Tiered Lesson

Fifth Grade Language Arts

Product/Readiness
Topic Constructing Meaning Benchmark LA.5.2.2 Make inferences and draw conclusions about
grade-appropriate texts Sampe Performance Assessment !SPA" The student: Knows that
information and ideas are not always explicitly stated but must be inferred from the information
provided. Moves from a fact or group of facts e.g.! door was found a"ar! items were scattered!
briefcase was missing# to an inference or conclusion e.g.! the office had been burglari$ed#.
#e$ %oncept& Make and %evise &redictions
Generai'ation& 'ovels are written in a way that offers students a chance to make predictions
about things that will happen next in the story. They can revise their predictions as they find out
what really happens next. The process of making and revising predictions is helpful in making
sense of actual events that happen in their lives.
Background& (tudents have been reading a novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond by )li$abeth
*eorge (peare#. They have "ust finished the first chapter and will make predictions based on the
events that have transpired. Their predictions will come in written form and will be turned in at
the end of class.
Tier (& Beo) Grade Le*e Learners
These students need to understand the events of the first chapter of the novel. They will have
read the chapter but will answer +uestions given to them to check on their comprehension of the
facts of the chapter first. ,fter understanding the facts! they will write a letter from Kit to her
friend in -arbados telling what she expects will happen next. The letter needs to be turned in at
the end of the class.
Tier ((& Grade Le*e Learners
These students will analy$e the events in chapter one. They will analy$e according to Kit.s
thoughts concerning her /disappointment in ,merica.0 They will focus on analysis of why
,merica would be disappointing to a person who was coming from -arbados. (tudents do a
prewriting exercise of creating a 1enn diagram that shows a comparison of ,merica as Kit sees
it# and -arbados as Kit remembers it#. Then they use the information to write a "ournal entry
from Kit.s point of view that explains why she is so disappointed and predicts what she thinks
will happen next. 2ournal entry needs to be turned in at the end of the class.
Tier (((& A+o*e Grade Le*e Learners
These students will synthesi$e the words used in chapter one according to what the words help
them learn about Kit. They will then predict what will happen next from a synthesis of the words
used to tell the events in the first chapter. 3mportant words to present to them to begin their
search are embarrassment p. 4#! dour-looking p. 5#! impulsively p. 6#! and nonchalance p. 78#.
3f they do not know word meanings! they should begin their search in a dictionary. Then they
should write Kit.s explanation in any form they choose# of what has happened and what she
predicts next. Turn in the piece at the end of class.