In this lesson, students are asked to cite the text for evidence as they make an inference in a nonfiction text. It can be taught on its own or used as a pre-lesson to Inferences in Nonfiction Texts: Cesar Chavez and Farmworker Rights.
Students will be able to make inferences with evidence from a text on Cesar Chavez.
Language
Students will be able to cite the text with introductory phrases when inferring using a graphic organizer.
Introduction
(5 minutes)
Write the word "evidence" in the middle of a piece of chart paper. Ask students to consider the term evidence and talk to a partner about what they think the word means.
Invite them to share their responses and write them down around the word on the chart paper. Affirm their ideas and background knowledge before reading the student-friendly definition of evidence. Elaborate that when readers interact or make meaning of a text, it is important to provide evidence that supports their thinking.
Tell students that today they will learn how to cite the text as evidence when making inferences with the help of introductory phrases.