Pique your pupils' interest before reading Peter and the Starcatchers with an anticipation guide. Given a list of 10 statements, learners choose true or false based on what they think the book is about. They then discuss in small groups and as a whole class.

Concepts

making predictions, group discussions, literary themes, dave barry, ridley pearson, peter and the starcatchers

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Instead of having learners select true or false based upon what they think the book will be about, have them choose their answers based on what they personally believe

Pros

• Gradually leads up to a whole-class discussion, offering plenty of scaffolding
• Includes teacher instructions and a student worksheet

Cons

• Keep an eye out for spelling and usage errors