©2012 DataWORKS Educational Research EDI Lesson Plan Template for TEACHER-CREATED lessons. Activate Prior Knowledge CFU What are we going to do today? In your own words, what does ________ mean? ________ means __________. Learning Objective Connection Today we will quote accurately from informative text when drawing inferences Accurately- exactly Explicit- clearly Academic Vocabulary Today we will quote accurately from an informative text to support inferences drawn from the text. Share with your partner how you think the lady in this picture is feeling. What clues from the picture helped come up with your idea?

©2012 DataWORKS Educational Research EDI Lesson Plan Template for TEACHER-CREATED lessons. Concept Development 1 2 CFU inference Academic Vocabulary Inferences – is an educated guess about a situation by using what you read and what you already know. What is an inference? How do you know What is a second hand account? give me an example Every summer sea turtles come to the remote beaches near boa Raton, Florida. With their large front flippers, the female turtles dig large pits in the sand and then deposits perfectly round white eggs. The eggs have leathery shells. The female turtles pushes sand over the eggs, and then she crawls back into the ocean. Scientists take many groups to see the sea turtles laying their eggs. Example: Inference- I can infer that many people are interested in the sea turtle because the text states “Scientists take many groups to see the sea turtles” Non-Example: Explicit detail –stated directly in the passage The eggs have leathery shells

©2012 DataWORKS Educational Research EDI Lesson Plan Template for TEACHER-CREATED lessons. Skill Development/Guided Practice CFU (process questions): Pharaoh- Egyptian king or ruler Tomb-m burial place Resealed- closed again Academic Vocabulary Steps to Complete the Skill: Think about your own experiences and other texts you’ve read to help you answer these questions Read the passage and ask yourself what information is missing to make an inference Use quotes from the text to support inferences What did I infer from the text? How did I prove my inference? What other quotes can we use to support my inference? Why did Egyptians build a tomb for King Tut that was hard to locate? They did not want anyone to locate it. In the passage it states, “The Egyptians built tombs that were hard to find and even harder to enter.”

©2012 DataWORKS Educational Research EDI Lesson Plan Template for TEACHER-CREATED lessons. Skill Development/Guided Practice CFU (process questions): Steps to Complete the Skill: Think about your own experiences and other texts you’ve read to help you answer these questions Read the passage and ask yourself what information is missing Use quotes from the text to support inferences What did you infer from the text? How do you know? Why did King Tut’s tomb stay hidden for thousands of years? It stayed buried for years because it was covered with sand. According to the passage, “It stayed buried in the sand for thousands of years.”

©2012 DataWORKS Educational Research EDI Lesson Plan Template for TEACHER-CREATED lessons. Skill Development/Guided Practice CFU (process questions): Academic Vocabulary Steps to Complete the Skill: Think about your own experiences and other texts you’ve read to help you answer these questions Read the passage and ask yourself what information is missing Use quotes from the text to support inferences What did you infer from the text? How do you know? What information from the text supports the inference that Carter used drawings to locate Tut’s tombs? In the text it states, “Carter was an artist for paleontologists. He made drawings of fossils and other findings.”

©2012 DataWORKS Educational Research EDI Lesson Plan Template for TEACHER-CREATED lessons. Relevance Why is it important to use quotes to support inferences we make? It is important to have textual evidence to support the inferences we make.

©2012 DataWORKS Educational Research EDI Lesson Plan Template for TEACHER-CREATED lessons. Closure Steps to Complete the Skill: Read the passage and ask yourself what information is missing Think about your own experiences and other texts you’ve read to help you answer these questions Use quotes from the text to support inferences What information from the text supports the inference that life as an indentured servant was not pleasant? Pleasant- enjoyable Indentured servant- a paid slaved Academic Vocabulary Life was not pleasant for indentured servants. The text states, “Their lives were harsh and restricted.”