Help your Grade 6 students master one of the most tested reading skills with this complete inference unit. Ten fully scripted lessons take students from understanding what an inference is, all the way to independently reading complex grade-level texts and producing evidence-based RACE responses.

Every lesson follows a consistent arc: a clear learning target, direct instruction with modelled examples, guided and independent practice, and a recap. Three worksheets (six pages) progress students from vocabulary and basic identification through guided fiction and nonfiction inference tasks to fully independent application with self-assessment. The unit closes with a solo exit ticket and a 4-point rubric for teacher assessment.

What is the RACE framework? Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain. It is the backbone of this unit, and it is embedded into every practice task so students practise structured, evidence-based writing from Lesson 4 onwards. By Lesson 10, students write complete RACE responses independently from unseen texts.

The 63-slide deck covers ten distinct lessons: unit introduction and definition, the iceberg model and inference signals, direct instruction using clues and schema with the T-chart tool, evidence-based inference using RACE in both fiction and nonfiction, guided practice with extended passages, independent partner and solo tasks, application to a complex high-interest text about educational inequality, and a final reflection and exit ticket. Speaker notes on every slide include discussion prompts, timing guidance, and scaffolding suggestions.

This unit is ideal for Grade 6 ELA teachers, IB MYP Language and Literature classes, literacy intervention programs at Grades 6 and 7, and sub-plan use in independent reading blocks. It works as a standalone unit or as part of a reading strategy series.