Inferencing
Erick's mom is having a birthday party this weekend. He wants to do something special for her. Erick knows that his mom always wanted to go to the Grand Canyon. He turned on the computer and looked at the map. What is Erick doing? How do you know?
Erick is going to plan a trip to the Grand Canyon for his mom. Hint your key words (evidence!) were: mom always wanted to go to the Grand Canyon. and he looked at the map.
Saving the Rhinos
Poachers in Africa are killing large numbers of rhinos for their horns. Rhinoceros horns, valued for use in traditional medicines in Vietnam and China, can fetch as much as thirty-six thousand dollars a pound. Officials have tried to protect the rhinos: they have created fenced areas for the animals, patrolled their habitats, and even tried removing their horns. Despite these efforts, the number of rhinos in Africa has been dwindling. One creative solution to the poaching problem is to remove the rhinos from Africa altogether. Ray Dearlove, the founder of the Australian Rhino Project, came up with a plan to relocate eighty rhinos to a safari park outside Adelaide, Australia, where a breeding herd can be established.
What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?
Because other attempts to protect African rhinos from poachers have failed, the Australian Rhino Project is relocating the rhinos to Australia.
I have told you a million times to stop slamming that door!
Identify the figurative language.
Hyperbole.
Dignity: Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother, she maintained her dignity, holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site.
Dignity- worthy of respect
What is the prefix meaning and base word of:
SEMICIRCLE
Semi- half
Base: circle
Tony walked out of the shopping mall with his arms full of bags and the sun shining on him. As he approached his car, he started awkwardly feeling around his pockets with his arm full of bags. He did not find what he was looking for so he transferred the bags on one arm to the other arm, which already had bags. Tony had a lot of bags on one arm. He still couldn't find what he was looking for. Now he dropped the bags and plunged both hands desperately into all of the pockets on his jeans. With a look of despair, Tony ran to his car. He tried to open the door, but it was locked. What is he trying to find?
His keys.
When Heidi Transformed Televised Football
On November 17, 1968, football fans across the United States sat glued to their televisions. A close game between two top teams—the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders—was being broadcast. When the Jets pulled ahead with only fifty seconds remaining, viewers went wild. But then, just as the Raiders were bringing the ball across midfield, the game disappeared from the screen! In its place, a previously scheduled children's movie, Heidi, started playing. Callers flooded the TV network's phone lines, but it was too late. The Raiders scored two touchdowns in the very final moments—touchdowns that were unseen by all but West Coast viewers. As a result of the interrupted event, dubbed "the Heidi game," television networks began delaying their regularly scheduled programs until football games had ended.
What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?
After Heidi interrupted a crucial moment during a televised football game, networks began to delay regularly scheduled shows until football games were over
Love is a young green willow / shimmering at the bare wood's edge.
What type of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
Yearn: Even though John had a good job and a nice family, he yearned for more
Yearn-to want something
What is the prefix meaning and base word of:
PRETEST
Base- test
Elizabeth was so proud of her garden. She planted the seeds early in the spring and watered the plants every morning. Last Friday, her mom called and asked her to come over for the weekend because she was feeling sick. When Elizabeth came back home, her plants were bent and drooping. Why were the plants drooping? How do you know?
She had not watered them in a few days, so they were beginning to die.
Abolitionists Speak Out
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland in approximately 1818. After several unsuccessful attempts, Douglass escaped from slavery and eventually settled in Massachusetts. In 1845, he wrote his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, which had a profound influence on the movement to abolish slavery. Harriet Jacobs was born in North Carolina in 1813. Like Douglass, Jacobs was born into slavery. She eventually escaped and settled in New York. Also like Douglass, she wrote an autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, which revealed the horrors of life under slavery. Both Douglass and Jacobs went on to become vocal supporters of the antislavery movement.
What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?
Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs both wrote important autobiographies about their experiences of slavery
Harry is as stubborn as a mule when it comes to doing his homework.
Identify the figurative language.
Simile
Detest: Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables.
Detest- to strongly dislike
What is the prefix meaning and base word of
UNREAL
Un- not
Base- real
I am big and green but not mean. I carry a torch for freedom. I can stand in water, but I cannot swim. People travel from miles around to visit me. What am I?
I am the Statue of Liberty.
Cooperative Trees
We often think of trees as simple objects that provide us with things we need, such as lumber, shade, or fruit. Yet trees are far more complex—and social—than we recognize. An underground network of fungi, which some have called the "wood-wide web," connects the roots of numerous trees in a forest. Using the network, trees can communicate with and support one another. They may share water, carbon, nutrients, and protective compounds with one another. Scientists believe that one explanation for this phenomenon may be a "source-sink model." According to this theory, trees growing in excellent conditions with many resources transfer these resources to trees growing in less favorable conditions. In this way, trees in a forest ensure the health of the entire community by working cooperatively.
What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?
Trees in a forest work to support one another by using an underground fungal network.
The alarm screeched a warning for children to head for safety.
Identify the TWO examples of figurative language.
Personification AND onomatopoeia.
Melodramatic: When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger, she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor.
Melodramatic- with exaggerated emotion
What is the prefix meaning and base word of
SUBDIVISION
Sub-under
Base- division
Dad and Anna were finishing up a project in the garage together. "Can we paint the roof red?" asked Anna. "Sure," said Dad. "Then when the paint dries we can find a place to hang it in the backyard." What do you think Dad and Anna are making? Why do you think so?
They are making a bird house.
Evidence: "hang it up in the backyard" "paint the roof red"
The Stinky Durian Fruit
The durian is an Asian fruit that is known for its incredible stench. Food writer Richard Sterling describes its odor as "turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock." In 2012, a group of scientists analyzed an extract taken from Thai durians to determine what causes the fruit to smell so bad. The researchers identified fifty different compounds, including some that are found in a variety of other substances and others that had never been identified before. Individually, these chemicals have their own characteristic smells, such as onion, garlic, cheese, honey, yeast, metal, rubber, and skunk. No wonder the durian has such a unique, disgusting stink!
What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?
Scientists found that a combination of different chemicals is responsible for the durian's powerful odor.
An old willow with hollow branches / slowly swayed his few high tendrils / and sang:
What TWO examples of figurative language are there?
Personification and alliteration
Immense: Lula would have attempted the walk home, had it not been for the immense mountain that stood between her and her destination.
Immense- very large
What is the prefix meaning and base word of:
DISHONEST
Dis-not
Base- honest