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TUMBLETA - ELA SKILL LESSON
Enemy Pie - Dad's Real Plan
Grade 2 | Florida teacher-facing edition
REGIONAL STANDARD
ELA.K12.EE.3.1
Make inferences to support comprehension.
WHY THIS LESSON QUALIFIES
Students infer Dad's unstated plan from multiple facts, write the claim
with supporting evidence, and
distinguish the reader's inference from the narrator's belief.
Source
Florida Department of Education - Florida B.E.S.T. Standards: English Language Arts
Production status
APPROVED - HIGH confidence. Canonical lesson pages follow unchanged. The standard is printed only on this regional edition.
Verified for production 2026-09-07
ELA SKILL LESSON · GRADE 2
Enemy Pie
Dad's Real Plan
- TIME
- 30 minutes full · 15 minutes short
- PRIMARY SKILL
- Infer an unstated plan from multiple clues
- OBJECTIVE
- Infer Dad's plan by comparing his words, actions, and the result.
page 1
- STUDENT
- A claim supported by three pieces of evidence plus a reader/narrator comparison.
- EVIDENCE
- ESSENTIAL
- What do Dad's words and actions help the reader work out?
- QUESTION
Before teaching
Read or play the complete book before the timed lesson. Invite guesses about Enemy Pie, but do not confirm or reject them before students assemble the evidence.
- Materials:
- The book; marked passages; Student Evidence page; pencil.
Mark these moments: Dad prepares the hidden recipe · Dad requires a day with Jeremy · Dad eats the pie · the boys become friends · final page
Lesson sequence
- TIME
- TEACHING MOVE
- 4 min
- Collect the guesses Ask what might be in Enemy Pie. Keep guesses visible without judging them.
- 6 min
- Hold two facts together Record: Dad calls it Enemy Pie, and Dad eats a large piece himself. Say both facts must fit one explanation.
- 10 min
- Infer the plan Add the required day with Jeremy and the ending. Ask for one plan that explains all three facts.
- 10 min
- Reader and narrator Compare what the narrator still believes with what readers can now infer.
ELA SKILL LESSON · TEACHER SUPPORT
Enemy Pie
Dad's Real Plan
Access routes
page 2
- SOLO
- Collect the marked clues independently, write one claim, and link each clue to it.
- SUPPORTED
- Use three clue cards: required day, Dad eats the pie, enemy disappears because friendship changes. Rehearse the claim orally before writing.
- LISTENING
- Replay the marked moments in order. After each clue ask, “What does this make you think Dad planned?” Dictate the final claim and reader/narrator comparison.
- EXTEND
- Explain why Dad’s plan works without claiming that the pie itself is dangerous.
Teacher guidance
This lesson depends on withholding. Put Dad eating the pie beside the required friendly day and wait.
Once students infer the plan, consolidate the claim and evidence; do not supply the claim first.
Accuracy note: Do not say Dad lies. His promise to get rid of an enemy becomes true because the relationship changes.
Assessment
- States a plausible plan that fits all clues.
- Uses the required day with Jeremy as evidence.
- Uses Dad eating the pie as evidence.
- Uses the friendship outcome as evidence.
- Distinguishes what readers infer from what the narrator still believes.
Short route · 15 minutes 3 min - collect two clues. 5 min - add the required day and infer the plan. 7 min - compare reader and narrator.
STUDENT EVIDENCE · GRADE 2
Enemy Pie
Dad's Real Plan
Name ______________________________________ Date __________________ State your claim.
Add three facts from the book. Finish by comparing what the reader and narrator understand.
FACT 1
FACT 2
FACT 3
page 3
What did Dad require?
What did Dad do with the pie?
What happened to the enemy?
MY CLAIM
Dad's plan was...
EXIT CHECK
What can the reader infer that the narrator still misses? ________________________________
TEACHER KEY · GRADE 2
Enemy Pie
Dad's Real Plan
Strong response
Dad uses the idea of Enemy Pie to get the narrator to spend a friendly day with Jeremy. The pie is ordinary and safe; Dad eats it too.
The day together removes the “enemy” because the boys become friends. The narrator still believes the pie might be dangerous and thinks he saved Jeremy, while the reader can see how Dad’s plan worked.
Expected evidence
- Required condition: spend the day with Jeremy.
- Safety clue: Dad eats the pie himself.
- Outcome clue: Jeremy becomes a friend / the enemy is gone because the relationship changes.
Watch for
- Guessing the filling instead of inferring the plan.
- Saying Dad lied rather than explaining how the result makes his promise true.
Independent success
The student states one plan that fits at least three clues and explains one difference between reader and narrator understanding.
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