This document discusses reading strategies for making predictions to improve reading comprehension. It explains that making predictions allows readers to think ahead and engage more with a text by guessing what may happen based on clues. The document provides examples of predicting different objects and characters. It also presents a "fix-up chart" strategy where readers preview a text, set a purpose, connect to prior knowledge, make predictions, monitor comprehension, and make inferences while reading. The strategy is demonstrated by predicting the content of an article about Malaysia saying Cadbury products are free from pork.

1. READING STRATEGIES:
MAKING PREDICTION
THROUGH FIX-UP CHART
Presented By Tri Ilma

2. 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.

3. Some Reading Comprehension Strategies are as follows:
Reading
Comprehension
Strategies
Connectin
Activating
Backgrou
nd
Knowledg
e
g
Questioni
ng
Setting
Purpose
Predicting
Determini
ng
Importanc
e
Drawing
Inference
Visualizing
Harvey and Goudvis (2007:8)

4. 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.

5. 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
Keene and Zimmermann (2007:88) Discuss and share with your partners

6. Let’s
Practice
Predicting!

7. 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

8. 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
.

9. 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

10. 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)

11. Name : Tri Ilma Title :Malaysia says Cadbury Free from Pork
Date : 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)

12. References:
 Duke, N. K., and Pearson, P.D. (2002). Effective practice for developing
reading comprehension. In A.E. Farstrup & S.J. Samuels (Eds), What
research has to say about reading instruction (3rd ed., pp. 205 – 242).
Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
 Harvey, S., and Goudvis, A. (2007). Strategies that work: Teaching
comprehension for understanding and engagement (2nd ed.). Portland, ME:
Stenhouse.
 Keene, E.O., and Zimmermann, S. (2007). Mosaic of thought: The power
of comprehension strategy instruction strategy (2nd ed.) Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
 McKnight, K.S., (2010). The teacher’s big book of graphic organizers. San
Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 Tompkins, G.E. (2011). Literacy in the early grades (3rd ed.) Boston:
Pearson Education, Inc.