Reading, Writing, Inference.... Oh MY

 

Reading comprehension skills can be a challenge for students especially our ESE students. This lesson plan teaches students to examine the traits of characters from their favorite books and learn to distinguish between factual character traits presented directly in the story and character traits that readers infer from the story. I know anything that helps with inference is a welcome addition to my lesson plan collection as it is one of the hardest things our students master.  What I like about this lesson is it includes many different strategies like graphic organizers and includes the use of technology. I also like the idea that they are starting out using this with characters they are familiar with later you could use this format for other stories they are reading with characters they are less familiar with and are more complex.  This lesson would be a great jumping off point for many other lessons like creative writing and FCAT reading practice.

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Here is the link: http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/plans/Pages/character-mapping.aspx