Novel Unit Making Inferences

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Novel UnitMaking Inferences

• Beginning January 5, 2009

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Warm Up

• What can you INFER about the following
  statements? Write your answers down.
• Katie seemed happy after she got her essay back.
• Mr. Root said it was urgent that he speaks to
  you.
• Rachel speaks perfect French.
• Marissa slammed the door of her locker hard.
• How did you figure it out?

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Reading SkillMaking Inferences

• What you did was called making an inference.
• An inference is
• Drawing a logical conclusion based on observation
  or evidence
• Sometimes based on incomplete information
• Reading between the lines
• Related words indicate (to show/hint) and deduce
  (use reasoning to figure out)

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Making InferencesVisual Representation
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Making InferencesPractice

• Turn to page 111 in your Readers Journey
• As we read Grandma Ling aloud, pay close
  attention to each underlined portion of the poem
• Write your inference to the right of the
  underlining

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Making InferencesHomework

• Read pages 108-109
• Read pages 112-115
• Complete page 115 questions 1-5
• Complete p. 66-67 Inference Worksheets