Reading Literature Grade 8: English Language Arts Inclusive Big Idea #1: Cite details from the text to ask and answer literal and inferential questions Standard: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. RL.8.1
Think about how instructional strategies and activities can give students multiple ways to engage with learning. One way won’t work for all, so how can you remove and reduce barriers for all students?
Make reducing barriers a process - take a few minutes to think about your process! Is there a barrier related to:
For example, one possible barrier is if the design of the lesson does not support students to understand the key background information. Ideas to reduce this barrier could include:
Use these Inclusive Strategies to help reduce barriers.
Brush up on the content of this Inclusive Big Idea. It will help you and your colleagues to understand and teach this content better.
Concept Map: Clues from the text + My background knowledge = Inference
Looking for more suggestions? Target student common misconceptions, build on interdisciplinary links, and implement strategies and supports across multiple lessons or units. Go beyond the specific standard! These examples can spark ideas to generalize related skills from the content to real-world experiences for all students.
Explore other Inclusive Big Ideas to think about the content you are teaching. How can you connect what you are teaching now to what has been taught before or what will be taught in the future? The Inclusive Big Ideas were adapted from resources created by the NCSC Project , a federal grant from the US Department of Education (PR/Award #: H373X100002), However, the contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education and no assumption of endorsement by the Federal government should be made. |