AKA: Prediction Guide, Anticipation Prediction Guide, Anticipation/Reaction Guide

A teacher prepared worksheet that students use to respond to statements before reading and again after reading

Often structured as a series of statements with which the students can choose to agree or disagree 

Use with fiction as well as non-fiction Use on an individual basis or small groups

Focuses on major ideas in the text Activates prior knowledge Stimulates curiosity about the text

and motivates students to read Requires students to justify or

change answers based on reading Reverse misconceptions

Identify the major concepts you want students to learn from the reading

Prepare a list of statements about the topic

Statements can be based on facts or be centered on opinions

Step 1. Distribute the A-R Guide to students, with directions to write their responses to each statement.

Step 2. Students then are directed to read, and, after reading, respond again to the A-R Guide statements. 

Step 3.  Begin discussion by asking whether anyone changed their responses to any of the A-R Guide statements after they had read the selection.

Write statements that focus on the ideas in the text that you want your students to think about

Write statements for which information can be located in the text to either support or oppose each statements

Make sure students understand this activity is used to jog their memory and not serve as a true/false test

Use the guide as a preparation for a preliminary discussion on one or more of the ideas as a way to introduce a text

Develop one or more of the statements as writing prompts

Have students write the page or paragraph number on which they found confirmation for or a difference from their pre reading belief

Allow students to create their own guides

Social Studies- Ku Klux Klan1. The KKK was founded in the 1900s.2. The KKK has terrorized not only African Americans, but Jews, Catholics, and union organizers.3. A number of high-ranking politicians have been members of the KKK.

Language Arts- Macbeth1. You never should

compromise your values.2. You always should listen

to your spouse.3. Greed only leads to bad

things.

Math-Triangles1. A triangle with three equal angles is called equiangular.2. The sum of the interior angles of a triangle equals 180 degrees.3. A triangle can have more than one obtuse angle.

Assemble into small groups Begin the worksheet by filling

in the Before Reading column Read the article on

Osteoporosis Complete the worksheet by

filling in the After Reading Column

http://literacyleaders.com/Study_Reading/CALPrerdg/body_calprerdg.html

http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/subjects/elarts/reading/literacy/summerinstitute/2006/anticipationguides.ppt#1

http://www.indiana.edu/%7el517/anticipation_guides.htm

http://www.justreadnow.com/strategies/anticipate.htm

http://teachers.santee.k12.ca.us/Carl/Document/Literacy%20Lane/Anticipation%20Reaction%20Guides.doc