Georgia 8.P.EICC.3.e

ELA8th GradeComprehension Strategies

The Standard

Make and track predictions about the events and information likely to come next. (I)

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Engagement & Intention for Comprehension & Composition

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use details, patterns, and prior events to anticipate what may appear next in a text. They track each prediction and revise it as new evidence appears.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students make a reasonable prediction and support it with specific details from the text. As they read, they record whether new evidence confirms, changes, or disproves that prediction.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat predictions as guesses based only on personal experience. They may also hold onto an early prediction after new details contradict it or summarize what already happened instead of anticipating what comes next.
How to Assess It: Give students a short passage with the final paragraph hidden. Ask them to predict what comes next, cite two clues, then revise after reading the ending.

Lesson moves

Post pages of a short story around the room, and have students add sticky-note predictions before moving to each new page.
Pause before a key event and ask, "What will happen next, and which two details make your prediction reasonable?"
Play Prediction Relay, where teams read passage sections, record predictions, and earn points for evidence use and thoughtful revisions.
Read a weather alert or sports preview, then predict the next update and compare the prediction with the published follow-up.

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