Predicting
I can predict what might happen next, using clues that are already in the text.
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Years 3 to 6 · English
Predicting: I can predict what might happen next, using clues that are already in the text.
Here is the start of a story about Leila's picnic. Read it carefully.
Good readers think ahead. What might happen next? Let's find out how to tell.
Picture: A short text called "The picnic" with a picture of a basket: "Leila packed sandwiches, apples and a big blanket for a picnic. Big grey clouds were gathering over the hill. Dad looked up at the sky and put two umbrellas in the bag."
A prediction is a sensible guess about what will happen next.
The clues are already in the text: big grey clouds, and Dad packs two umbrellas.
So I predict: it will rain on the picnic. The clues point that way.
Picture: A short text called "The picnic" with a picture of a basket: "Leila packed sandwiches, apples and a big blanket for a picnic. Big grey clouds were gathering over the hill. Dad looked up at the sky and put two umbrellas in the bag." "Big grey clouds" and "two umbrellas" are underlined.
Your turn: Read Leila's story again. What is most likely to happen next?
Picture: A short text called "The picnic" with a picture of a basket: "Leila packed sandwiches, apples and a big blanket for a picnic. Big grey clouds were gathering over the hill. Dad looked up at the sky and put two umbrellas in the bag."
Choose one:
- It will rain.
- Leila will find a treasure chest.
- A lion will walk past.
Answer
The answer: It will rain.
It will rain. The grey clouds and the two umbrellas are the clues.
Picture: A short text called "The picnic" with a picture of a basket: "Leila packed sandwiches, apples and a big blanket for a picnic. Big grey clouds were gathering over the hill. Dad looked up at the sky and put two umbrellas in the bag." "Big grey clouds" and "two umbrellas" are underlined.
Words to know
- predict:
- Say what you think will happen next, using clues.
- clue:
- A detail in the text that helps you work something out.
- likely:
- Probably going to happen, because the clues point to it.
- unlikely:
- Probably not going to happen, because the text gives no clue for it.
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