Teacher may require this review to be written and handed in, or kept in a notebook. Reading Fiction 1. The prediction exercise may be completed as a whole-class exercise the first time through. Using a common reading assignment, teacher can lead students through a pre-reading discussion during which students will offer their predictions about the story. Assigned story can be read aloud in class.
Teacher can pause early in the reading for students to recognize story components.
Story can be completed in class, and teacher can lead a discussion in which students can restate the story's conflict and articulate its resolution. Teacher may require this review to be written and handed in, or kept in a notebook. Have students do these exercises repeatedly with various reading assignments, so the process becomes automatic. Make these exercises an understood expectation for all assignments, and a written requirement for some. The flexibility of these exercises allow teachers to decide when and how to assess students.