Core AGENDA: February 15, 2019

A Day

❏ Quickwrite
❏ Simon’s Cat
❏ Myths and Legends Article
❏ Notice and Note Signpost
❏ HW: The Lightning Thief chap 9-10 and IXL v.1- v.4
LEARNING TARGET

❏ I can use text evidence and prior knowledge to make

inferences from fiction and non-fiction texts
Simon’s Cat

❏ What do you know about cats?

❏ What do you know about people sleeping or wanting
to sleep, but having to get up?
❏ Why would an author use a cat?
 INFERENCE QUESTION STEMS

SOL 7.5g Use information in the text to draw conclusions and make inferences.

Stems you will see on the Reading SOL :

● What can you infer or conclude about a certain character based on … ? (her actions, her
words, others’ words about her, etc.)
● What conclusions can be made based on what you read in … ?
(Give a specific location: paragraph 1, 2, etc.) Use textual evidence
(specific words from the text) to support your inference.
● Why did _____ most likely happen?
● The author seems to think/feel _________ based on _________?
● What does the author seem to be suggesting about _______
Myths and Legends Article

❏ Read Completely and answer questions.

❏ Be on the lookout for details that will help you make
inferences, HIGHLIGHT these details
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Adv AGENDA: February 15, 2019
A Day

❏ Quickwrite
❏ Show Don’t Tell Activity
❏ Myths and Legends Article
❏ Notice and Note Signpost
❏ HW: The Lightning Thief chap 9-10 and IXL v.1- v.4
LEARNING TARGET

❏ I can use text evidence and prior knowledge to make

inferences from fiction and non-fiction texts
Show Don’t Tell Activity

❏ Pick a word from the cup

❏ Writing 2-3 sentences about a character feeling the
emotion on the paper.
❏ YOU MAY NOT USE THE WORD YOU CHOSE
❏ Read your sentences out loud to your group: everyone
must try to guess what word you chose
 INFERENCE QUESTION STEMS

SOL 7.5g Use information in the text to draw conclusions and make inferences.

Stems you will see on the Reading SOL :

● What can you infer or conclude about a certain character based on … ? (her actions, her
words, others’ words about her, etc.)
● What conclusions can be made based on what you read in … ?
(Give a specific location: paragraph 1, 2, etc.) Use textual evidence
(specific words from the text) to support your inference.
● Why did _____ most likely happen?
● The author seems to think/feel _________ based on _________?
● What does the author seem to be suggesting about _______
Myths and Legends Article

❏ Read Completely, answer questions.

❏ Be on the lookout for details that will help you make
inferences, HIGHLIGHT these details