A group of athletic fifth grade students read and discussed the novel, Travel Team, a story about neighborhood basketball teams. Their teacher correctly realized that her students almost seemed to comprehend the novel better than she did primarily because they:
a) played on basketball teams and had the background knowledge and vocabulary
b) were able to apply phonics generalizations as they read
c) did not have a genuine interest in the story
d) were able to discuss the novel with their parents
Answer: a) played on basketball teams and had the background knowledge and vocabulary
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