Making Predictions – Reading Strategies

Information from the text

Prediction examples

Text type

→ What sort of text is it?

In a narrative text, we might:
• read a story with a beginning, a middle and an end;
• see different characters;
• see a specific setting.

In an informative text, we might:
• learn about a specific subject;
• have instructions to follow;
• read arguments for a specific point.

Genre
→ What genre is it?

If it’s fantasy, we might:
• be in the past;
• see magic and mythical creatures.

If it’s science-fiction:
• be in the future;
• see spaceships and aliens;
• see advanced technology.

If it’s a biography, we might:
• learn about a specific person.

If it’s a cooking book, we might:
• learn about how to cook specific recipes.

Author
• Who is the author?
• What kind of texts have they written before?

The author might:
• write a text in the same genre;
• write about similar themes.

Setting
• What is the setting?

If we are in the real world, we might:
• see events similar to current events;
• not see any aliens or weird creatures.

If we are in a different world: 
• is it fantasy?;
• is it science-fiction?;
• check the genre section.

Characters
• What are the characters like?
• What kind of actions did they take before

They might:
• take actions that are similar in the future;
• learn from their mistakes;
• change their behaviour.