Then he asks the students to look at the first sentence and to tell the class another way to express this same prediction. One student says, "Malaysia probably will win the World Cup.' Yes,' says the teacher. Any others? No one responds. The teacher offers, Malaysia is almost certain to win the World Cup. What about the next?' he asks the class. One student replies, "It is possible that Italy will win the World Cup. Another student offers, "There's a possibility that Italy will win the World Cup. Each of the reporter's predictions is discussed in this manner. All the paraphrases the students suggest are evaluated by the teacher and the other students to make sure they convey the same degree of certainty as the reporter's orig inal prediction Next, the teacher asks the students to turn to the other side of the hand- out. On it are all the sentences of the article that they have been working on. They are, however, out of order. For example, the first two sentences on this side of the handout are: England may have an outside chance. In the final analysis, the winning team may simply be the one with the most experience. The first sentence was in the middle of the original sports column. The second was the last sentence of the original column. The teacher tells the students to unscramble the sentences, to put them in their proper order by numbering them. When they finish, the students compare what they have done with the original on the other side of the handout. The teacher next announces that the students will be playing a game.