Pre-Reading Writing: Predictions
Directions: Peruse through
your book and examine the title, cover art, and back cover. When you look at the cover, use your imagination. Look carefully
at the cover art and plot information, and predict some story details that are not specifically mentioned. Your prediction
should bring up something new and plausible.
Predictions |
Reason for Prediction |
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Ideas: The main character
will be…
He/she is going to…
The (name of character) is
feeling…
I think ___________will happen.
Ideas for Reasons: There’s a picture of…
The picture looks like…
The back cover says…
The back cover describes
the character as…
Problems to avoid: Predictions do need to relate to the text in some way. Also, if the prediction is taken verbatim
from the information on the cover, then it is not really a prediction.