Make Predictions About What Happens Next

Read the passage below:

The audience took their seats. All of a sudden it went dark and the curtain rose.

What might happen next?

To answer this question, we must use our prediction skills.

Prediction is where we make a clever and sensible guess about what happens next in a story based on the clues we've been given.

Here, the clues are audience, dark and curtain rose.

We can predict that a show is about to start.

We may not know which type of show, but the clues tell us they are in a theatre.

In this activity, we'll be making sensible guesses about what might happen next in a text.

Use the clues from the passage to help you.