👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will apply predicting in fiction using the examples and practice below.

Vocabulary
character, evidence, infer

Teaching Notes

• Model one response, then ask students to work independently and explain their choices with specific words or evidence.
• Teach the rule, discuss the worked example, and cover answers during practice.
• Use incorrect responses to identify which part of the rule needs another example.
• Allow approximately 25–35 minutes, including discussion and independent practice.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Big Idea
Predict a likely event using what has already happened. Revise the prediction when new clues appear.

Read: The Quiet Rehearsal

Mina had practiced her lines for the school play until she could say them without looking. Yet at rehearsal she could barely speak. The empty chairs seemed like a crowd waiting for her to fail. Ben noticed her twisting the corner of her script. "Say the first line just to me," he suggested. Mina tried. Her voice was soft but steady. Ben moved back one step, then another. After several tries, Mina could reach the back row. On performance night, a chair scraped loudly during her first sentence. Mina paused. She found Ben beside the curtain and imagined she was speaking only to him. Her next line carried across the room. She was still nervous, but she no longer needed to wait for the nervous feeling to disappear.

Vocabulary and Definition

• — a person or other participant in a story
• — a detail that supports an answer
• — work out something from clues

Words to Learn

character, evidence, infer

Sentences to Fill In

1. The term for a person or other participant in a story is ____.
2. The term for a detail that supports an answer is ____.
3. The term for work out something from clues is ____.

Think & Respond Q&A

1. Stop after the problem. What might the character try?
2. What clue supports your prediction?
3. What does the character actually do?
4. Must a good prediction exactly match the ending?
5. Retell one key event without looking.
6. Which detail best supports your answer to the first question?

Hands-On Experiment or Activities

Draw three connected boxes for the beginning, turning point, and ending. Add a text detail to each. Discuss how today’s skill helps explain one box.

Reflection

• Explain one thing you learned.
• Write a short paragraph applying the skill. Underline your evidence or target words and explain one choice.