Anticipation Guide- pages 12-14

Using an anticipation guide is a literacy strategy done before the material is presented.  It is very useful in getting the students interested in what they will be learning and accessing their prior knowledge.  Basically, you identify the key concepts you want students to learn.  The material could come from a book, primary document, lecture, video, or other sources.  Write short statements for each key concept, writing them in a true/false or agree/disagree format.  Present the statements to the students and have them decide they are true or false.  You can use a google form, kahoot, or socrative** to get a class percentage and/or number of students who answered correctly for each statement (this will be useful at end of the lesson too).  Students share their answers and reasoning with a partner or together as a class.  Present the information to the class and have the students go back and decide if they were correct and answer each statement again Students include a written explanation with their answers this time.   Discuss the misconceptions the class had and why.  This is a good time to take another count and compare the percentages again from the start of class.  This can create a meaningful class discussion.

I used this strategy in my Economics class with the topic of establishing credit and the material was presented in a lecture format with a presentation.  There are many misconceptions and little subject knowledge when it comes to this topic.  You can check out the one I made below.  There are also examples in the book on the pages 13 and 14.  This strategy helped to introduce the topic and also helped students to focus on what is most important.   I think this would be a great strategy to use for the groups you have a hard time keeping focused (you know what class I'm talking about).  I will definitely be using more of these anticipation guides.

**Credit must be given to Mrs. Rickwood who helped me with these resources to include!

Anticipation Guide for Establishing Credit

Directions Before Lesson: Show me what you know about establishing credit.  Read the statements below and indicate whether you think the statement is true or false in the Before Reading column.  Compare your responses with someone sitting next to you.

Directions After Lesson: After listening to the lesson, decide whether you still think the statement is true or false.  Write information from the lesson that supports your response.

Statement and Support	Before True or False?	After True or False?
1.    Having a checking account, savings account, and applying for a credit card are all ways to establish your credit. Support: 2.    A loan or account in your parents’ name also helps you establish your credit. Support: 3.    Paying your bills late does not hurt your credit, as long as you do pay your bills. Support: 4.    Changing jobs is one way to hurt your credit.  Support: 5.    Your FICO score is the numerical evaluation of your credit worthiness as a borrower.  Support: 6.    Lenders are one of two groups that look at your credit score. Support: