Lesson Plan
Perspective in Text: Whose Voice is Missing?
Critical thinking demands making inferences and having proof. Use this lesson plan with your students to teach how to infer author’s perspective and cite supporting quotes from text.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to infer author’s perspective and cite quotes as evidence to support their claim.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Write the word ‘trustworthy’ on the board and tell your students you want their advice on something.
- Share with them several details about one of the most trustworthy people you know, (I.e. “I have this friend who…”)
- Ask your class what adjective comes to mind that might best fit the person you’ve just described, (expect students to say, trustworthy!)
- Have your students turn and tell a neighbor what they remember from your description, that supports ‘trustworthy’ as an appropriate adjective to describe your person. Explain that what they (your students) have effectively done is:
- Identified author’s perspective by inferring and stating I believe my friend was trustworthy
- Cited details that support my belief
- Note that the objective of the following lesson is to teach them how to infer author’s perspective in a nonfiction text and cite quotes as proof.