Objective Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Key Idea and Details

Key Ideas and Details

Flip Slips Practice STEPS TO Skill or Problem How do inferences help determine main idea? STEP PREP Procedures Skill Language & Vocab Breakdown Prior Knowledge Textual Evidence Anticipation (1 Practice Problem Before Procedures )

Skill Focus The skill for this week is Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly when drawing inferences from the text.

Skill Focus In other words, Be able to Pull examples from what you read when explaining exactly what the text says and how the text supports your conclusions about what is happening or what will happen next in the text.

Copy the following words: Infer Text Details Explicitly Inferences Drawing Conclusion Vocabulary

Vocabulary Strategy: Word Analysis Under “My Definition,” write the definition for each word. Next, use the word in a sentence. Below “My Definition” under “Synonym” write two words that are similar to the vocabulary word. Finally, under “Antonym” write two words that are opposite.

Vocabulary Infer: to make an educated guess based on information presented Text: printed material that is read Details: specific examples from the text Setting: the time and place in which a story takes place

Vocabulary Explicitly: so clear in statement that there is no doubt about the meaning Inferences: to arrive at a conclusion based on an educated guess from presented information Drawing: to pull from and create an idea

Prior Knowledge How can you tell if someone close to you is angry with you when he/she hasn’t said a word?

1. What can you infer about the characters’ and their attitudes? What details support your answers? 2. What is the main idea? Anticipatory Set

I enter the gym and take a deep breath. It smells like old sweat socks and the stuff they use to wash wrestling mats. I love that smell. Weird, huh? Not to me. I was raised around wrestling. My older brothers wrestle for the high-school team. My dad wrestled in college. So it was natural for me to want to wrestle. Anticipatory Set

Except for one thing. I'm a girl. I even have a girly name— Daisy. "Daisy McGill." "Have you wrestled before, honey?" He didn't call any of the boys honey. "Yes, sir," I answer through clenched teeth. I hand him my registration form. Anticipatory Set

Step 1: Read the assigned passage Step 2: Circle the name of the main character every time you see it. Steps

Step 3: How do you know this is the main character? Step 4: Underline the main action in the passage (only one) Steps

Step 5: What details made you select this as the main action? Step 6: Where does this passage take place (setting)? Steps

Step 7: What are the details that helped you know the setting? Step 8: When does this passage take place? Steps

Step 9: What are the details that helped you know the time? Steps

Step 10: What makes the main character act in the way that they do? Step 11: What are the details that lead you to the conclusion in step 10? Steps

Step 12: Why do you think the author included this scene? Step 13: How do you think the passage would be different if this scene was not included? Steps

Step 14: What do you think the theme or main idea of the passage is? Step 15: Find explicit details that support this theme. Steps

Read the following passage. 1. What can you infer about about the characters’ and their attitudes? What details support your answers? 2. What is the main idea? Textual Evidence

I enter the gym and take a deep breath. It smells like old sweat socks and the stuff they use to wash wrestling mats. I love that smell. Weird, huh? Not to me. I was raised around wrestling. My older brothers wrestle for the high-school team. My dad wrestled in college. So it was natural for me to want to wrestle. Textual Evidence

Except for one thing. I'm a girl. I even have a girly name— Daisy. "Daisy McGill." "Have you wrestled before, honey?" He didn't call any of the boys honey. "Yes, sir," I answer through clenched teeth. I hand him my registration form. Textual Evidence

1. What can you infer about about the characters’ and their attitudes? What details support your answers? Daisy is an individual who is going to follow her dreams even if they go against traditional views. She knows she will face sexism. Evidence for this answer - “He didn’t call any of the boys honey.” “ Except for one thing - I’m a girl” “I even have a girly name.” “...through clenched teeth.” Textual Evidence

2. What is the main idea? Having access to the opportunities to follow your dreams can be met with resistance and struggle. Textual Evidence

Flip Slip: What do you Remember? Remember: Rewrite this week’s skill in your own words. In your own words write down and define the vocabulary words.

Flip Slip: What do you understand? Understand: Write the steps in chronological order. * Underline the main action in the passage (only one) * Why do you think the author included this scene? * How do you know this is the main character? * Find explicit details that support this theme. * What makes the main character act in the way that they do?

Apply Read the assigned passage. Follow steps