Purpose:

To help learners develop prediction-making skills

Preparation time:

5-10 minutes

Materials:

Short narrative reading material, paper

Preparation:

Choose any short narrative reading material that interests your student. Newspaper articles work well.

Procedure:

1.       Use a blank sheet of paper to cover the article except the title.

2.       Read the title together. Ask the student what he/she thinks the article will be about. Ask why he/she has made that prediction.

3.       Uncover the first paragraph of the article. Read it with your student. Have the student find specific details that support or contradict his/her prediction.

4.       Have the student make new predictions about what will happen in the next section. Again, ask why he/she thinks so.

5.       Read the rest of the article, making predictions, checking and discussing the answers.