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Probable Passage This strategy helps students with a story's plot development and resolution by using a graphic organizer. This organizer uses two columns. The first column lists the following story elements; setting, characters, problem(s), event(s), and resolution. The second column is for the students to complete using information from the story. The teacher prepares lessons by selecting a story and a list of vocabulary words that contain important concepts from the story. They should also represent categories in the story frame matrix. The vocabulary words are introduced to the students. It is important that the students are able to pronounce the words and have some understanding of them. Using the story frame matrix, the students place the vocabulary words where they feel they most likely belong. The teacher accepts all predictions. The students complete the probable passage, which is a paragraph with story structure elements (setting, characters, problem, and solution,) deleted. Students use the vocabulary words categorized in step 3 to complete the passage. All predictions are accepted. The students read the selected story to determine if their predictions for both the story frame matrix, and probable passage were correct. Reference Wood, K. D. (1984). Probable passages: A writing strategy. The Reading Teacher, 37(5), 496–499.  Next Strategy
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