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Anticipation guides are used before the reading of a text to activate students’ prior knowledge and build curiosity around a new topic. Many educators use anticipation guides as a pre-reading strategy, since the guides launch students into the exploration of key concepts by engaging them in critical thinking about the concepts prior to reading. In most cases, educators will want to create their own anticipation guides based on the text that students will be reading.
PREPARATION:
Select a text and determine the key points on which students should focus.
Write out three to five statements that students need to take a position on and use Educator Resource: Anticipation Guide Template to create an anticipation guide. (Refer to Educator Resource: Anticipation Guide Sample to view a sample guide.)
STEPS:
Present students with the anticipation guide for the provided text. They may work individually or in small groups. Inform students that they will be discussing the reactions they have written the anticipation guide after completing it.
After students have finished reacting to the various statements on the guide, have students discuss their reactions within a whole-class discussion. While listening, ask students follow-up questions to get them to dig deeper into their critical thinking about the key concepts.
Have students read the text with their anticipation guide responses in mind. They will use the anticipation guide to record places where the text either supports or challenges their initial thinking.
After reading the text and giving students a chance to compare their initial thoughts to their post-reading thoughts, have another class discussion where students express their newfound opinions. Encourage them to use direct evidence from the text to support their claims.
VARIATIONS:
Instead of having students respond in written or oral form, have them stand and get in line, with the front of the line representing “strongly agree” and the back of the line representing “strongly disagree.” After reading, have students get back in line to visualize whether there was a change in their position.
EXTENSIONS:
Anticipation guides can be revisited after reading to evaluate how well students understood the material and to correct any misconceptions.
Students can do a quickwrite to explain why their position changed or did not change after reading the text.
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