PREDICTING AN OUTCOME

(Reading Comprehension)

I.Objectives:

At the end of the session the students should be able to:

A. Understand the strategies on how to predict an outcome.

B. Make predictions from the material read.

II. Subject –Matter:

A. Topic: Predicting an Outcome

B. Skill Focus: Reading Comprehension
C. Materials: Photocopied materials of the reading text.

III. Procedure:

A. Opener

The teacher will ask the following questions:

1. What do you think will happen if you see dark clouds from the sky?
2. What is your basis in giving your answers?
3. What did you consider in predicting the possible outcome?

B. Presentation / Development of the lesson

1. Discussion of Keypoints

Making predictions is a strategy in which readers use information

from a text (including titles, headings, pictures, and diagrams) and their
own personal experiences to anticipate what they are about to read (or
what comes next). A reader involved in making predictions is focused
on the text at hand, constantly thinking ahead and also refining,
revising, and verifying his or her predictions. This strategy also helps
students make connections between their prior knowledge and the
text.
The following are some of the pointers in making predictions:

a. Examine the available data and their relationships.

b. Make conclusions or generalizations about the topics
presented.
 c. Anticipate a possible outcome based on what you have
read. Use your background knowledge in predicting an
outcome.
2. Application

Read the text below and find out what possible outcome will you be able
to predict.

There has been too much hazing going on among the fraternity
members in the college. In a month’s time, twenty students have been
admitted by the university clinic for initial treatment. One has been
reported dead.
Parents and other citizens in the community have been coming to the
university to air their complaints. They have been urging university
officials to immediately do something about these fraternities in the
campus.
The university president who just recently arrived from a two-month
seminar abroad was briefed on the current fraternity incidents and
college unrest.

Questions:

1. Can you relate what is to happen next, based on the facts

presented above paragraphs?

3. Generalization

Go over the concepts discussed un the earlier part of the lesson, what
do you think are the tips to consider in making or predicting an outcome.

IV. Evaluation

A. Exercise I
Directions: Read the selections carefully, then answer the questions that
follow. Write the letter of the best answer before the number.

( 1 ) Water has many uses in our homes. ( 2 ) Without water we cannot cook our food, clean our homes,
nor take a bath. ( 3 ) Fires are put out by means of water. ( 4 ) Water is important to transportation. ( 5 )
Boats, bancas, and steam ships are means of transportation used in water. ( 6 ) Logs and other products are
transported on water. ( 7 ) Water is the home of many animals. ( 8 ) Many plants live in it too. ( 9 ) Our
plants and pets need water.( 10 ) But water sometimes causes sorrow to man. ( 11 ) During heavy rains, the
rivers swell. ( 12 ) They overflow the banks. ( 13 ) This results in floods. ( 14 ) They also cause landslides. ( 15 )
During this natural calamities, men and women are buried under the slides. ( 16 ) Fertile soil is washed away.
(17 ) The land becomes bare. ( 18 ) Plants, animals, and properties are carried away by water.

1. What happens when land is soaked in water?

A. prosperity B. sorrow C. fire D. landslide

2. Which of the following resources contain more facts about water ?

A. dictionaries B. newspapers C. almanacs D. encyclopedia

3. In sentence 3, What does put out mean?

A. stopped B. destroyed C. placed outdoors D. moved to another place

4. To what word “it” in sentence 8 refer to?

A. water B. home C. plants D. animals

5. What does the last sentence tell about water?

A. cleans B. swells C. overflows D. bares

6. Which sentence is not true?

A. Everybody needs water. C. Water can wash away fertile lands.
B. Water is always useful. D. Water destroys rivers and seabed.

7. What happens to man if there is no water?

A. He will die. C. He will live.
B. He will grow. D. He will rot.

8. Which of the following is not mentioned in the article as one of the uses of water?
A. bathing B. drowning C. drinking D. transporting

9. Which statement is not directly stated in the selection, but may take place?
A. Water is used to cook food. C. Water drowns animals and men.
B. Water causes landslides. D. Water is used to clean our homes.

10. If you would be asked to create a title for this selection, what title would it be?
A. The Composition of Water C. Good and Harm Done by Water
B. The Uses of Water D. Sorrows that Water Brings
 B.Exercise II

Read the text below and predict the possible outcome presented in every situation.
The teacher will provide the students paragraph strips and students will be asked to
predict the possible outcome as the story continues.

THE BOY WHO COULDN’T SING

(Predicting an outcome)

1 “You cannot sing,” Mario declared. “You can do nothing but cut pieces of wood with a
knife. Of what good is that to you? It won’t keep you from starving.”

1. Who do you think is the person Mario is talking to?

2. What can be Mario’s relationship to this person?
3. From what he said, what do you think is Mario’s attitude?
4. What do you think will the other person say to Mario?

2 “My brother is right. I can do nothing but cut bits of wood with a knife,” thirteen year-old
Armando thought sadly. His brother’s words were ringing in his ears. His brothers, Mario and
Alejandro, could make music but he couldn’t. They earned good money with their music, too.
3 As they walked along, Mario and Alejandro chatted happily. Their dreams of fame and
fortune from their music filled their hearts with joyful expectations. But Armando said little.
Mario’s remarks that he could do nothing but whittle made his heart heavy. He loved music,
yet he could not share in making it. He could not even strum a guitar. He couldn’t sing either.
He was a monotone. When he tried to sing he sounded funny. It made boys laugh. They made
fun of his voice and his singing.
4 It was hard to be just a whittler when his brothers and friends could play the guitar and sing
well, too. What was his future as a whittler? This thought troubled him.

5. Were your predictions about the one who couldn’t sing correct?
6. Do you think Armando cannot really pursue singing and instead just continue
whittling?
7. What do you think will be the effect of all the discouragements and insecurities he
experienced?

5 That night he did not sleep. His mind was busy with an idea that had just come. He could
not sing. He was only good at whittling. Couldn’t he use it to achieve something? Here in his
own native Maragondon, Lapulapu City was a man who makes fine guitars with knife and
wood.
6 Before sun up the next day, Armando got up with a happy heart. After helping himself to
what was left over from last night’s supper, he crept out of the house while his parents and
brothers were still asleep. He took with him some articles he had made with his knife.

8. Were your predictions for paragraphs 2-6 correct?

9. What do you think is the idea that had just come to Armando’s mind?
10. Where do you think is he going?

7 He walked to Fernando’s Guitar Shop and presented himself to Tiyo Fernando. “I have
brought these things for you to see,” he said. “I cut them out with my knife; will you help me
learn to make fine guitars?”
8 Tiyo Fernando smiled. “Why do you want to make fine guitars?” he asked.

11. Were your predictions for paragraphs 7-8 correct?

12. Why do you think did he decide to approach Tiyo Fernando?
13. What do you think will be Armando’s answer to Tiyo’s question?

9 Armando’s face lit up and he spoke, “Because I love music. Both my brothers can sing. They
can play the guitar, too. I love music as much as they, but I’m a monotone. I can do nothing
but whittle. By making guitars I believe I can contribute my share to making music.”

14. Were your predictions for paragraph 7-9 right?

15. Will Tiyo Fernando allow Armando to be his apprentice in his shop?

10 Tiyo Fernando laid his hand on Armando’s shoulder. “Come into the shop. Your interest
deserves attention,” he declared.
11 Armando went with him into the shop. “The important thing is the desire to learn and
make good,” Tiyo Fernando told Armando.

16. After learning that Armando was finally accepted by Tiyo Fernando as his trainee,
what do you think will become of Armando?
17. Would he be able to finally solve his problem?

12 So, Armando, the boy who could not sing, became an apprentice in Fernando’s Guitar
Shop. Day after day, he worked seriously and whittled patiently. At last he finished a guitar. It
was a fine guitar. Tiyo Fernando was much pleased with it. There was no doubt Armando
would make an excellent guitar maker.
13 Tiyo Fernando taught him the secrets of the craft. He showed Armando that each little
thing well done each day would lead to a great achievement.

18. Were your predictions about paragraphs 12-13 correct?