7.ELAR.5.C
Make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures.
Grade 7 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2017
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Skills
- make predictions (using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures) #dok2
- correct predictions (using text evidence and analysis) #dok3
- confirm predictions (through evaluation of text features, genre, and structures) #dok3
- analyze text features, genre, and structures (to inform and justify predictions) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can make predictions about what will happen in a text based on text features. #dok2
- I can use characteristics of genre to make predictions while reading. #dok2
- I can recognize and describe different structures used in texts. #dok1
- I can correct my predictions as I gather new information from text features or structures. #dok3
- I can confirm my predictions using evidence from the text and my understanding of genre. #dok3
- I can analyze how text features and genre characteristics support or contradict my predictions. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Effective readers use textual clues and genre knowledge to predict, monitor, and adjust their understanding as they read.
- Predictions are tools for active reading that should be continually evaluated and revised based on the structure and features of a text.
Essential Questions
- How do text features help me make accurate predictions about a text?
- In what ways do characteristics of a genre guide my thinking as I predict what will happen next?
- How should my predictions change as I learn more from text structures?
- What steps can I take to confirm or correct my predictions as I read?
- How does analyzing the structure of a text improve my understanding and prediction accuracy?