Holes Lesson 12: Infer and Deduce - Lesson Plan

In this comprehensive lesson plan tailored for an English reading session focused on the novel study of "Holes," the learning objective is to enhance students' ability to infer and deduce information from a text. Specifically, the lesson aims to analyse how the author introduces the character of the Warden. To achieve this, the lesson incorporates an infer and deduce task, coupled with an in-depth analysis of the Warden's portrayal in the narrative. The assessment of progress is gauged through a written outcome based on the students' understanding of the Warden.

The expected outcomes of the lesson are tiered to cater to different levels of comprehension and skill mastery. All students must gain a basic understanding of the Warden alongside foundational inference and deduction skills. Moving up a notch, they should secure a more comprehensive grasp of these concepts. The most advanced outcome is for students to gain deeper insights into the character of the Warden while honing their inferential and deductive abilities. To accommodate diverse learning needs, the lesson plan provides differentiation opportunities such as editing the PowerPoint presentation, adjusting scaffolding, and striking a balance between teacher guidance and independent learning. The lesson is structured into a starter activity focusing on collaborative inference and deduction tasks, followed by the main teaching activity which includes reading, discussion, and a specific task related to the Warden. An extension activity encourages students to write a paragraph about the Warden, fostering assessment for learning (AFL). The lesson concludes with a plenary session that involves peer and self-assessment, where students discuss and evaluate each other's deductions about the Warden.