Inferential poems
I am popular for winter sports.
I can be very dangerous.
You can go up or down me.
I get colder as you go higher.
Don't forget your safety gear.
What am I?
A Mountain
What are 3 things good readers can do when inferring?
Possibilities:
-Pay attention to the words
-Look closely at the pictures
-Use schema
-Take their time
-Make predictions
-Confirmation or contradict predictions as they read
-Engage in conversations about their inferences
-Draw conclusions and form unique interpretations of the text using their schema and textual clues
When I'm young I'm tall
When I'm old I'm short
When I'm alive I glow
Because of your breath I die
What am I?
A Candle
What is one activity you can use for inferring?
Possibilities:
-Give students a description of an object or situation and students must infer what you are describing.
-Fill a bag with items depicting a hobby or interest. Students will use the items to infer characteristics about you or someone else.
I have streets but no pavement,
I have cities but no buildings,
I have forests but no trees,
I have rivers yet no water.
What am I?
A Map
What is one analogy for inferring?
Possibilities:
-Private Investigator: using schema and clues from text to find the deeper meaning
-Thinking Cap: Use prior knowledge and look at textual clues to draw conclusions
It can not be seen whenever it's there
It fills up a room, it's much like the air.
It can not be touched, there's nothing to hear
It is quite harmless, there's nothing to fear.
What am I?
Darkness
What is the definition of inferring?
To think about the meaning of a text or word using other text clues and personal knowledge.
Dippling, glinting, gliding by,
Rainbow-fretted, wrought of
Breath.
I live only while I fly -
Earth’s rough kiss my sudden
death.
What am I?
A soap bubble
What is a good book you can use to teach inferring?
Example:
- "Window" by Jeanne Baker