Series Success at the Core: Relevant and Real Content: Preparing Students to Read: Word & Inference Walls

ELA.L.7.4a

Common core State Standards

  • ELA:  English Language Arts
  • L:  Language Standards 6-12
  • 7:  7th Grade
  • 4a: 
    Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and
    multiple-meaning words and phrases based on
    grade 7 reading and content, choosing flexibly
    from a range of strategies.

    a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a
    sentence or paragraph; a word's position
    or function in a sentence) as a clue to the
    meaning of a word or phrase.


    b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or
    Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning
    of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).

    c. Consult general and specialized reference
    materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries,
    thesauruses), both print and digital, to find
    the pronunciation of a word or determine
    or clarify its precise meaning or its part of
    speech.

    d. Verify the preliminary determination of
    the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by
    checking the inferred meaning in context or in
    a dictionary).

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Preparing Students to Read: Word & Inference Walls

Lesson Objective: Use word and inference walls to anticipate a new chapter of "The Outsiders"
Grade 7 / ELA / Reading
7 MIN
ELA.L.7.4a

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Discussion and Supporting Materials

Thought starters

  1. According to the teacher, what are the interdisciplinary connections in this lesson?
  2. How do the word and inference walls help students anticipate what they will read?
  3. How does the teacher engage students in a discussion using the word and inference walls?

17 Comments

  • Private message to LaBresha Small
  1. The interdisciplinary connections in this lesson according to the teacher, Ms. Farrell, is she was working with the science teachers and it’s a great way to check student’s predicting skills. This allows all subjects to connect across the various curriculum areas.
  2. The word and inference walls help students anticipate what they will read because it makes them use their background knowledge to learn new words from the story.
  3. The teacher engages students in a discussion using the word and inference walls by asking them questions, connecting their everyday lives and things they know or should know. She has them engage in cooperative learning.
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  • Private message to Joann Miller

I loved how the teacher was trying to make stories more revelate to what is happending is students world. Trying to make connections to students.

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  • Private message to Paula Bilo-Dickman

What a great idea to have an inference word wall!

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  • Private message to Tiffany Baltazar

1. The interdisciplinary connections in this lesson is to introduce and engaging students with the vocabulary before reading.

2.The word and inference walls help students anticipate what they will read by engaging the students and also for the teacher to check prior knowledge.

3 .The teacher engage students in a discussion using the word and inference walls to help guide and prompt the students.

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  • Private message to Jasmine Millan

Great Idea! Love it cant wait to use it when the Pandemic is over it would be easier to use. 

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School Details

Mount Baker Middle School
2310 East Section Street
Mount Vernon WA 98274
Population: 690

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Cathy Farrell