Making Predictions

Making Predictions

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• Making predictions is a reading strategy to improve reading comprehension.
• When making predictions, readers use informations from:
• -Titles
• -Headings
• -Pictures
• -Diagrams
• This exercises is done to anticipate what comes next.

Making Predictions

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• Predicting encourages the readers to
• -think ahead
• -ask questions
• -understand the story better
• -make connections
• -interact with the text
• -improve reading comprehension

Making Predictions

• What do you need to do?
• Use clues the author provides in the text.
• Use what you know from personal experience or knowledge (schema).
• Predictions help readers justify their thinking.
• Kinds of predictions
• Predict what the book is about (based on titles and cover)
• Predict the author´s purpose (is the author trying to convince the reader about something? Does the author want to teach something?)
• Predict future events in the book (use events and characters words and actions)
• Predict why an author include a specific text feature (what does the event teach to the readers?)
• Predict what you will learn from the text or section (use titles, heading, subheadings)
• Predict what would happen next at the end of the book.

Making Predictions

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• When predicting the reader needs to look for evidence; reread the text, recall information given in the text, infer and draw conclusions.
• Predicting is good to
• learn to monitor own comprehension.
• motivate to continue reading
• verify if the thinking ideas were accurate.
• Improve reading comprehension.

Making Predictions

• Prediction Reading Strategy (Embed)
• The following video shows the process of reading when making predictions.
• Watch and take notes.
• References:
• Reading Comprehension Strategy Series: How to Teach Students to Make Predictions While They Read
• https://www.classroomnook.com/blog/predicting
• Prediction Reading Strategy
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uKf_ERYTPQ
• Material prepared by Claudia Uribe Hoyos
• Departamento de Idiomas 2020
• Caption: Prediction Reading Strategies taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uKf_ERYTPQ