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Anticipation Guide for STOTAN! Sinead Waters Turner Read an Excerpt To see the full text of the anticipation guide, click on the "Read an Excerpt" link. The full content is available there. Excerpt Anticipation Guide for Chris Crutcher's STOTAN! by Sinead Waters Turner KidReach Reading Center Circle "False" if you feel the statement is incorrect. Circle "True" if you feel the statement is correct. 1. High school students should put sports over academics. True or False 2. Long hours and strenuous workouts are too much to ask from highschool age students. True or False 3. All people are equal, regardless of race, sex, or beliefs. True or False 4. People who publish racist or Anti-Semitic (Anti-Jew) literatureshould be put in jail. True or False 5. Girls should be able to "fit in" with a group of boys. True or False 6. If you are dating someone, even thinking about someone else is cheating. True or False 7. You should not date someone several years older than you. True or False 8. If you like one of your friends you should date them and risklosing your friendship if it doesn't work out. True or False 9. There should be more money given to find a cure for leukemia. True or False 10. The cycle of abuse is unbreakable. True or False Now, please take a few moments and give your opinion on the following questions. Answer each with a paragraph or so. 1. Do you think the everyone who is abused will eventually become someonewho abuses other people? 2. Do you think that any one kind of person is better than any other onejust because of their sex or race? Why or why not? The following are questions regarding word recognition and comprehensionwhen using the anticipation guides. The questions should be asked beforeand after reading the story. 1. What words are the most difficult to pronounce in the story? (Listthe words and look for similarities in the words. For example, list wordswith the "ide" spelling pattern). 2. What do you do when you come to a difficult word to pronounce when youare reading? (Share strategies and suggestions for word recognition). 3. What strategy do you use to help you understand what you are reading? |
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