Previewing and Predicting

Previewing
Means looking for information
before you read
Helps you read faster and
understand better
Predicting:
Making educated guesses about
the passage

What you preview:
Title
Author
Fiction or non fiction
What do you predict about the book?
Reading the review at the back cover
Preview the pictures/tables/illustrations
Find any additional information about
the writer



Answer the question by predicting
what might happen based on the
situation described!

John and Alice are not happy with
the school in their town
a. Their children love to go to school
b. The classrooms are too crowded
c. It is a beautiful building
The logical answer is: b