Cloze+Passage


 * Cloze Passage**
 * 1) Place students in groups of two or three.
 * 2) Provide each group with a paragraph where blanks are strategically substituted for key vocabulary terms.
 * 3) Provide students with a list of words (preferably with a few more words than fit into the paragraph) and a dictionary (or text).
 * 4) Allow students to look up the vocabulary words and then, as a group, to discuss where each term might fit into the paragraph.
 * 5) When all students have completed the task, display the completed paragraph with the missing terms on the overhead. Discuss any discrepancies. Point out why certain words won’t fit a given sentence, but feel free to approve “creative” choices that fit even it they’re not the intended words.

This activity can also be done with poems. (Tankersley, 2005)

see also: Cloze