Walking pneumonia (also called atypical pneumonia because it's different from the typical bacterial pneumonia) is common in teens and is often caused by a tiny microorganism, Mycoplasma pneumoniae (pronounced: my-co-PLAZ-ma noo-MO-nee-ay).
The cloze procedure is an informal tool for assessing students comprehension. Teachers use the cloze procedure to gather information about readers abilities to deal with the content and structure of texts they are reading.
Creating a Cloze Passage. There are several different methods used to create cloze passages. All of these methods entail finding a passage that is at the target student's reading level and deleting words in a pattern. The range for deleting words depends on reading ability and what kind of skills you wish to assess.