YOED 6020

Anticipatory Guide
July 2, 2010
Anna Warren

Wemberly Worried

By: Kevin Henkes

Grade Level: Kindergarten – 2nd grade

Language Proficiency: Beginner to Intermediate

Strategy: Anticipatory Guide – Pre-reading, Reading, Post – reading

Selected Literature: Wemberly Worried

Skills:

New vocabulary

Pre-reading – Prediction

Reading – Reading for meaning

Post – Reading – Analysis and evaluation

Objectives:

Students will make predictions

Students will learn new vocabulary

Students will learn strategies for before, during, and after reading
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Materials:

Literature book

Anticipation Guide

Instructional Procedures:

Set: Teacher will introduce/discuss the word “worried”. Students will help make a list of
things that they worry about. They will write down a worry to turn in and the teacher will
write these worries on chart paper.

Instructions: Teacher will introduce the book Wemberly Worried to the whole class by
taking the students through a picture walk. Background information and new vocabulary will
be introduced. The whole class will discuss the things they worry about per the chart.

Modeled Activity: The anticipatory guide will be passed out to the students. Teacher will
divide the students into groups of 2-3 to answer the pre-reading questions. With
assistance, the students will answer the pre-reading question within their groups.

Independent Activities: They will then read the story and write down any information
they read in the “During Reading” section. After reading, they will answer the questions
again and record them in the post-reading section and discuss within their groups. Teacher
will assist as necessary.
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Anticipatory Guide
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Anna Warren

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Directions:
Wemberly Worried, look at the
and answer them. After reading the
d Before reading
questions below
book, answer the
questions again. Compare your answers. Are they the
same or different? Discuss with the other members
of your group.

Questions Before Reading After Reading

What is Wemberly worried

about?

What does she do when

she’s worried?

What does Wemberly

do to stop worrying?

During Reading Notes:

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Resource:

Henkes, K. (2000). Wemberly Worried. Hong Kong: Green Willow Books.

MTSU HONOR STATEMENT:

MTSU Honor Statement: This assignment/assessment was solely written by me. In no way
have I plagiarized (represented the work of another as my own) or otherwise violated the
copyright laws and academic conventions of fair use. I know that violations of this policy
may result in my being dismissed from Middle Tennessee State University and/or
appropriate legal action being taken against me.   

Anna Warren

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