Making and Confirming Predictions

Making and Confirming Predictions

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Coach McCowan

​English I

​What does it mean to make a prediction?

​A prediction is a logical guess about what might happen in a story, what information a text might provide, or what points an author might make in an argument. Readers make predictions based on text evidence as well as their prior knowledge.   

To make predictions, a reader may use text features, text structures, or genre characteristics. Text features are the parts of a text not in the main body, such as the table of contents, headers, and bold words, as well as visual elements such as photos, maps, and charts. Text structure is the order or pattern a writer uses to organize ideas or events. Genre characteristics are the qualities that define certain types of writing.

What does it mean to confirm predictions?

​During reading, you use the text to confirm, or prove, a prediction. If a prediction is incorrect, you can modify or correct your prediction. This strategy helps to guide your reading, engage with the text, and improve your comprehension.

​Vocabulary

• ​confirm - verb - to establish validity; to verify, to prove

• ​genre characteristic - noun - a quality that defines certain types of writing

• ​prediction - noun - a logical guess about what future events might happen in a story, what information a text might provide, or what points an author might make in an argument

• ​text feature - noun - a part of the text that is not the main body of the text, such as the table of contents, a header, or a visual element (such as a picture, a map, a chart, or a diagram)

• ​text structure - noun - the order or pattern a writer uses to organize information

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of prediction?

• a quality that defines certain types of writing

• a logical guess about what future events might happen in a story, what information a text might provide, or what points an author might make in an argument

• to establish validity; to verify, to prove

• a part of the text that is not the main body of the text, such as the table of contents, a header, or a visual element (such as a picture, a map, a chart, or a diagram)

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to make an inference?

• an idea formed by combining text evidence and one’s own reasoning and background knowledge

• a logical guess about what future events might happen in a story, what information a text might provide, or what points an author might make in an argument

• details from the text that a reader can use to support his or her ideas and opinions about the text

• to inspect in detail to determine meaning

​How to make and confirm predictions

1. BEFORE READING

   1. Look at the title and the illustrations​

   2. ​Look at the text features

   3. ​Predict what the text will be about

2. ​DURING READING - Stop and think about what you read. What will happen next?

3. ​AFTER READING - Confirm or adjust your prediction

Go to Google Classroom and open the post with the title​ "Excerpt from the essay 'The Vanishing Island' by Anya Groner"

Read the text and then answer the questions on the next few slides.​

Multiple Choice

What text feature is included in this excerpt?

• a comparative chart

• a map that shows location

Multiple Choice

What can you predict from the chart?

• The size of the island will continue to get smaller.

• The shape of the island will change.

Multiple Choice

What other text features are included in this excerpt?

• header and caption

• caption and direction map

Multiple Choice

How does the quotation from Chantel Comardelle help you predict what else will be discussed?

• Since she is the tribal secretary who has seen a lot of land loss, I can infer that she must be old.

• Since she talks about how much land has been lost, I expect to hear more about that.