Predict It! Reading Activity

Predict It!

Lesson Plan: Large class size

Outline of the Lesson Plan

Topic	Predict It!
Duration	60 minutes
Education Level	Fifth year of Primary School (5֯EP)
English Level	lower B1
Age	ten years old
Class size	small to large

Main Aim: 
Students will be able to practise making predictions and supporting their thinking with evidence from the text.
Specific Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

• Describe pictures from a story incorporating the present continuous tense with one or few grammatical errors. 
•  Construct sentences predicting the outcome of a story using one or two of the formulaic prompts with little to no grammatical errors.
• Evaluate provided information from a story to support their predictions using the formulaic prompts with a few grammatical errors. 
• Create a short story including the given prompt using at least 5 sentences.

Material: 
Story entitled ‘Good Neighbours
’https://www.englishclub.com/kids/stories/good-neighbours.htm
Graphic organiser sheet

Graphic Organiser

Formulaic Prompts:

Predictions	Evidence
What will the story be about? What will happen next?	Why ?
I think that…My guess is that…I predict that…I suspect that...	Because I read Because I saw

Warm Up (5minutes):

What’s in the box: Teacher shows students three pictures which are related to the item in the box. Teacher asks the class to use the picture cues and guess the item that is in the box. Students will raise their hands and the teacher will accept guesses from the class. Teacher introduces the topic of predicting.

Before Reading (5minutes): 

Teacher introduces the title of the story and check for understanding.
Tell me about the pictures: Teacher shows students the pictures at the beginning and end of the story. Students are required to describe the pictures taking into account the season, the number of people and actions of the people while using an appropriate learnt structure such as, ‘I can see’, and ‘It’s + weather conditions/season’. The students will be encouraged to use the present continuous tense when describing the actions of the people in the pictures.

Predicting related to title and pictures of the story (5minutes): 

Teacher gives each student a graphic organizer which has a table with three headings: Prediction, Evidence and Confirm. Teacher asks students to use the title of the story and the pictures to write one sentence predicting what the story will be about. Teacher gives students a list of possible prompts to use to begin their sentences. At the end of 3 minutes, the teacher asks each student to share her sentences from the prediction and evidence columns.

Predicting related to the first part of the reading (7minutes):

Teacher gives each student the first part of the reading. Each student will be assigned to a paragraph. Students read their assigned paragraphs. At the end of the reading, the teacher asks one student to give a brief summary about the story thus far. Students are encouraged to check their first predictions to see if they want to adjust or change it. Teacher asks the students to write one sentence about what they think will happen next using the possible prompts as a guide. Teacher asks each student to share her second prediction and evidence with the class.

Predicting related to the second part of the reading (7minutes): 

Teacher gives each student the second part of the reading. Each student will be assigned to a paragraph. Students read their assigned paragraphs. At the end of the reading, the teacher asks one student to give a brief summary about the story thus far. Students are encouraged to check their first predictions to see if they want to adjust or change it. Regarding their second prediction, students tick if their predictions were true or not. Teacher asks the students to write one sentence about what they think will happen next using the possible prompts as a guide. Teacher asks each student to share her third prediction and supported evidence with the class.

Predicting related to the final part of the reading (7minutes): 

Teacher gives each student the third part of the reading. Each student will be assigned to a paragraph. Students read their assigned paragraphs. At the end of the reading, the teacher asks one student to summarise the story. Students are encouraged to check their first predictions to see if it came true or not and to tick the appropriate box. Regarding their third prediction, students tick if their predictions were true or not.

After reading (15minutes):

Teacher asks students to write a short story using beginning or ending their story with “I looked in the shop’s window and I saw exactly what I wanted.” The story should include at least 5 sentences.
Students will share their stories with the class. The teacher will encourage self-correction. Students are encouraged to comment on the stories of their peers.

Wrap Up (5minutes): 

Hangman:

Teacher chooses a word from the lesson and draw lines on the board corresponding to the letters in the word. Teacher provides students with one clue and they attempt to guess the word by providing a letter. If the letter does not exist in the given word, a part of the man’s body is drawn. The students continue to make attempts until there is a full man. When there is a correct response, the student, who gave the response, gets to provide the word and the clue. Game continues until time runs out.