the smallest pupil in the
class. His height is only 2 feet and 8 inches.
Though he’s small, he is the brightest pupil in
their class. Moreover, he is honest and thoughtful
according to Mr. Gelido, his adviser.
 Complete the paragraph by selecting words in the box.

delighted honest thoughtful bright

Pangasinan is one of the progressive provinces in the

country. You will be ___________ to see and visit the
place because of its beauty and grandeur.
The people are open-minded with _____________
ideas to improve the province. Aside from that, they are
industrious and _____________________.
 Pangasinan is one of the progressive provinces in
the country. You will be delighted to see and visit the
place because of its beauty and grandeur.
The people are open-minded with bright ideas to
improve the province. Aside from that, they are
industrious and thoughtful.
 CLOZE reading strategy/procedure
 Is a reading comprehension activity in which words are omitted from a
passage and students are required to fill in the blanks.
 Is incredibly useful in reading instruction because it can be easily done
by any teacher and provides valuable reading comprehension
information.
 This activity can be a powerful way to help students use context clues to
decide which word will fill the gap.
 This also provides students practice in reading key words and using
them orally.
 This can also be done in game form like Quiz Bowl.
 Benefits of cloze reading activity:
• Teaches the skill of using context clues
• Emphasises active reading for meaning, not word by word reading.
• Give students practice in predicting and understanding language structures in expository
text.
• Makes students more aware of the reading process – the predicting and confirming process
and the use of background knowledge.
• Gives students experience in using clues to the sentence and paragraph structure such as
signal words and connectives.
• Encourages students to notice and use information presented on a page such as headings,
sub-headings and graphics.
• Discussion following the exercise gives students opportunities to use words orally in
context, discuss concepts and actively process information.
• Gives the teacher valuable information on individual student’s ability to handle language.
 How to prepare a cloze:
o Select carefully the words to delete, making sure there are
clues in the text for each missing word.
o Delete a mixture of words, not just “content” or specialist
words; not only nouns; choose at least one which signals the
sentence or paragraph structure such as because, secondly,
subsequently.
o Try to delete some words for which there are several
alternatives. This will promote discussion.
 How to use the cloze:
 Give each student a copy of the prepared text and explain how to fill the
gaps.
 Students work on their own to write the word/s in each gap.
 In pairs or small mixed groups students discuss their responses and decide
which alternatives are better.
 Facilitate a class discussion, using students responses. Possible
alternatives are discussed and useful strategies pointed out such as using
context to work out an unknown word using headings and graphics.
 Emphasis is placed on words which makes sense and are appropriate
rather than the ‘correct’ words.
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