Age: 8-9 years

Duration: 60 min

Objectives

• Read a narrative passage silently and annotate unknown words with context guesses.
• Answer inference and detail questions about character choices and story events.
• Discuss the main character's bravery in small groups using evidence from the text.

Vocab

• brave / courage: "The rabbit was brave when the fox appeared."
• forest / path / burrow: Setting vocabulary from the story.
• escape / clever / trap: "It made a clever escape through the trap."
• evidence / infer: "I infer ___ because the text says ___."

Warm-up (5min)

Show forest scene — predict story topic. Quick vocabulary scan: teacher reads 5 words aloud; students thumbs up if they know meaning.

Main Activity (45min): "Read, Annotate, Discuss"

Silent reading (8 min) of "The Brave Rabbit" passage (~350 words). Annotation pass: circle unknown words, margin-write guess from context. Teacher-led comprehension check — 6 literal questions on board. Pair inference task: "Why did the rabbit go into the forest?" — write answer + one text quote. Small groups discuss: Was the rabbit brave or foolish? Each group prepares 2 evidence sentences. Whole-class Socratic share — chart brave vs risky on T-chart. Written response: 4-sentence paragraph — topic sentence, 2 details, conclusion. Peer highlight: partner underlines evidence sentences. Optional extension: illustrate one scene with caption sentence.

Wrap-up (5min)

Share one word learned from context: "I thought ___ meant ___ . The story showed me ___ ."

Teacher Tips

• Flyers Reading expects inference — reward quoted evidence over single-word answers.
• Differentiate: stronger readers get open-ended question 7; developing readers stay with literal 1–5.
• Builds on G2 inference stations — now with sustained silent reading length.