Lesson Plan
Inferences in Nonfiction Texts: Cesar Chavez and Farmworker Rights
Cesar Chavez is a perfect example of a champion for social justice. Students will refine inference skills by using background knowledge and evidence from the text, while also discovering an important American civil rights activist.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to make inferences with evidence from a text on Cesar Chavez.
Introduction
(10 minutes)- Tell students that excellent readers frequently make inferences as they read. Tell them that inferences are when a reader uses their background knowledge along with information from the text to draw a conclusion. Making an inference is also known as "reading between the lines" to go beyond what the text explicitly says.
- Explain to them that today they will learn about Cesar Chavez, a leader for migrant farmworkers in California who fought for better working conditions and fair wages (pay). Inform them that migrant farmworkers are people who move from farm to farm to pick the crops according to the season.
Beginning
- Provide an image and a definition for any unfamiliar words in students' home language (L1) and English (L2).
Intermediate
- Provide visuals to go with the theme of migrant farmworker rights to give students more of a context to begin the lesson.
- Allow students the chance to discuss with a partner in their home language (L1) or English any connections that they have with the topic discussed in the introduction.