READING STRATEGIES: MAKING PREDICTION THROUGH FIX-UP CHART

Presented By Tri Ilma

The Objective of Learning: • After accomplishing this session, every

students is expected to be able to use predicting strategy to assist them in comprehending authentic material (the Jakarta Post) deeply, systematically, and comprehensively.

Some Reading Comprehension Strategies are as follows:

Reading Comprehension

Strategies

Activating

Background

Knowledge

Connecting

Questioning

Setting Purpose

Predicting

Determining

Importance

Drawing Inferenc

e

Visualizing

Harvey and Goudvis (2007:8)

What is Prediction? According to Duke and Pearson (2002:10) prediction can be defined as an educated guess, idea, calculation or estimate of what might happen in the future.

Why readers should predict? Predicting allows readers to think ahead before

reading. Predicting gets readers to think about the main

idea or major events that may occur throughout the text and monitor their comprehension.

Predicting also makes readers become more engaged and fun.

When is making prediction done?

Making Prediction

Before Reading

Survey: Look at the title, image, clues, graph, key vocabularies

Connect to your prior knowledge and previous experiences

Propose some questions, set your purpose of reading, and make your own predictions

During Reading

Think about what you have already read

Identifying key ideas, characters, tone, and majors events or plot that have already occurred

Monitor your understanding of text

After Reading

Look back and recheck to make sure your prediction was accurate

Summarize and visualize (create a picture in your mind) what you have read

Discuss and share with your partnersKeene and Zimmermann (2007:88)

Let’s Practice

Predicting!

Who am I?I fly in the sky.

I am not an animal.

I am usually white.

Many people can ride in me.

I am big and noisy.

Who am I?

I am an airplane

Who am I?I have two legs,

two spurs, and red comb.

I have wings but I cannot fly.

Sometimes I eat rice and worm.

I always wake up early morning and shout cock a

doodle doo loudly

Who am I?

I am a rooster

.

Who am I?I am very cold.

You can see me at winter

I am made from snow.

I have a carrot for a nose

I have no legs

but my hands are made from twigs

I am white.

Who am I?

I am a Snowman

How do you predict text?

• As explained previously, when you make predictions you are like a “Detective”. Because you must gather data about text through foreshadowing (clues), vocabularies, picture, character of figures, events, and plot.

• In addition, you can use Fix-Up Chart in predicting text.

Preview(Get a sense of a text before reading)

Set a Purpose(Decide why you are reading)

Connect(Think of what you already know about the topic)

Predict(Guess what will happen)

Clues(Identifying main ideas, events, tone, and character

from text)

Monitor(Check your comprehension as you read)

Visualize(Create a mental picture)

Make Inferences(Develop logical guess based on the text and your

own experiences)

Fix – Up Chart

Name : Tri Ilma Title :Malaysia says Cadbury Free from PorkDate : August 12, 2014

Preview(Get a sense of a text before reading)

After surveying the article at a glance, I think this article discusses on the issue of Cadbury chocolate which contains of pork gelatin.

Set a Purpose(Decide why you are reading)

I read this article because I seek for information or clarification about the contents of Cadbury chocolate.

Connect(Think of what you already know about the topic)

This case reminds me on some products such as Ajinomoto, Magnum, and Yupi which were suspected contain of pork.

Predict(Guess what will happen)

Responding the Issue of Cadbury, In my point of view some Muslim countries will boycott products and fill protest to Cadbury factory.

Clues(Identifying main ideas, events, tone, and character from text)

Under Islamic Shari'ah law, Halal products should not contain pork or alcohol.

Monitor(Check your comprehension as you read)

According to The Malaysian Islamic Development Department said new tests on 11 samples of Cadbury’s products showed no traces of pork.

Visualize(Create a mental picture)

Make Inferences(Develop logical guess based on the text and your own experiences)

In some Muslim countries every product must be tested scientifically in laboratory and certified Halal by Islamic authorities (MUI)

Fix – Up Chart

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