Workshop: try the strategy on your own text
Ākonga apply predicting to a text they chose themselves, then confer with the kaiako about whether the prediction survived the reading.
- Reading Workshop move: Independent application plus a reading conference
- Evidence it produces: A prediction, and what in the text confirmed or overturned it
Before you plan from this: the lesson body below is currently near-identical to the other route's. This panel describes the intended difference, which is not authored yet — so choose either route on topic and year band, not on this pitch. Both routes are kept and will be differentiated; neither is being retired.
Lesson 1: Active Reading Strategies: Predicting & Activating Prior Knowledge
Building confident, active readers through Te Ao Māori perspectives, comprehension strategies, and rich Aotearoa texts.
🎯 Ngā Whāinga Akoranga | Learning Intentions
Active reading strategies (activating prior knowledge / Whakawhanaungatanga, previewing text features, making evidence-based predictions), and difference between passive and active reading.
Preview non-fiction/pūrākau text elements (titles, headings, images, glossary), complete a KWL chart (Know, Want to know, Learned), and state predictions supported by text clues.
🎥 Media Anchor & Pedagogical Scaffold
Active Reading Strategies: Predicting & Schema
Video: kaiako to select — guidance below.
🎬 Kaiako: Select and embed a video here
Suggested search: "Active Reading Strategies: Predicting & Schema"
Search YouTube for a short clip (5–10 min) on this topic. Verify it is age-appropriate and plays correctly before embedding. Add data-oembed-verified="true" only after verifying via YouTube oEmbed.
🧠 1. Before Viewing (Activate & Predict)
What happens in your mind when you look at a book cover or article headline before reading the first sentence?
👁️ 2. During Viewing (Watch With a Job)
- Early in the clip: Examine text features: bold titles, subheadings, diagrams, and te reo Māori glossaries.
- Midway: Activate background knowledge (schema) relating personal/cultural experiences to the topic.
- Later in the clip: Formulate explicit predictions using sentence frame: 'I predict... because the text clue shows...'
🗣️ 3. After Viewing & Kaiako Move (Process & Apply)
Kaiako Move: Model 'Think-Aloud' strategy while previewing an Aotearoa legend or School Journal article on the projector.
Immediate Task: Complete Section 1 of your Reading Journal: Text Preview & KWL Prediction Chart.
⚡ Whakaoho | Do Now: Reading Warm-Up (10 mins)
Review key reading vocabulary, strategy definitions, and context clues for Lesson 1. Connect previous reading reflections to today's text analysis.
📖 Activity 1: Guided Reading & Strategy Practice (25 mins)
Read selected Aotearoa non-fiction, School Journal articles, or pūrākau passages in pairs. Apply active reading strategies, highlight text evidence, and complete graphic organizers.
📝 Activity 2: Year 7 Reading Journal & Reflection Scaffolding (20 mins)
Draft your formal Reading Journal entry for Lesson 1. Use specific text quotes and reading strategy terminology (e.g., schema, context clues, main idea, evidence-based inference, cause/effect, pūrākau metaphor, author bias, text synthesis) to justify your answers.
🏫 Kaiako Planning & Pedagogy Notes
Year 7 Curriculum Alignment: Te Mataiaho English Phase 3 — Reading and Viewing for meaning. Builds core comprehension, critical literacy, and cultural connectedness through Aotearoa literature and pūrākau.