1. The Tulip Touch Chapters 7 - 9
Lesson Objectives:
To understand what inference and deduction is.
To understand the developing character of Tulip and consider how she impacts Natalie.

2. STARTER Write down 5 ADJECTIVES to describe NATALIE
Write down 3 SIMILES to describe TULIP

3. Remind me…
… what do we know so far?

4. Inference and deduction
What do these two words mean?
Write a definition in your own words in your books.
Inference and deduction: reading between the lines. Working out the hidden meanings.

5. Inference and deduction
What can you work out from these images?

6. Inference and deduction. Complete the table below in your book
Description
What we can infer/deduce
‘The glimpse of a stained sheet spread over a chair to dry as she kicked closed the door …’
Tulip wets the bed. She doesn’t want Natalie to know.
‘Tulip’s mother was giving me the creeps with her beg-pardon smile and her tireless, tuneless humming …’
‘… there were far too many smashed bottles lying around for us to play most of our creeping games.’

7. Let’s Read!

8. The Tulip Touch
What do you think Mr Barnes means when he says ‘the Tulip Touch’?
List two of Tulip’s lies. Why do you think she tells lies?

9. Chapter 8 If chapter 8 had a title, what would it be called?
Draw a picture of the photograph you think Natalie is talking about at the start of Chapter 8.

10. Plenary – High Five!
Draw around your hand on a new page in your book. 1) What does inference and deduction mean? 2) What have you learned about Tulip today? 3) Write down one more simile that could describe Tulip. 4) Write one question you have about today’s work. 5) Set yourself a target for next lesson. 3 4 2 5 1