Anticipation Guides A Pre-Reading Strategy

► Skilled readers try to anticipate what the text is about before they begin reading … they look at the cover, title, genre, author, headings, graphs, length, print size, etc … … they look at the cover, title, genre, author, headings, graphs, length, print size, etc … ► Dependent or struggling readers often do not pay attention to those factors – they get a text and they just begin reading

What are Anticipation Guides ? ► Anticipation Guides are a set of a generalizations related to the theme of the selection ► These guides activate students’ prior knowledge, encourage them to make a personal connection to what they will be reading and interact with the text before they begin reading

When to Use Them … Anticipation Guides work best when encouraging students to predict before reading and compare/contrast their predictions with the assigned text Anticipation Guides work best when encouraging students to predict before reading and compare/contrast their predictions with the assigned text

An Example of an Anticipation Guide... Agree Disagree _____ _____ 1. The average worker in the United States spends more than 2 hours a day using computers in the workplace. _____ _____ 2. It is OK for companies to monitor its employees’ use of the Internet. _____ _____ 3. Most companies do not expect their new employees to be computer literate until after the company trains them. _____ _____ 4. As a result of computers, more employers are allowing employees to work from home. _____ _____ 5. Health problems that some employees experience as a result of working at a computer all day should not be a concern of the employer. An Example of an Anticipation Guide... (Download the “Anticipation Guide Example1”document) Agree Disagree _____ _____ 1. The average worker in the United States spends more than 2 hours a day using computers in the workplace. _____ _____ 2. It is OK for companies to monitor its employees’ use of the Internet. _____ _____ 3. Most companies do not expect their new employees to be computer literate until after the company trains them. _____ _____ 4. As a result of computers, more employers are allowing employees to work from home. _____ _____ 5. Health problems that some employees experience as a result of working at a computer all day should not be a concern of the employer.

Another example... Another example... (Download the “Anticipation Guide Example2” and “Anticipation Guide Template” documents) Anticipation Guide Hamlet Directions: On the continuum in front of each of the numbers, place an "x" that indicates where you stand in regard to the statement that follows. Be prepared to defend and support your opinions with specific examples. After reading the text, compare your opinions on those statements with the author's implied and/or stated messages. Agree Disagree Families generally have a member's best interests in mind Having a clear goal, and the ambition to achieve it, is honorable Power eventually corrupts the people who have it Revenge is the only way to gain true justice A person's immoral choices can come back to haunt him/her One must take a stand against injustice, even if the personal cost is great A person has to confront death in order to understand life's meaning Moral courage is more difficult to accomplish than physical courage Evil often spirals out of control.

Some Website Resources ► Indiana University, Course L517 ► Indiana University, Course L517 o%20Use%20Anticipation%20Guides ► Greece Central Schools, Greece, NY 12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/anticipation%20guide.htm ► Florida On-line Reading Professional Development ► blocks4reading.com

Final Product for Lesson ► Choose a text in your discipline to use for a lesson that incorporates the “ Anticipation Guide” strategy ► Choose a text in your discipline to use for a lesson that incorporates the “ Anticipation Guide” strategy (Download the “Predicting Strategies” document) ► Conduct the lesson for one or more of your classes ► Submit the lesson plan, a copy of the text and the anticipation guide used in the lesson, a professional reflection, and a sample of student work ► Submit the lesson plan, a copy of the text and the anticipation guide used in the lesson, a professional reflection, and a sample of student work (Download “Teacher Reflection” document)