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Anticipation guides provide students with succinct points about the material that they are about to cover that are either true or false.
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These guides are particularly effective for text-based lessons, such as if you having students read out of a textbook or some other document
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To create an anticipation guide:
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Pick 4 to 8 salient concepts from the text or upcoming lesson.
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Formulate statements about each of these concepts, some true and some false.
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List these statements on the left side of table with multiple columns (look up anticipations guides to find a format that best suits your needs).
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Each statement will have it’s own row.
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Before students read the text or hear the lesson, have them decide whether they think each statement is true or false.
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You may want to have students write down their pre-lesson answers.
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After they finish the lesson, have students reassess which statements in the anticipation guide are true and false, noting evidence from the text.
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Students will write down their answers, and evidence in the appropriate columns.
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Consult this guide from the University of North Texas for best practicies on Anticipation guides: http://cte.unt.edu/content/files/_IT/IT_BestPractices/AntGuide/AntGuide_best_pract_all.pdf