9/5 Inference Follow UP

Bell Work You will need out your inference worksheet number 1, your notebook, and September book. Put today’s date on the first available page in notebook. Then describe the differences between assumptions, inferences, and predictions. When done, start reading.

Daily Notebook Prompt What is an inference? Why are they important to this class?

Practice with inference Tuesday – I can define, make, and support an inference. Today’s objective: I can differentiate between an assumption and inference.

Review Making an inference: What do you know? What clues did you find? What can you conclude? What can you infer?

Why is this man on the floor? What make you think so?

What do you think this boy is thinking? What makes you think so?

When was this picture taken? How do you know?

What are THREE things you can tell about the person whose feet these belong to?

Review To make an inference, you need to activate your prior knowledge and merge it with the text clues that the author gives you.

Assumption vs. Inference In your journal… What is an assumption? How is it different from an Inference?

Assumption: An assumption is something we take for granted or presuppose. Usually it is something we previously learned and do not question. It is part of our system of beliefs. We assume our beliefs to be true and use them to interpret the world about us. Consider this example: “I heard a scratch at the door. I got up to let the cat in.” My inference was based on the assumption (my prior belief) that only the cat makes that noise, and that he makes it only when he wants to be let in.

Elements of Literature Continued Plot P.O.V Tone Characters- Static/Dynamic, Antagonist/Protagonist Reliable/Unreliable narrator Characterization

Elements of Literature Protagonist- main character Antagonist- the character that blocks the protagonist from achieving his/her goal Dynamic- a character who changes in an important way during the story Static- a character who is the same at the end as at the beginning

Elements of Literature https://study.com/academy/lesson/unreliable-narrator-definition- examples.html Unreliable/Reliable Narrator

Characterization Characterization is the way in which authors convey information about their characters. Characterization can be direct, as when an author tells readers what a character is like (e.g. "George was cunning and greedy.") or indirect, as when an author shows what a character is like by portraying his or her actions, speech, or thoughts (eg. "On the crowded subway, George slipped his hand into the man's coat pocket and withdrew the wallet, undetected."). Descriptions of a character's appearance, behavior, interests, way of speaking, and other mannerisms are all part of characterization. For stories written in the first-person point of view, the narrator's voice, or way of telling the story, is essential to his or her characterization.

Reminders Quiz over literary terms Friday? Know the definitions. We’ll work on applying them starting Thursday. Get a September book if you haven’t already. Have a good Wednesday!