Summary, Inference and Connections

For many students in Yr 9, these skills and asking questions of the texts need to be taught.

This grid is roughly based on the KWL chart. There is an extra column for the keywords. 

Students are instructed to read the text, The Fur Coat and to highlight the keywords as they read. 

In the first instance, the teacher talks the students through the process so that most students end up with something like the response above.  This is a student exemplar which has been graded at Curriculum Level 5A. The student has inserted the word 'trick'. This word does not appear in the text.

In the first session, making inferences is touched on but is an extension exercise.

Making connections with the wider world or with another text is introduced. This is also an extension exercise. The teacher talks about King Solomon the wise, the first detective stories and the two mothers who both claim the live child.

This format of scaffolded readings is repeated for a period, once a week for a term. This will depend on the class and student needs.