Bellwork Aug. 20, 2015 Read the passage and answer the questions. Mrs. Green just finished college. She applied for a job at a school in town to be a first grade teacher. She wanted to be a teacher since she was a little girl. She heard that the school was looking for someone who had experience as a teacher so when she got a call from the principal to come in for an interview, she was happy and excited! On the day of the interview, Mrs. Green went to the school and saw four other people there. They were also at the school for interviews. All of them were older than she was and looked very confident. Mrs. Green’s heart “sunk”. Questions: What do you know? What clues do you have? What can you infer?

Bellwork August 20, 2015 Answers: Mrs. Green just finished college. She applied for a job at a school in town to be a first grade teacher. She wanted to be a teacher since she was a little girl. She heard that the school was looking for someone who had experience as a teacher so when she got a call from the principal to come in for an interview, she was happy and excited! On the day of the interview, Mrs. Green went to the school and saw four other people there. They were also at the school for interviews. All of them were older than she was and looked very confident. Mrs. Green’s heart “sunk”. Questions: What do you know? - Mrs. Green just finished college, applied for a teaching job, and has an interview scheduled with the school. What clues do you have? -“She heard that the school was looking for someone who had experience as a teacher…” (paragraph 1). -“All of them were older than she was and looked confident” (paragraph 2). What can you infer? -Mrs. Green is younger than the other applicants (paragraph 2). -Mrs. Green may lack experience if this is her first job out of college (paragraph 1).

Standard/I can. ELAGSE7RL1: Cite several pieces of text evidence to support the analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. I can: I can make inferences using context clues.

Hook Watch flowcabulary video on inferencing.

Mini-Lesson- “Rogue Wave” From lines 63-67: “Sully had sailed here at least a dozen times. He’d been around boats, motor and sail, for many of his nineteen years. He thought the Old Sea Dog was the best in her category, that he’d ever piloted.” Make an inference. What does this reveal to us (the reader) about Sully? What do you know? What clues do you have? What can you infer?

Mini-Lesson- “Rogue Wave” From lines 63-67: “Sully had sailed here at least a dozen times. He’d been around boats, motor and sail, for many of his nineteen years. He thought the Old Sea Dog was the best in her category, that he’d ever piloted.” Make an inference. What does this reveal to us (the reader) about Sully? What do you know? - Sully is 19 years old and had sailed on this sea many times. Sully is also used to being around boats. What clues do you have? - “Sully had sailed here at least a dozen times.” “He’d been around boats… for many of his nineteen years.” What can you infer? - Sully is an experienced (or expert) sailor, and he would be capable of handling trouble at sea.

Work Session Continue reading “Rogue Wave” by Theodore Taylor pgs Work on guiding questions as you read.

Closing Ticket out the door: In your own words, what is an inference?