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Unit 4 Predict ing the Future Introduction
A -To predict: a verb meaning to declare or tell in advance;
prophesy; foretell the future; make a
prediction
1- Predict the schools of the future. Explain in details.
or
2- Predict the entertainment of the Future. Explain in
details.
B - In your notebook, please make word webs starting with
prediction.
Considering the reliability of the sources; complete the chart
with people that you know. Follow
the example.
Person/Job What they base their
prediction on:
Strengths/reasons their
predictions are credible:
Weakness/reason to
be skeptical about
their predictions
Fortune teller cards Each card has a meaning
and in combination, it has
other meanings
How well they know
the future or past
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Can th e Future B e Predicted?
By Ann E. Weiss
Pages 122~128
Sources: There are two general questions to ask about every
resource:
1- Is it reliable?
2- Is it useful for this particular project?
Vocabulary from pages 122~125
Word POS Definition
1 prediction noun The act of predicting
2 erratic adj. Lacking consistency, regularity or uniformity,
doesnt follow regular
pattern, moves in an irregular way
3 folklore noun
(U)
The traditional beliefs, practices, legends, and tales of the
common
uneducated people, transmitted orally
4 superstition noun A belief that some action or circumstance
not logically related to a course
of events influences its outcome
5 prophecy noun A prediction, a statement in which someone says
something that they
believe will happen with religious or magic powers
6 mystic noun Someone who believes in the existence of realities
beyond human
comprehension
7 imminent adj. Certain to happen soon, impending
8 unpredict adj. Unable to say what will happen
9 reputation noun The estimation in which a person or thing is
held, especially by the
community or the public generally; repute
10 meteorologist
(me-te-or-ol-o-gist)
noun A person who reports and forecasts weather conditions
11 favourable adj. You agree with it or approve of it
12 astronomy noun The study of stars, planets and other natural
objects in space
13 infallible adj. Someone or something that is never wrong
14 inadequate adj. Not enough of, insufficient, not good enough,
inept
Vocabulary from pages 126~128
Word POS Definition
1 anchored verb Not be able to move
2 sloppy adj. Messy, careless or muddled
3 scrap verb To get rid, to cancel, to discard as useless,
worthless
4 fiasco noun To fail completely
5 accurate adj. Having no errors, correct, gives a true idea6
greed noun Desire for more of something
7 tremendous adj. Very large, impressive, very good or pleasing,
extraordinarily great in size,
amount, or intensity
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Write a sentence or a story using all the above 20 words in your
notebook.
Due Date: ________________________________
Please answer the following questions using complete sentences
in your notebooks.
1- What can make predictions more accurate? Explain?
2- What kinds of information do scientists use to make their
predictions?
3- Why do you think people are fascinated by the future?
Before you read:
What do you think this article will be about? Give information
to backup your statement.
Prediction Likely Unlikely Reasons
As you read the articlecomplete the chart:
Scientific Non-scientific
Answer the questions:
1- What things in nature help geologists predict earthquakes?
Why are they often unsuccessful?
2- Why do weather forecasters have poor reputations? What factor
helps them to predict
weather?
3- Whatstunning
mistake did market researchers make when Coca-cola decided to
change their
formula for Coke?
4- What are some of the main reasons that predictions often go
wrong? Why do you think that
some predictions are more correct than others?
5- How can you decide which predictions are mostly likely to be
accurate?
6- How can you make a prediction come true? What tips would you
give to researchers?
7- What are some modern predictions? What are some of their
sources? Will they be right or
wrong and why?
8- On page 125, what did the author mean by the word retiredin
the sentence: the old formula
would be `retired`, buried forever in the depth of a bank
vault.?
