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__**Anticipatory Set:**__
__**Directions**__: This strategy is taken from Tony Stead's work on comprehension for non-fiction. Called the RAN (Reading and Analyzing Nonfiction), it works as well as -- if not better than -- a KWL. As a group, fill in the first two columns of the RAN Chart. The topic: MARSUPIALS. Then, answer the reflection question at the bottom of the page.

Group 10's RAN Chart on MARSUPIALS:


 * What I think I know ............. || Questions I have ............. || I was right! ............. || New Learnings ............. || Questions I still have ............. ||

__**Reflection:**__ Please respond to at least one of the following reflection questions: 1. Was this activity productively engaging? How do you know? Yes this activity was engaging, it allowed the reader to think of questions before during and after a reading. It also allowed the student to reflect on the reading and on the questions that were answered, and questions they still had.

2. How could this activity be altered for A) younger/older/special needs students and/or B) a classroom with one or two computers? Students with special needs could use this activity and not write in complete sentences but more for note taking. You could also change the wording for each section slightly to focus more on the main idea of the chart.

3. What additional assistance, support, and/or resources would have further enhanced this activity? You could use this activity all of the time when teaching a certain part of your class so that way the students would get into a comfortable routine of filling in this chart, and that way they know what to expect from the teacher.

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