"Cloze Sentence" or "Fill in the Blank"??

[Addict]

I am making a worksheet generator, and don't know what it should be called. I've always known this to be called "fill in the blank", but Jennifer says it is now called "Cloze Sentence"

Is there a difference?


Sam goes to the ______ to buy food.
Jenny drives her ______.
Billy got homework from his _______.

Teacher, Car, Store

What is 'most used'?

[hweber]

From what I understand, a Cloze activity is used when you have the text and then reproduce that text leaving out some of the key words and then kids have to fill in the blank, referring back to the original text. It is a comprehension activity. Hope this helps.

[Clix]

I've always known cloze texts to be more comprehensive; you have a paragraph or more with words left out & students can fill in words to show they understand the surrounding context.

[Addict]

Ok. So I now have it to a place where people can see it (though I am still working on it).

What would you call it?
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/printable-worksheets/make-your-own/fill-in-the-blank/

If you find problems, or have suggestions - I am open to those as well - but I am looking to title this, and I think maybe calling it both "Cloze Sentence" and "Fill in the Blank" so I can catch people who want both? Does it satisfy both titles?

Thanks for your input!

P.S. I just realized that the 'word bank' on the right doesn't dynamically update in IE (it works properly in Firefox) - So I need to fix that :(

[silvana]

What you have describe is called a cloze procedure in the UK, since no matter what the purpose of the sentence the goal is to cloze the gap.

[Addict]

Oops! It only works in Firefox and Chrome, and doesn't work in the 2 most popular browsers for this site: IE and Safari.


EDIT: It now works in all those browsers.:waving:

[Boxcar]

I've always heard this refered to as "Fill in the Blank". It might depend on where you're from. I know that until I actually read the thread I didn't know what the other way meant.

[Addict]

See, I thought the same as Boxcar. I would like to get more feedback on what this 'should' be titled.... everyones vote counts!!

[Addict]

Ok, just looking through some places and definitions, it appears that "cloze" pretty much gives you words to fill in the blanks with. Fill-in-the-blank might provide the words, but doesn't need to...

Does that sound reasonable?