WGU C365: Language Arts Instruction
And Intervention Questions And
Answers
Constructivismi-iCorrectiAnswer-
Thisiputsitheichildiatitheicenteriofitheilearningiprocess,isoithatitheyicanib
uildiandiconstructitheiriowniknowledgeithroughicriticalithinkingiandiwri
ting,iinquiry,iandidiscoveryipractices,isuchiasireaditoilearniandiwriteitoile
arn.iThisiisicontrastedifromimoreitraditionalimethodsiofi'drilli&ikill'iandir
oteimemorization.iConstructivismivaluesicreatingideepericonnectionsit
oitheicontent.
GuidediInstructioni-iCorrectiAnswer-
Thisipartiofitheiinstructionaliprocessifollowsipresentationiproceduresian
dimodeling.iDuringiguidediinstruction,itheiteacheriworksiwithitheistude
ntsiactivelyitoisupportithemiinitheidevelopmentiofiaiskillioristrategyiorit
oicompleteiaitask.iForiexample,iduringiguidediinstruction,itheiteacheria
ndistudentsimightiworkitogetheritoiwriteioneiparagraphiasiaisampleipar
agraphitogether.iTheiteachericouldithenidisplayithatiparagraphionianian
chorichartitoiserveiasianiexampleiforiwhenistudentsiareireleasediintoiind
ependentipractice.
Co-shaping/Re-Voicingi-iCorrectiAnswer-
Thisiisiaistrategyiuseditoireframeistudenticontributionsitoiassistithemiini
bridgingitheigapibetweeniwhatitheyiareisayingiandioftenitheiacademicil
anguageiweiuseitoidiscussitheitopicioricontent.iForiexample,iStudent:i"R
,abbitsigetieateniailotibyiotherianimals,ilikeihawks".iTeacher:i"Yes,irabbit
siareipreyianimals".
LanguageiExperienceiStoriesi-iCorrectiAnswer-
Theiteacherianditheistudentsiwriteiaboutianiexperienceihadibyitheientir
eiclass.iTheiteacheriwritesiasitheistudentsidictateitheiriideas.iPicturesica
nibeidrawniarounditheistoryioripicturesitakenifromitheieventicanibeipost
ediarounditheistoryitoihelpichildrenimakeiconnections.iThisistrategyicani
beiuseditoisupportiELLs.
Wordisortsi-iCorrectiAnswer-
Sortingiwordsiintoidifferenticatagories.iExample:iwordsithaticontaini-
okeiisioneicategory,iwordsithaticontaini-
opeiisianothericategory,ietc.iThereiareitwoidifferenticategories.iOpeniisi
whenistudentsicategorizeitheiwordsitheiwayiitimakesisenseitoithem.iClo
sed:iTeacherinamesitheicategoriesiandistudentsisortiwordsitoithoseicate
gories.
BasaliLiteraturei-iCorrectiAnswer-
Thisiisianianthologyiofireadingsi(orisetiofireaders)ithatiareilevelediforistu
dentsitoiprogressithroughiiniailinearifashion.iAsiaipublishedireadingicurri
culum,iitialsoiincludesiaiworkbookiforistudents,iaiteacherimanual,iandiof
teniincludesiextensioniactivitiesiandimodifications.iItidoesinotialwaysiap
pealitoistudentiinterestiandicanifeeliveryi'lockistep'iiniitsiapproach,ibutiiti
doesitargetispecificireadingiskillsihelpfuliforiemergentireaders.
,CoreiLiteraturei(Literature-basediapproach)i-iCorrectiAnswer-
Thisiapproachiisiwhenitheiteacherireliesionichildren'sibooksi(ex.iPicture
books,itradeibooks,ichapteribooks,ietc.).iThisiofteniallowsiforistudents'ii
nterestsitoibeitakeniintoiaccountiasiwelliasitargetingispecificithemes,ito
pics,ietc.iTheiaestheticsiofichildren'sibooksialsoimakesithemiappealing.i
Whileipublishersimayihaveieducationalisupportiforiaibook,iitiisinotiguara
nteed,inoricanitheiqualityiorieducationalivalueicountediupon.
Schemai-iCorrectiAnswer-
Thisiisitheiorderedibackgroundiknowledgeistudentsihaveioniaiparticulari
topic,ipeople,iplaces,ithings,iandievents.i.iTappingiintoiaistudent'siknowl
edgeicanibuildicontenticonnectionsiandideepenilearning.
GraphiciOrganizersi-iCorrectiAnswer-
Visualidevicesidesigneditoihelpitheireaderinoteirelationshipsibetweenik
eyiconcepts,imainipoints,ibasicisteps,iorimajorieventsiiniaiselection.i(Aft
eriStrategy)
Readingiworkshopi-iCorrectiAnswer-
Readersiworkshopiisidedicateditimeiinitheiclassroomitoisupportireadingi
skillidevelopment.iItihasimultipleicomponentsitoiit,iincludingiwholeiclas
si(orismalligroup)imini-
lessonitoifocusionioneiskill,istrategy,iorireadingibehavior.iThenistudentsi
shiftitoiworkshopitimeiwhereitheyiself-
selectiaibookitoipracticeitheiskill.iShareitimei(conferencing)icanihappenii
nigroupsiori1-1.iBasedioniindividualineedsiofistudents.
, GuidediReadingi-iCorrectiAnswer-
Teacherimeetsiwithiaismalligroupiofistudentsionisameireadingiabilityilev
eliandiguidesistudentsithroughitheireadingipassageiselectedibyitheiteac
her.iMini-
lessonifocusesioniaireadingiskilliselectedibyitheiteacher.iGuidedireadingii
sipartiofi"ReadersiWorkshop".iWheniotheristudentsiareireadingiindepe
ndently,iteacheriisiconductingiGR.
Culturallyiresponsiveiteachingipracticesi-iCorrectiAnswer-
Pedagogyithatirecognizesitheiimportanceiofiincludingistudents'iculturali
referencesiinialliaspectsiofilearning.iIncludesipositiveiperspectivesionipa
rentsiandifamilies,icommunicationiofihighiexpectations,ilearningiwithini
theicontextioficulture,istudent-
centerediinstruction,iculturallyimediatediinstruction,ireshapingitheicurr
iculum,iteacheriasifaciliator.
Lexilei-iCorrectiAnswer-
Theileveliofiaibookiisideterminedifromitheiuseiofianialgorithmithatimeas
ureihowidifficultitheitextiisibasedioniaspectsisuchiasitheilengthiandicomp
lexityiofiwords,isentences,iandiparagraphs.iTeachersicanilookiupilexileis
coresiforicoreiliteratureitoidetermineiifitheibookiisilevelediappropriatelyi
foritheiclassioriaiparticularistudent.
crossicurriculari-iCorrectiAnswer-
Thisiteachingiandilearningifostersiconnectionsiamongicontentiareas.iFori
example,ireadingiaisetiofipoemsiaboutinocturnalianimalsiandithenistudy
ingitheianimalsiiniscience.
