Q BEFORE READING: OUR PURPOSE of reading this article is to ? get one person’s opinion on competition ? to use the information in a future essay later in the semester ? to practice applying strategies during the three stages of reading PREVIEW THE TITLE AND THE AUTHOR TITLE OF THE ARTICLE (notice that there are quotation marks around title of article and the name of the magazine is in italics) “The Case Against Competition” from Working Mother, September 1987 1. Based on the title and the name of the magazine, make a prediction about the reasons Mr. Kohn might have for his position and presenting it to the readers of this magazine: PRIOR KNOWLEDGE about the topic:, 3. Write three or more sentences from your prior knowledge regarding competition (positive, neutral or negative experiences, observations, current or past beliefs about competition, etc.) : PREDICTIONS about why the author is against competition: 4. Write at least two reasons why you think the author is against competition based on the things you read about him so far. QUESTIONS 5. Write at least one question that you have that you think the author will answer in his article: One important question would be: Does competition among children bring out the intellectual progress in them?