Mr. Simms realizes that although his students are all readers, they need help to use context to define words. The teacher decides to try instruction in the use of antonyms. a thesaurus to use with the dictionary. instruction using the cloze procedure. instruction in how to effectively use a dictionary.

INSTRUCTION USING THE CLOZE PROCEDURE.

Commonly used in examination and tests, the close procedure is a form of written examination in which candidates are required to provide WORDS that have been OMITTED from sentences, thereby demonstrating their KNOWLEDGE and COMPREHENSION of the text.

This gives students/candidates the ability to use context to define words.

For example

I saw a man lay his jacket on a puddle for a woman crossing the street. I thought that was very .

Options; Romantic, chivalrous, foolish, cheesy.

Depending on the understanding of the candidate, it can be any of this answer, but using context and if this statement has been culled from a longer text, then the answer will be given according to context.