SOCIAL STUDIES
STRATEGIES
Anticipation Guide
Purposes: To set purposes for reading texts; to activate prior
knowledge and help make connections with the text.
Comprehension Strategies: Previewing, Monitoring
Text: Narrative, Expository
Use: Before and After Reading
Procedure: (Begin by explaining and modeling Anticipation/Reaction
Guides.)
1. Select a text for the students to read.
2. Create three to five general statements for the students to
respond to with agree or disagree. Create statements that are
intuitively incorrect but may be proven true by reading the text.
Have students indicate agreement or disagreement by placing a
check in the appropriate column.
3. Have students read the text to confirm or disconfirm their original
responses.
4. After reading, have students revisit their predictions and modify, if
necessary.
Example: (Animal Fact/Animal Fable [1969] by Seymore Simon)
Agree Disagree
______
______ 1. Bats use their eyes and ears to help them see at
night.
______
______ 2. The mudskipper is a fish that can climb a tree.
______
______ 3. The speed of a cricket’s chirp changes with the
temperature.
Source: Readence, J.E., Bena, T.W., & Baldwin, R. (2000). Content area reading:
An integrated approach (7th ed.). Dubuque, IA: Dendall/Hunt.