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Overview In this lesson, the students will 'read between the lines' as they learn the skill of making inferences. It will all start by activating the students' previous knowledge about making assumptions using picture cues as they do the activity titled What Do You See? Then, they will be introduced to the topic making inferences using various resource materials. Once they are done, they will practice the skill they have acquired by making inferences using textual evidence in the myth Arachne, the Weaver. They will make an alternate ending for the story Arachne, the Weaver afterwards. Lastly, they will share their understanding of the lesson by doing the Daily Dozen activity. |
| Time: | 50-65 minutes |
| UK Curriculum: Year 5 & 6 Programme of Study: | Pupils should be taught to understand what they read by:
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| Learning Objectives: | At the end of the lesson, the students shall be able to:
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| Required Materials: | pictures, copy of the text, technological device, worksheet, daily dozen bowl |
| Values Integration: | "The greatest progress that human race has made lies in learning how to make correct inferences." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
| Dip! The teacher activates the students' prior knowledge about making inferences by doing the activity titled What Do You See? In this activity, the students are asked to make multiple assumptions based on what they think is happening in the picture shown to them. The sample pictures are in line with the myth Arachne, the Weaver which will be discussed later on. Once done, the students are asked to draw connections between the activity and the lesson on making inferences. They are made to realize that what they did in the activity is basically the same when you are making inferences in a text. You make a claim backed up by clues or pieces of evidence from the text.    |
| Deepen! The teacher presents a video lesson and reading material that students can use to learn the lesson on making inferences. The teacher can freely choose what he or she wants to use as a resource material. As students watch the video, they are asked to take notes of salient points using Cornell Notes. Sharing of students' insights should come afterwards. The teacher may use ONE of the following:
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| Do! Now that the students already know the skill of making inferences, they will now apply the skill in the myth of Arachne, the Weaver. The teacher has two options in presenting the story; she may play the video or read the text. As the teacher presents the story to the students, he or she will have to stop at some parts to allow the students to practice the skill of making inferences by asking a question and eliciting student responses. Some questions that the teacher can use are as follows. 1. What do you think Arachne's extraordinary skill of spinning the finest threads will bring her? Blessing or doom? 2. How do you think Arachne will respond as praises for her work grew? 3. What do you think will happen after Arachne declared that her talent surpassed everyone else's and that of the Gods? 4. How do you think Athena will respond upon hearing Arachne's boasts? 5. What do you think will be the content of both Arachne and Athena's weaving? 6. Who do you think will win the weaving contest? Why? 7. What do you think will happen to Arachne after she defeated the Goddess Athena? 8. How do you think the myth will end? The teacher may present the story using any of the following materials:
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| Discern! After the students have applied making inferences by reading the story, they are now given the task to create an alternate ending for the myth Arachne, the Weaver by accomplishing the worksheet. The teacher may ask the students to do this online via Google Docs or offline via traditional writing. The following sentence serves as the guide question:
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| Discuss! The students choose two questions from the daily dozen bowl that contains sentence prompts to respond about the day's lesson. They will be given 1 minute thinking time to complete each statement. Sharing of answers will ensue. 1.) The thing that made the most sense to me today was… 2.) One thing that I just don't understand is… 3.) When someone asks me what I did in math today, I can say… 4.) One thing I would like more information about is… 5.) I need more examples of… 6.) I enjoyed… 7.) The most important concept that we discussed today was… 8.) Today's class would have been even better if we had… 9.) I was confused by… 10.) The thing we did in class today that best fit my learning style was… 11.) The one thing the teacher did today that worked well for me was… 12.) The one thing the teacher did today that did not work well for me was… |
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