 | | Description: | | | What do you think about people who say they can tell your fortune? Do you think anyone can predict the future? Read your horoscope for today. What does your horoscope say about the kind of day you are going to have? Copy the prediction and write a short paragraph telling whether or not you believe it and why. Now, write your own prediction for today. Tomorrow, write another paragraph describing the kind of day you actually had. Which prediction was closer to reality – yours or your horoscope’s? | | |
Skill:
Student uses background knowledge to make complex predictions from a reading selection. |
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Materials Needed:
Newspaper, paper, pen/pencil. |
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Source:
Printed with permission from the Newspaper Association of America, taken from the NiE Week teaching guide Maintain the Brain.
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Additional Note:
For more information regarding the Newspapers in Education program at The Buffalo News, please contact: Cindy Sterner, Promotions Director, The Buffalo News in Education, PO Box 100, Buffalo, NY 14240, (716) 849-3477, csterner@buffnews.com
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| | Related Standards: | | | |  | | ELA1.I.LR1E | | Students relate new information to prior knowledge and experience.
| | | | ELA1.I.SW2D | | Students develop information with appropriate supporting material, such as facts, details, illustrative examples or anecdotes, and exclude extraneous material.
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