A prediction is a guess about what a text might be about or what might happen next. Based on where we are in our reading, determines what clues we use. Notice the tools you use at before beginning a reading are different from those you use during a reading.
Directions
The first entry of your chart will be your prediction for the whole book.
The 2nd entry of your chart will be your prediction for Chapter 1 "Aguascalientes, Mexico 1924"
- Based on the ideas we know from the Mexican proverb at the beginning of the novel, what do you think this book is going to be about?
- Document your ideas under the column "Prediction".
- You may use the sentence frame from our anchor chart "I predict _______ because _______."
The 2nd entry of your chart will be your prediction for Chapter 1 "Aguascalientes, Mexico 1924"
- "What do you think this chapter will be about?"
- Write that in the section under "Predictions".
- Your predictions must be in a complete sentence. You may use the sentence frame from our anchor chart "I predict _______ because _______."
Grading
You entry will be assess on the thoroughness of your prediction and how well you support/disprove your prediction with evidence