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Cloze Activities

Mikayla Gerber
What are cloze activities?
★ Written texts in which some words are left out and blanks
are inserted
★ Examples:
Purpose
★ To assess reading comprehension through analyzing
the word choices students make
★ This allows teachers to evaluate the students’
understanding of the meaning of a text
Grouping
★ Pairs or Small group
○ Allows students to discuss their choices and justify their
selection of words
★ Individual
○ Allows students to show their understanding of the meaning
of a text or vocabulary.
Teacher Role
★ Model and introduce
★ Prepare a cloze activity to meet the needs of your
students
★ Group students for instruction
Student Role
★ Participate and complete the activity
★ Collaborate with peers
Classroom Application
★ Used to teach vocabulary terms in all content areas
★ Mainly used when teaching English language learners
the meaning within a reading
○ Allows them to focus on the context of the a reading while
focusing on their prediction skills

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