Reading Inference - Shoe Lesson

This is a reading lesson created to allow children to use inference without books - to begin to see what making an inference means.

First, the children are given the shoes. What do they think the person wearing them is like? Why?

This is followed by the picture. Is this different to what they thought? What new inferences could they now make about the character?

Finally, the children are given pieces of text written about the characters. Again, is there anything different to what they thought? Are there any new clues about the characters?

The children then wrote either a character description of the person based on all the information they’ve gathered, or they will write a diary entry of a ‘day in the life’ of the character. (I let the children choose!)