Making Predictions Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: RL.3-5.1

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As you read any particular work, you will tend to think about what comes next. In many cases, this is easy to do. Skilled writers can often surprise us with what comes next. In some cases, they can leave the reader feeling blindsided by the outcome of their thoughts. Predictions based on facts are the pinnacle of all written works. As reader it is your job to stay aware and drive the author to make a believable claim in any circumstance. We have seen many research studies and meta-analyses that have made a connection between the ability to think ahead of logical conclusions about what you are reading and your ability to comprehend that material. Which, when you think about it, makes a great deal of sense. These worksheets will push learners to foreshadow a collected outcome.

Making Predictions Worksheets To Print:

What Happens Next? - : Read the following passages. Determine what you think is going to happen next. Explain your answer using textual evidence. Make your first flight smooth and then try it again. See if you flight lasts longer.

Solid Predictions - What do you think happens next? You will need to reference specific parts of the text that you are provided with.

Next Up! - We work off of images with this worksheet. Study each picture. What is going on? What do you think might happen next?

The Morning Meditation - Mr. Jenkins is looking to relax when a baseball game breaks out on a Saturday morning. Who knew?

Can You Predict? - This is a great inference starter kit for you. Explain your answer using evidence from the text.

The Mysterious Notes - This is a real unique reading passage. "Go out to the clearing in the woods and wait." For what?

Predict the End! - Finish each sentence with what you think happen next. Where do you see it going?

Mr. Rogers and the Bees - Mr. Rogers realized as the lead hornet zoomed in, he was in big trouble!

And the Next Thing That Happened Was... - A ball player, a singer, and puppy dog. What could go wrong?

It's a Robotic World - A giant robot and a little girl take the world by storm. Look at the picture on the left. What do you think is happening? Describe what is happening on the lines below the picture. Next, in the box, draw a picture of what you think might happen next. Then, on the lines, describe what you think happens next, and why.

The Beach and Chess - The pristine beach was quiet and empty. Jack and Jill were playing nicely in the nursery together.

Where Is It Going? - A last-minute book report, afraid of heights, and hidden passage way. Back up all of your thoughts.

See Into The Future - Jack and Jill were playing nicely in the nursery together. What is going on in the picture?

How Does It End? - A runaway hair dryer and a box that eats people. Study each picture. What is going on? What do you think might happen next?

Can You Say? - What do you think will happen in the future of this reading passage? Who hates surprises? They are so much fun.

How to Make an Accurate Prediction When Reading?

Prediction is the prognosis of what is going to occur in the future. It is a reading technique in which a person uses the given information and predicts a possibility according to his understanding. The clues within the text give way to prediction. There is a fifty percent chance that a prediction can be right and a fifty percent chance that it can be wrong. Making a strong prediction requires a clear understanding of the text and brainstorming e.g. it is very common that most of the time, the audience predicts the climax by analyzing the characters and plot of the story.


Most predictions are made in non-scientific fields. In literature, predictions are made by readers whenever they go through an interesting story. But not every time the predictions are right. To accurately predict the story of a book or a movie following aspects needs to be considered.


I find that there are several strategies that teachers can use to help their students learn to make predictions while they are reading. It all starts with modelling. When you are reading as a class, I would pause and think aloud as a teacher. You want to model how you go about making these types of predictions. I like to some this up as class and create a crystal ball on the board and have students share their predictions in this crystal ball. Once we have all our ideas out, I have the class vote on which one they think will happen. When working independently I like to encourage students to write their forecasts in a reading journal that we can review at a later period.


Characters of the Story

Characters are one of the clues of the plot that are necessary to be analyzed to make an accurate prediction. Characters can be analyzed by studying their language and actions. The dialogues used by characters help the audience to predict their future activities.


Pictures

Pictures used in any text or stage show reflect the theme and genre of what is written or what is presented. If the pictures displayed on the stage are of a haunted house or Dracula, then the audience can predict that the genre of the show is horror and thriller.


Prediction of Tense

Readers can judge the tense of the text by looking at the sentence structure and helping verbs used in the text. A reader can predict when the story is written through the tense used by the writer. The tense in which the dialogues of a character are written helps audience to accurately predict whether the character existed in the past or exists in the present.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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