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Big Ideas
Using inferencing skills helps me learn
more from a text than what the author
says directly.
Essential Questions
Students will use inferencing skills to understand what a text implies, butw
does not explicitly state.
Modifications/Accommodations (ELL,
Modifications/
Accommodations
(ELL, IEP, GATE, etc.)
I will then show a powerpoint that has a few short paragraphs and
questions that ask students to use inferencing skills to find out the meaning.
Students will read the slides and answer the inferencing questions. Sources
used on the presentation are provided in Appendix A.
Collaborative/Cooperative (You do it together)*
In table groups, I will hand out a short reading selection that corresponds to
inferencing questions. They will read the selections together and provide
answers. I will check for comprehension by monitoring groups as they
work and checking their answers.
*Note: the collaborative/cooperative section of the lesson plan was added
later, after reflecting on the lesson that was taught without including a
collaborative/cooperative component. This inclusion is what I would do
differently if teaching the lesson again.
Overall, this lesson went well. However, in my own classroom, I would pair it with a novel that is
currently being studied to make it more relevant to the students. Also, instead of teaching any of
these skills in isolation, I would like to introduce them using the novel and continue to use those
skills throughout the novel.
I also needed to include a group activity in this lesson. To incorporate a group activity into this
lesson, I should have had the student tables work together to read different reading selections
answer the questions provided to practice their inferencing skills. I would should have addressed the
"so what?" of the lesson to make it clear that inferencing was an important skill that we use every
day in many different situations. I also neglected to do a summarization or closure to the lesson
because of time constraints, but I need to make sure I have just a few minutes at the end of the
period to do so.