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Grade 12, Reading and Literature Std # 4–2: Demonstrate the ability to preview and predict Preview text features to make a prediction about the text content. Use graphic displays such as charts, maps, graphs, and timelines to make a prediction about the text content

Lesson Plans: The Scarlet Letter During this one-class-period lesson focusing on Pearl, students write facts they know about the character from their reading the novel. They also speculate about Pearl’s life at the age of 18. This detailed lesson includes discussion questions, evaluation rubrics and links, as well as many more helpful aids. Cemetery Path Students read and predict what happens next. Students use reasoning skills and imagination to predict the story's outcome. Fiction Book Awakenings This is a lesson that promotes vocabulary building usage, critical thinking, predicting consequences, and drawing conclusions, with a focus on writing. Judging a Book by its Cover: The Art and Imagery of The Great Gatsby Students will predict plot through the analysis of a book cover while understanding the meaning and use of allusion.

Resources: OWL Major resource site for designing lesson plans related to language terminology and concepts. Includes handouts, PowerPoint presentations, and other materials Suggestions for English Language Learners: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional) (B) Working from a list or example and with a peer, students label the parts of an article or textbook chapter, such as headings, subheading, picture, chart, map, caption, paragraph, etc. (I, T) Students utilize previewing strategies before reading a magazine article such as reading the first and last paragraph and then predicting the subject of the article. (I, T) During a read-aloud exercise, students write what they believe will happen next, then share their answers with the class at the end of the exercise to find who was most accurate.
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