Career Clusters

There are 16 career clusters leading to various career pathways. Instructors can incorporate these clusters into curriculum design and instruction. Adult education services will include workforce preparation activities and training for specific occupations; this will allow students to achieve their educational and career goals. For a listing and description of these career clusters, please click on the link below.

Career Cluster Pathways

Lessons
Career Clusters
Architecture & Construction
Units
Construction & Trades
Making Inferences in Articles about Trade Jobs

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Lesson Title	Making Inferences in Articles about Trade Jobs
Unit Title	Construction & Trades
NRS Level	Level 4
Length of Lesson	60 minutes

Lesson Purpose

Students will need to use the skill of making inferences from texts that they read in order to be successful in reading workplace texts for their future careers and also on the GED and any tests that include reading comprehension.

Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to make logical inferences after reading texts related to trade jobs. Students will watch two short instructional videos, watch the instructor model making inferences from an article, work with a partner to make inferences after reading a new article, and then work independently to make inferences from the final article.

Student Target

“I can make logical inferences after reading texts related to trade jobs.”

CCR Standards

Reading

Reading Anchor 1
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. (Apply this standard to texts of appropriate complexity as outlined by Standard 10.)

Lead CCR Level Specific Standards

Reading Anchor 1: Level D

RI/RL.7.1
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.