Probable PassagesThis is a prereading strategy that improves comprehension by integrating prediction, summarization, discussion, and vocabulary. This strategy provides students with an incentive to read because they read to find out if their so-called probable passage was close to the real story line.
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How do I use it?
1. Identify important terms and concepts from a story or text and display them on the board for students to see.
2. With students, categorize the terms and concepts according to the story elements of setting, characters, problems, events, and resolution/outcome. Or, if using an informational text, sort into the categories who, what, where, when, why, and how. Students can also put unknown words into a separate category.
3. Have each student write a probable story/gist statement with words from each category and then share the story/gist with a partner. You ca also, have them write what they hope to discover as they read the story.
4. Have students read the assigned story.
5. After reading the story, have students discuss how the actual story compared to the probable story version they predicted.
6. Have students modify their probable passage so they become summary paragraphs of the actual story.
2. With students, categorize the terms and concepts according to the story elements of setting, characters, problems, events, and resolution/outcome. Or, if using an informational text, sort into the categories who, what, where, when, why, and how. Students can also put unknown words into a separate category.
3. Have each student write a probable story/gist statement with words from each category and then share the story/gist with a partner. You ca also, have them write what they hope to discover as they read the story.
4. Have students read the assigned story.
5. After reading the story, have students discuss how the actual story compared to the probable story version they predicted.
6. Have students modify their probable passage so they become summary paragraphs of the actual story.