Inferences
Main Idea
Context Clues
Supporting Details
Annotations
100
The use of context clues and prior knowledge to draw new conclusions the author did not directly state.
What is an inference?
100
The most important piece of information the author wants you to know about a topic. What the literary piece is all about.
What is the main idea?
100
Using words or phrases that surround a word or phrase you do not know in order to find the meaning.
What are context clues?
100
Identifying details that relate to the main idea.
What are supporting details?
100
To add notes to a text, give explanation or a comment
What is it mean to annotate?
200
It says + I say = And so...
How do you infer?
200
Either to entertain, to inform, or to persuade.
What is the author's purpose?
200
Callous. Sue's boss was a callous man. He did not react to her tears and apologies.
What is “hard-hearted” or "insensitive to emotion?"
200
Question marks on a text
What are details we have questions about?
300
I can infer that the man is running late and is trying to flag the bus driver down so that he can get on the bus.
What can you infer about a man running after a bus waving his arms frantically?
300
A young black girl growing up in the South that is dealing with various aspects of racism. Ultimately she is told to stay quiet about the things she witnesses, for her own safety. However, as she gets older and more socially aware she begins to internalize the hatred she witnesses and no longer feels like herself.
What is the main idea of Anne Moody's "Coming of Age in Mississippi?
300
Interim When Harry's boss went on a maternity leave, Harry became the "interim" department head. He handled employee payroll for the three months she was away.
What is meanwhile or temporary?
300
Exclamation marks on a text
What are the details in the text that are shocking or deep?
400
As the young man gets pulled over for speeding, he turns his radio down and prepares to speak with an officer.
What can you infer about a man driving on the highway, listening to the radio, and a police officer pulls him over?
400
A young black boy growing up during Jim Crow who deals with his academic ability being questioned. He built up a dream that "the entire educational system in the South had been rigged to stifle."
What is the main idea of the first excerpt from Richard Wright's "Black Boy?"
400
Convened. Employees from all five divisions convened in the auditorium to hear the company president speak.
What does it mean to "gather together?"
400
Words I do not understand.
What are the words that have a squiggly line underneath them and definitions in the margin?
500
Richard Wright's mother tried her hardest to provide for her young boys as they grew up and hated having to send them off to an Orphan Home
What can we infer about Richard Wright's mother?
500
A black man ponders his ability to alter public spaces in ugly ways. He deals with his conflicted identity as a black man, and the discrimination he faces. He also deals with the battle of changing who he is and having to conform in order to feel safe.
What is the main idea of Brent Staples' "Just Walk on By?"
500
Inadvertently. The heavy rain made it difficult to see. Jill meant to turn right on King Street, but she inadvertently turned onto Cedar Street instead.
What does it mean to do something unintentionally or accidentally?
500
By asking my text questions.
How do I have a conversation with my text?
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