Name: _________________

Date:_____________

Anticipation Guide
Topic: _____________________________
Before
True

Statement and Evidence

False

After
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Evidence:

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Evidence:

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Evidence:

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Evidence:

False

Anticipation Guide
Kaitee Weiman -- March 5, 2015
What is an Anticipation Guide?
An anticipation guide is a comprehension strategy that is used before reading to activate students' prior knowledge and build curiosity about a new
topic. Before reading, students listen to or read several statements about key concepts presented in the text; they're often structured as a series of statements
with which the students can choose to agree or disagree. Anticipation guides stimulate students' interest in a topic and set a purpose for reading.
I believe it would be best used with informational pieces or topics in which students have some sort of background knowledge about.
Formative assessment quick way for teachers to tell if students are grasping the concepts
This strategy could be used in multiple settings and all reading levels:
*Individually
*In groups
*As a whole class
How to use an anticipation guide
1. Construct the anticipation guide. Construction of the anticipation guide should be as simple as possible for younger students. Write four to six
statements about key ideas in the text; some true and some false. Include columns following each statement, which can be left blank or can be
labeled Yes, or No (Maybe can also be used).
NOTE: Teachers may wish to create an additional column for revisiting the guide after the material has been read.
2. Model the process. Introduce the text or reading material and share the guide with the students. Model the process of responding to the statements
and marking the columns.
3. Read each of the statements and ask the students if they agree or disagree with it. Provide the opportunity for discussion. The emphasis is not on
right answers but to share what they know and to make predictions.
4. Read the text aloud or have students read the selection individually. If reading aloud, teachers should read slowly and stop at places in the text that
correspond to each of the statements.
5. Bring closure to the reading by revisiting each of the statements.
Checks For Understanding:
These are questions you as the instructor should be able to answer after completing this activity.
*Did the anticipation guide help focus students' reading of the selected content-area text?
*Did they learn the most important concepts presented in that text?

Strengths:
Easy visual representation for teachers, for students ideas before and after the reading
Gives students main ideas before hand to pay attention to

Generates discussions

Blucifer
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Denver International Airport, where the local time is 3:43pm. On behalf of outraged
residents we'd like to draw your attention to the demonic blue horse rearing in rage on your left. His official name is Blue
Mustang, but locals call him Blucifer.
The 32-foot sculpture of a seemingly bloodthirsty bronco is the work of artist Luis Jimnez. Commissioned as public art
for the airport and installed in 2008, the horse represents Denvers veneration of cowboy culture ant the wild spirit of the
old American west. It has also come to represent death, destruction, and deluded debates.
Blucifer hadn't even been unveiled when the bad vibes began in 2006, Jimenez died after a section of the 9,000-pound
sculpture fell on him and severed an artery in his leg.
Two years later, the beast that killed its creator went on display at the airport. The horse's cobalt color, glowing red eyes,
and fierce face immediately attracted public ire. In addition to railing against the Blue Mustang's ugliness, Denver
residents have voiced concerns that the horse is cursed due to its role in Jimnez's demise.
Denver airport itself has attracted some wild conspiracy theories over the years. When it opened in 1995 16 months
behind schedule and way, way over budget a few of the more paranoid citizenry began asking questions. Why was it so
expensive? Why the plethora of unmarked buildings? Could they have been built atop secret subterranean command
bunkers for the New World Order? Why are the runways shaped like a swastika, sort of, if you look at them from above
and cover some other buildings with your hand and squint a little?
The Blue Mustang, with its Horsemen of the Apocalypse feel, merely adds another element of intrigue to the cluster of
conspiracies at Denver International. Despite the bad vibes and petitions for its removal, the hellacious horse continues to
maintain its watch over the airport.