Launch Activities Inference and Drawing Conclusions Haines City
High School Creator: Charles Wynne
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Watch the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m1Nubw8XJw (ten
minute clip) Answer the questions below: 1. Why is this video clip
funny? 2. What happens to Lucy in this clip? 3. What do you think
is in Vitameatavegamin they dont advertise? 4. What time period do
you think this takes place in and why?
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Acquisition Inference and Drawing Conclusions Haines City High
School Creator: Charles Wynne
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Essential Vocabulary Inference to infer is to read between the
lines of the text, meaning you have to think BEYOND the text and
use your prior knowledge to draw conclusions. Prediction To predict
is to make an educated guess as to what is going to happen next, be
discussed next, or what the effects of the literature may be.
Active readers predict as they read. Foreshadowing authors usually
leave a blue print for the reader to make predictions and
inferences; foreshadowing is when the author hints at what is going
to happen, making it easier to infer and predict.
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Elkhart Community Schools 5 Inference Background Knowledge
(schema) Background Knowledge (schema) Making Connections Making
Connections Questioning Predictions Imagination/ Visualization
Imagination/ Visualization Analysis of Text: Interpretation/
Judgment Analysis of Text: Interpretation/ Judgment Drawing
Conclusions
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Elkhart Community Schools 6 Questioning and inferring work in
tandem to enhance understanding of text. ~ Harvey & Goudvis
Authors of Strategies That Work Questioning and inferring work in
tandem to enhance understanding of text. ~ Harvey & Goudvis
Authors of Strategies That Work
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Elkhart Community Schools 7 Readers are able to think
inferentially when they connect their background of information,
ideas, and experiences with the text.
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Elkhart Community Schools 8 It is important for the reader to
have background knowledge about a text they are reading if they are
expected to read inferentially.
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Elkhart Community Schools 9 Word Clues + Experience Inference
Word Clues + Experience Inference
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Elkhart Community Schools 10 Predicting is related to inferring
- - - BUT whats the difference? Predicting is related to inferring
- - - BUT whats the difference?
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Elkhart Community Schools 11 When you read, you use all your
senses. You see things in your minds eye and hear the sounds you
connect to that about which you are reading. ~ Guided Reading the
Four Blocks Way
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Elkhart Community Schools 12 Proficient readers use images to
draw conclusions, to create distinct and unique interpretations of
the text, to recall details significant to the text, and to recall
a text after it has been read. ~ Ellin Keene
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Elkhart Community Schools 13 Inferring is the process of taking
that which is stated in text and extrapolating it to ones life to
create a wholly original interpretation that, in turn, becomes part
of ones beliefs or knowledge. ~ Ellin Keene
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Elkhart Community Schools 14 Proficient readers make
connections between conclusions they draw and other beliefs or
knowledge. ~ Ellin Keene
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Elkhart Community Schools 15 All the processes work together.
Each works in concert with the others to aid the reader in
comprehending text.
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SIGNAL WORDS Infer Assume Ascertain Believe Induce Deduce
Suppose Speculate Surmise Interpret Imply (implication) Derive Draw
Conjecture
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1. Consider each of the distracters and look for evidence to
either support it or reject it in these areas --the text itself
(most important) --your own experience --your own logic 2. Exclude
any distracters that are not logical 3. Choose the distracter that
requires the shortest leap of logic. Steps to Answering an
Inference Question
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Practice and Assessment Inference and Drawing Conclusions
Haines City High School Creator: Charles Wynne
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Complete the first column of the chart What I know about
Arizona immigration law What I learned about the Arizona
immigration law What I can predict will happen with the Arizona law
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Possible Responses What I know about Arizona immigration law
What I learned about the Arizona immigration law What I can predict
will happen with the Arizona law 1. Police can arrest someone just
because they think they are illegal. 2. My parents agree with the
law. 3. I know it is a big debate in our country. 4. I saw
something about it on Facebook. 5. I know that the U.S. has bad
immigration laws.
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Watch the video and add to column 2 of your chart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4ltqJ8-FG8
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Possible Responses What I know about Arizona immigration law
What I learned about the Arizona immigration law What I can predict
will happen with the Arizona law 1. Police can arrest someone just
because they think they are illegal. 1. The AZ Governor believes
the U.S. Government has been lazy about immigration laws. 2. My
parents agree with the law. 2. Police can act as immigration
agents. 3. I know it is a big debate in our country. 3. People who
hire or transport undocumented workers can be fined or arrested. 4.
I saw something about it on Facebook. 4. Could result in ethnic and
racial profiling 5. I know that the U.S. has bad immigration laws.
5. President Obama believes this can lead to unfairness.
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Discussion What do you think will happen with the Arizona law?
Why do you think this will happen? Do you think the law is fair?
Why or why not? Do you think it could create racial and ethnic
profiling? If so, how? What do you think is the main difference
between the Governor of Arizonas political beliefs and Barack
Obamas political beliefs?
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Possible Responses What I know about Arizona immigration law
What I learned about the Arizona immigration law What I can predict
will happen with the Arizona law 1. Police can arrest someone just
because they think they are illegal. 1. The AZ Governor believes
the U.S. Government has been lazy about immigration laws. 1. The
law will go in to effect and the debate will become more heated. 2.
My parents agree with the law. 2. Police can act as immigration
agents. 2. The U.S. government will be forced to revisit
immigration policies. 3. I know it is a big debate in our country.
3. People who hire or transport undocumented workers can be fined
or arrested. 3. The Arizona law will be repealed soon. 4. I saw
something about it on Facebook. 4. Could result in ethnic and
racial profiling 4. There will be a lot of racial and ethnic
profiling. 5. I know that the U.S. has bad immigration laws. 5.
President Obama believes this can lead to unfairness. 5. The debate
will keep racial and ethnic profiling from happening very
often.
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Answer the questions based on the photo What can you infer from
this photograph? Why does it seem probable that this person is not
being seriously injured ? Based on the photo, what might you infer
about why is person is covered in bugs?
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Answer the questions below about the photo. What emotion(s) is
she feeling Why is she feeling this way? Who caused this or what
caused this? Etc.
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Answer the questions below 1. What kind of relationship do the
people in the photograph have? How do you know? 2. Based on the
photograph, what can we assume about the nature of the discussion?
3. Based on the photograph, what is the probable reason for the
womans upset?
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Answer the questions using the political cartoon below. Why is
this cartoon funny? What can you assume about the artist/creators
opinion about environment based on the commentary in the
cartoon?
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What is happening in the passage? And is the picture
appropriate? Why or why not? My father lies black and hushed
Beneath white hospital sheets He collapsed at work His iron left
him Slow and quiet he sank
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Science - Read the article Bionic Cat Gets Artificial Paws
Oscar the cat may have lost one of his nine lives, but his new
prosthetic paws make him one of the world's few bionic cats. After
losing his two rear paws in a nasty encounter with a combine
harvester last October, the black cat with green eyes was outfitted
with metallic pegs that link the ankles to new prosthetic feet and
mimic the way deer antlers grow through skin. Oscar is now back on
his feet and hopping over hurdles like tissue paper rolls. Together
with biomedical engineering experts, Fitzpatrick gave Oscar two
metal prosthetic implants, or pegs. Those were attached to
custom-built faux paws that are a bit wobbly, to imitate a cat's
natural walk. But first, he covered the brown implants with black
tape to match Oscar's fur.
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Multiple Choice Question 1. Based on the article, the word
bionic probably means: A. Something with human parts. B. Something
with biological and mechanical parts. C. Something with only
mechanical parts. D. Something with unnatural elements or parts.
Write down the answer AND your reasoning behind it. You MAY NOT use
a dictionary!!!
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Answer 1. Based on the article, the word bionic probably means:
A. Something with human parts. B. Something with biological and
mechanical parts. C. Something with only mechanical parts. D.
Something with unnatural elements or parts.
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Historical Women in Math 1956 Gloria Ford Gilmer was the first
African American woman to publish a non-Ph.D. mathematics thesis
research paper. Had she not halted her graduate school program at
the University of Wisconsin for marriage, she would have been the
fourth African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics. Some
years later, she earned a Doctorate in Curriculum Instruction.
However, during her entire career she has been a major force and an
instrumental figure for the advancement of African Americans in the
Mathematical Community.
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Short Answer Question What is the most-likely reason that
Gloria Ford Gilmer got a Doctoral degree in Curriculum Instruction
but not in Mathematics?
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Social Studies Read the article Quran doesnt call for stoning,
experts insist International outcry - and the pleas of a devoted
son - seem to have saved an Iranian woman from being stoned to
death for adultery. But while Sakineh Mohammedie Ashitani has been
granted a reprieve, she is not the only woman sentenced to be
stoned for adultery in Iran. There have been at least six sentences
carried out since 2006, says Ann Harrison, an Iran expert at
Amnesty International in London. Adultery is the only crime that
carries such a penalty in Iranian law, she said. Only a handful of
countries have laws calling for stoning, and Iran is the only one
that carries out executions that way, Amnesty International records
suggest. That is because Islam doesn't really want the punishment
to be carried out, says Ziba Mir-Hosseini, an Iranian-born
campaigner against the practice.
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Multiple Choice Question Based on the information in the
article, what can we assume the author means by the phrase,
Adultery is the only crime that carries such a penalty in Iranian
law, she said? A. That the punishment is not harsh enough. B. That
adultery is the only crime problem in Iran. C. That even murderers
are not tortured as much as adulterers. D. That few women commit
adultery in Iran. E. A and B F. C and D G. None of the above
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Multiple Choice Question ANSWER Based on the information in the
article, what can we assume the author means by the phrase,
Adultery is the only crime that carries such a penalty in Iranian
law, she said? A. That the punishment is not harsh enough. B. That
adultery is the only crime problem in Iran. C. That even murderers
are not tortured as much as adulterers. D. That few women commit
adultery in Iran. E. A and B F. C and D G. None of the above
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Multiple Choice Question Based on the article, what is the
authors point of view? A. Iranian women deserve to be stoned to
death for committing adulterous acts against their husbands. B.
Male adulterers are not punished as badly as female adulterers in
Iran. C. Iran is one of the few places where a stoning law is still
in effect for adultery crimes. D. No one deserves this type of
punishment.
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English Read the excerpt below. It is a Friday, market day. My
mother, my father, and me, we cross into Dajabon, the first
Dominican town across the river. My mother wants to buy cooking
pots made by a Haitian pot maker named Moy who lives there, the
best pot maker in the area. There is a gleam to Moy's pots that
makes you think you are getting a gem. They never darken even after
they have been used on outdoor cooking fires for years. In the
afternoon, as we set out to wade across the river again with our
two new shiny pots, it starts to rain in the mountains, far
upstream. The air is heavy and moist; a wide rainbow arc creeps
away from the sky, dark rain clouds moving in to take its
place.
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Short Answer Questions What is the narrators attitude towards
the changing weather? How did you make this determination? What
type of climate does the narrator live in? How do you know this?
What can you infer about Moys pots? What makes them special? What
can you predict will happen next?
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Read the excerpt of Verses upon the Burning of our House by
Anne Bradstreet In silent night when rest I took, For sorrow near I
did not look, I waken'd was with thund'ring noise And piteous
shrieks of dreadful voice. That fearful sound of "fire" and "fire,"
Let no man know is my Desire. I starting up, the light did spy, And
to my God my heart did cry To straighten me in my Distress And not
to leave me succourless.
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Multiple Choice Questions 1. During which time period would it
appear the poet lived? A. 300 100 B.C. B. 1600 1700 A.D. C. 1950
1970 A.D. D. 2001 - present 2. Based on the context, what can we
assume the word piteous means? A. Pathetic B. Depressed C. Ecstatic
D. Sorrowful 3. Based on the context, what meaning does the poet
intend to convey in using the word succourless? A. Helpless B.
Pathetic C. Hopeful D. Dreaded
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Answers 1. During which time period would it appear the poet
lived? A. 300 100 B.C. B. 1600 1700 A.D. C. 1950 1970 A.D. D. 2001
- present 2. Based on the context, what can we assume the word
piteous means? A. Pathetic B. Depressed C. Ecstatic D. Sorrowful 3.
Based on the context, what meaning does the poet intend to convey
in using the word succourless? A. Helpless B. Pathetic C. Hopeful
D. Dreaded
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Extending and Refining Inference and Drawing Conclusions Haines
City High School Creator: Charles Wynne
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Review Several of the Brain Boosters Critical Thinking
Activities http://school.discoveryeducation.com/brainboosters/
THEN: Write your own Brain Booster activity and have a friend take
it to see if they can come up with the right answer.
