Anticipation+Guide



Right click on this anticipation guide and click "save target as" to save it to your network or desktop: From there, open it and you will be able to use it to record your notes during this presentation.


 * Directions: ** Complete the first column – the before – of the anticipation guide. The anticipation guide has statements about formative assessment on it. We will be reviewing each of these concepts throughout our presentation today.

__The information below gives more specific details on what an anticipation guide is and how to use it in the classroom:__

The following slide is an example of an anticipation guide. There are two types of anticipation guides – One is based on content and the other is based on affect/ theme related.

__Questions for discussion board:__ What are the different ways you can use anticipation guides in your content area? What do you believe are the benefits of using anticipation guides for a lesson you will be teaching in the next few weeks?

__The following is background information on anticipation guides:__ //** What is it? **// When skillful readers pick up a new book, their minds go into "anticipation mode;" they have developed a set of strategies that help them get ready to read. They examine such things as: the cover and its art work, the book flaps, excerpts from the reviews, the writer's biography, the number of pages and print size; often these readers will open to several points in the text to sample the style and voice of the writer. Struggling readers will often skip all of these strategies as possible ways to approach a text; therefore, if we can design activities that will help them to anticipate "the big ideas" that will be revealed, it may provide an initial "hook" that draws them into the text.


 * What does it look like? ** Anticipation Guides are often structured as a series of statements with which the students can choose to agree or disagree. They can focus on the prior knowledge that the reader brings to the text, or the "big ideas" or essential questions posed (implicitly or explicitly) by the writer as a way for the reader to clarify his/her opinions before reading the text and then compare them to the writer's message as they read. Modifications – Clicker Systems, Anticipation Guide on a Poster.