“Making Inferences: Understanding the Unstated”

SUBJECT GRADE DATE

ELA 8 01/23/23

STANDARD(S):
CORRESPONDING CCSS STANDARDS (AS INDICATED IN ELD STANDARDS) W.8.1–5;
L.8.1, 3–6, W.8.1–5; WHST.8.1–2, 4–5; SL.8.4, 6

OBJECTIVES Students will be able to make inferences from a given text by

using context clues and prior knowledge; Students will be able
to make inferences using context clues and background
experience; Students will be able to connect English inferences
to those in their native tongue through individualized
instruction.

MATERIALS “MAKING INFERENCES” Worksheet

“I CAN MAKE AN INFERENCE” Poster
Short Passages (With or Without Pictures)
Graphic Organizer

CLASSROOM Students will be grouped at tables such that they are facing
ARRANGEMENT each other, not the front of the room, in order that they may
AND GROUPING collaborate on the topic, four tables forming a square; Students
will be grouped with more advanced learners paired with
beginning and emergent learners; It is possible that a round
robin would work in this lesson with students rotating between
tables.

INSTRUCTIONAL WARM UP:

APPROACH AND
• Ask students if they have ever had to figure something out
SEQUENCE
that wasn’t directly stated
• Introduce the concept of inferences and how they help to
understand the unstated
DIRECT INSTRUCTION:
• Provide students with short passages and ask what is
stated and what is not
• Provide worksheet and ask students to fill in the blanks
• Show inferences poster and go over highlighted points
GUIDED PRACTICE:
 • Provide students with graphic organizer and have them
work in small groups to identify inferences in a passage
• Each group will then share their inferences with the class
and discuss strategies used to identify them
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
• Provide students with a short passage and ask them to
make inferences using their graphic organizer
CLOSURE:
• Review the inferences that students made during
independent practice and discuss how making inferences
help them understand the text
• Summarize key points of the lesson and give students
homework assignment to practice making inferences with
different texts

ASSESSMENTS FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT:

• Worksheet, “Peter and Ralphie Go Exploring”
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT:
• Homework

NOTES
Results from both assessments
would reflect and reinforce
understanding of standards, most
notably L.8.1 of the CCSS.
Improvements expected are a
deeper understanding of the text as
well as the ability to use inferences
independently