Sandra Brookins

The two page document features an Anticipation Guide designed to assess students' knowledge about the Women's Parade that interrupted a presidential inauguration. The Anticipation Guide should be presented first and reviewed. The guide specifically requires students to determine if a statement is true or false before reading and to explain why they selected T or F. After reading the text, students are asked to again state whether the statement is true or false and to use textual evidence to e

Using Graphic Organizers to Frontload Longer TextsTo prepare students for reading longer texts, frontloading with a graphic organizer is a useful tool. In this document, the first page begins with the introductory paragraph and a graphic organizer. This organizer can be recreated for other non-fiction/informational texts to engage students before reading. First present the first paragraph with the graphic organizer. Have students complete the organizer and then discuss with a partner or in tria