Module 1: Activity 2

a.     What is corandic? “Corandic is an emurient grof with many fribs

b.     What does corandic grank from? Corandic granks from corite, an olg which cargs like lange.”

c.     How do garkers excarp the tarances from the corite? “Garkers excarp by glarcking the corite and starping it in tranker-clarped storbs. The tarances starp a chark which is exparged with worters, branking a slorp.”

d.     What does the slorp finally frast? “The slorp is garped through several other corusces, finally frasting a pragety, blickant crankle: coranda.”

e.     What is coranda? “Coranga is a cargurt, grinkling corandic and borigen.”

f.      How is the corandic nacerated from the borigen? “The corandic is nacerated from the borigen by means of loracity.”

g.     What do the garkers finally thrap? “The garkers finally thrap a glick, bracht, glupous grapant, corandic, which granks in my starps.”

How is it that you are able to answer such questions?

The reason I was able to answer the questions above is because the “blonke” passage stated word for word the answers to the questions. I was able to recall key phrases from the questions and find the answers quickly in the reading.

What does this experience suggest about the kinds of “comprehension” questions found in workbooks and on standardized tests?

This passage automatically assumed that the reader had background knowledge on Corandic, which often time’s occurs in a classroom. It relates to standardized tests in that students read the questions and look for key phrases in the reading in order to answer the questions. Students may have no idea what the passage is about, but they are able to look for key terms that are found in the comprehension questions and refer to the passage to answer them correctly. These questions do not require students to comprehend the story or recall details. After reading a story or passage, students should be able to recall details that are not directly stated in the text. According to Weaver, reading comprehension involves ones past experience and knowledge about the world and about language.