Anticipation Guide: Exploring Themes and Ideas
This worksheet helps 11th-grade students activate prior knowledge and consider key themes before reading a text using an anticipation guide.
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Anticipation Guide: Exploring Themes and Ideas
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Read each statement below. Before reading the assigned text, indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement in the 'Before Reading' column. After reading the text, revisit these statements and indicate whether you agree or disagree in the 'After Reading' column. Be prepared to discuss your reasoning.
Before Reading
Statement
After Reading
True
False
True power lies in the hands of the individual, not societal institutions.
True
False
True
False
A utopian society is truly achievable if everyone works toward a common goal.
True
False
True
False
Individual freedom is more important than collective security.
True
False
True
False
Technology always leads to progress and a better society.
True
False
1. Choose one statement from the guide that you changed your opinion on after reading the text. Explain what in the text caused you to change your mind.
2. How did completing this anticipation guide help you engage with the text more deeply?
Based on your understanding of the text and your reflections, write a short paragraph discussing how the themes presented in the anticipation guide relate to contemporary society.