Year 7: predict out loud, then check
The strategy is modelled before it is asked for. Ākonga hear the teacher predict from a cover and first paragraph, then make and record their own predictions and check them against the text.
- Year 7 move: Teacher-modelled prediction, then paired prediction with a check step
- Evidence it produces: Written predictions with a tick or cross and one line on what the text actually did
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 Clip: Reading Comprehension Strategies - Prior Knowledge — Digital Courses With Robyn (Runtime: 6:16).
🧠 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)
- Pause @ 1:30: Examine text features: bold titles, subheadings, diagrams, and te reo Māori glossaries.
- Pause @ 3:15: Activate background knowledge (schema) relating personal/cultural experiences to the topic.
- Pause @ 4:45: 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 organisers.
📝 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 Mātaiaho English Phase 3 — Reading and Viewing for meaning. Builds core comprehension, critical literacy, and cultural connectedness through Aotearoa literature and pūrākau.