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Word Scramble Prediction
Posted by CORINNE SIKORA on 3/3/2014
Before we read text, I want students to predict what mighthappen. To help them a bit (and to piquetheir curiosity), I give them a list of words they will find in the chapterthey will read. For example, prior to reading Chapter 28 of To Kill a Mockingbird, I’ll provide thefollowing list of words to the students:
| dark | afraid | kitchen knife | “Run!” | useless |
| kicking | dying | trembling | reeling | jerk backwards |
| dead | | | | |
Students read the word scramble and are given five minutesto write a prediction of what will happen in the chapter. Students then volunteer to read theirpredictions out loud, and after we have heard a number of them, I say, “Let’ssee whose prediction is the closest. Open to Chapter 28 and let’s read.” Thisactivity never fails to make students focus intensely as they read.
