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Tutor Tip 9: Oral Cloze

Purpose: To encourage predicting.

Preparation Time: 5 minutes

Materials: reading passage

Preparation: Choose a reading passage with content familiar to your student.

Procedure:

Read out loud from a reading passage. Stop before a key word. Ask the student to tell you what the next word is.
If the student gives you the correct word, keep going. If the student gives you a word that means the same, keep going.
If the student gives you a word that does not mean the same as the target word, stop and read the sentence again. If he/she is still unable to give you the correct word, provide the word and continue.

Take time to review any sentences/vocabulary that were difficulty for the student.

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