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• Introduction
• Greetings
• Objective of Pretest
• Ask permission to use tape player, if used
• Thank them in advance

A. Perform/play entire activity
B. Ask general questions

1. What do the think about the piece? 
2. In your opinion, what is the message?  What do you think it was saying?  Why? 
3. Explain the piece you just heard in your own words to a friend. 
4. Does this piece reflect your reality?  How is this piece the same or different than the way “life really is”? 
5. Is there something that you like the most?  What?  Why?  That you liked the least?  What?  Why? 
6. What action does the piece ask you to take? 
7. Would you consider taking this action?  Why?

C. Perform/play parts of activity
D. Ask part-specific questions.

8. In your own words, what is this section saying? 
9. Were there any words or phrases that you would change?  How?  With what words? 
10. Which parts of this section were pleasing?  Why? 
11. Which parts were displeasing?  Why? 

E. Explain the desired message/key promise and then ask:
12.    What would you do to make the message clearer?  The text?  The picture?

F. Ask final questions of the whole activity
13. What can we do to improve the piece?  How?  Why?
14. Who do you think would/could benefit from this piece of material?