Before Reading
Gather Information and Begin to Make Predictions
Preview act 4 and think about what you learned in acts 1–3. Using the information you have gathered; make one or more preliminary predictions about the selection.
During Reading
Continue Making Predictions
1. Listen to scene 1 of act 4. Did anything in this scene fit your preliminary predictions? Did anything make you change your ideas? What do you think will happen next? Write down your new predictions in your notebook.
2. Read the rest of the act on your own. Stop occasionally to assess your predictions, make new predictions, and write them in your notebook.
Fix-Up Idea: Use Guided Reading Questions
If you have trouble following the selection or identifying main ideas, go back and answer the Guided Reading Questions. These questions will help you focus on main ideas or events in the selection.
After Reading
Analyze and Verify Predictions
Go through your list of predictions. Put a star next to every prediction that you were right about. Put a check next to every prediction where you changed your ideas from a previous prediction. Share your predictions with a partner. Talk about what clues in the act led you to make the predictions.