+ Thursday, September 20, 2012 Write in your agenda: Adjectives Making Inferences-”Booker T. Washington” Homework: Read for AR-AR points are due next Wednesday!!!

+ Adjectives An adjective is a word that modifies, or describes a noun or pronoun. They answer one of these 4 questions: 1. What kind? 2. Which one? 3. How much? 4. How many?

+ Adjective Practice We will complete the Adjectives P. 45 as a class Read the paragraph below. Find the adjective in each sentence and write it in the chart below. Then write the noun described by the adjective in the chart.

+ Sticky Note Reading Go over handout on using sticky notes when independently reading. Questions such as we had on our response starters are also great!

+ Making Inferences In order to make a book interesting, a writer does not always tell the reader every detail. Writers often provide enough information or clues for readers to make guesses, or inferences, about why something happened or how a a character thinks or feels. It’s then up to the reader to put the pieces together to understand the meaning of the book.

+ Making Inferences (continued) An inference is a guess based on evidence, or clues, in the story. It is not a wild guess. An inference can tell why something happened or why a character thinks, feel, or acts the way he or she does.

+ Pigeon Impossible What is the man’s profession? What might happen? What are the character feelings based on actions and expressions?

+ Making Inferences: Pigeon Impossible

+ Making Inferences: “Up From Slavery” Booker T. Washington was a slave on a plantation in Virginia until he was nine years old. We are going to read his autobiography which will look into his life as a young child. Simple pleasures, such as eating with a fork, sleeping in a bed, and wearing comfortable clothing, were unavailable to Washington and his family. His brief glimpses into a schoolhouse were all it took to make him long for a chance to study and learn.

+ Up From Slavery We are going to preview the book by looking at the front cover and read the title. Does this book remind you of anything? Have you read anything similar? Look at the table of contents. The table of contents provides an overview of what you will find in the book. Preview the rest of the book. Look at the photos, captions and sidebar text. As you we read we are going to use our sticky notes to help us comprehend what we are reading. We also are going to complete the inference grid.

+ Up From Slavery As I read, if a question comes to your mind write it on a sticky note and put the page number. If there is a word you don’t understand write it down. After each section we will discuss our questions and answer the grid questions. For each question on the grid, read the section named. In the Clues column, write any clues or information that the section gives you about the question. In the third column, use the clues to make an inference that answers the question.