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Using the Cloze Procedure



Cloze procedure is one of many ways to assess students' vocabulary background knowledge. According to Richardson & Morgan (2003), the term **cloze** was first used by Wilson Taylor in 1953 to express "the tendency to perceive things as wholes, even if parts are missing." Readers completing a cloze passage must rely of prior knowledge and context to complete the activity. By using a cloze procedure a teacher can determine if their students are prepared to take on upcoming material. Below I have included some helpful links for using cloze passages with ELLs and an example of a high school appropriate cloze activity.

Websites for Using Cloze Procedure with ELLs 

[|Colorín Colorado- Developing Fluent Readers] [|UNC College of Education- Cloze Activity Page] [|ESL Partyland- Cloze Activity Bank] [|Vocabulary Instruction for ELLs @ EverythingESL.net] [|Cloze Maker- Online Tool]

Below you will find my cloze passage example from Julia Alzarez's //Before We Were Free//. 



References: Morgan, R. & Richardson, J. (2003). //Reading to learn in the content areas//. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.

 Jessica de Araujo Jorge Graduate Student [|Middle Tennessee State University] jlm2w@mtmail.mtsu.edu Foreign Language Department Chair [|Hendersonville High School] jessica.dearaujojorge@sumnerschools.org