-OAT- Outstanding Achievement Tutorial (Reading)
There are four sections that will be covered on the OAT:
- Acquistion of Vocabulary
- Reading Process
- Informational Text
- Literary Text
This tutorial page is meant to be used with the OAT- Outstanding Achievement Tutorial book provided by Harrison Junior School. This area can help students practice on those skills needed to excel on the Ohio Achievement Test.
Acquisition of Vocabulary:
- Use context clues and text structures to determine the meaning of new vocabulary.
- Infer word meaning through identification and analysis of analogies and other word relationships.
- Apply knowledge of connotation and denotation to learn the meanings of words.
- Use knowledge of symbols, acronyms, word origins and derivations to determine the meanings of unknown words.
- Use knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meanings of complex words.
- Use multiple resources to enhance comprehension of vocabulary
Now let’s practice!
-Word of the Day:
www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/junior
www.wordcentral.com/buzzword/buzzword.php
-Games for Vocabulary Practice:
www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=11&act=3&que=1
http://www.shsu.edu./~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/contextclues1pretest.html
www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?num=11&act=2&que=1
www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=11&act=4&que=1
http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/vic01.html
http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/vic02.html
-Analogies:
Reading Process:
- Determine a purpose for reading and use a range of reading comprehension strategies to better understand text.
- Apply effective reading strategies, including summarizing and making predictions and comparisons, using information in text, between text and across subject areas.
- Make meaning through asking and responding to a variety of questions related to text.
- Apply self-monitoring strategies to clarify confusion about text and to monitor comprehension.
Let’s try some of these!
-Predictions:
www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makingpredictionsp.cfm
www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makingpredictionsp.cfm
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/litplace/r980109f.htm
-Summarizing:
www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=11&act=4&que=1
-Remember, go with what is stated in the text:
www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=5&act=2&que=1
web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/reading/index.htm
Informational Text:
- Use text features and graphics to organize, analyze, and draw inferences from content and to gain additional information.
- Recognize the difference between cause and effect and fact and opinion to analyze text.
- Explain how main ideas connect to each other in a variety of sources.
- Identify arguments and persuasive techniques used in informational text.
- Explain the treatment, scope and organization of ideas from different texts to draw conclusions about a topic.
- Determine the extent to which a summary accurately reflects the main idea, critical details and underlying meaning of original text.
Let’s practice!
www.worsleyschool.net/socialarts/factopinion/factopinion.html
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/inthenews/newstome/0130.shtml
Literary Text:
- Describe and analyze teh elements of character development.
- Analyze the importance of setting.
- Identify the elements of plot and establish a connection between an element and a future event.
- Differentiate between the points of view in narrative text.
- Demonstrate comprehension by inferring themes, patterns, and symbols.
- Identify similarities and differences of various literary forms and genres.
- Explain how figurative language expresses ideas and conveys mood.
Let’s try some out!
-General Comprehension Questions:
web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/reading/index.htm
-Point of View:
www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/maintainpointp2.cfm
www.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/authorpovpostest.html
-Figurative Langauage:
www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmatch/sm1.htm
General Comprehension Tests:
