Lesson Plan
Explicit or Inferred? (Bud, Not Buddy, Part I)
In this lesson you will allow students to explore the inferences in the opening chapter of Bud, Not Buddy. Then they will have the opportunity to develop these skills further with high cognitive partner and individual activities.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to distinguish between explicit information and an inference.
Introduction
(10 minutes)- Activate your students' background knowledge by beginning a conversation about the story Bud, Not Buddy and the 1930s.
- Go over your learning target by clarifying what explicit information is and what an inference is. Give examples to clarify.
- Make note of your discussion points on a piece of chart paper or the board.
- Prepare for a read aloud of chapter one by first instructing students to pay attention to the pictures in their head as you read. Instruct them to write down what they see as you read, paying attention to details they write that weren't explicitly stated by the author, but inferred by the reader. Assure them that you will give examples.