Anticipation Guides

Examples of Anticipation Guides

An anticipation guide that is based on provocative statements helps students reflect on big ideas and take a stance on issues and values. These are ideal for generating class discussions and are used to spark interest in a text students are going to interact with (written text, film, audio, etc.).

Another type of Anticipation Guide requires students to read a text and find text-based evidence to support their response. They may be asked to copy the key information and the page/paragraph where they found it. This variation of an anticipation guide acts as more of a close reading guide.