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Good Morning! 3-15-2013

Good Morning! 3-15-2013. Making Accurate Inferences Homework Discussion NewsWiki Instructions. Making Accurate Inferences. Understand the Literal Meaning Understand the actual words the author wrote Topic, Supporting Details, Main Idea, etc. Making Accurate Inferences. Notice Details

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Good Morning! 3-15-2013

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  1. Good Morning!3-15-2013 Making Accurate Inferences Homework Discussion NewsWiki Instructions

  2. Making Accurate Inferences • Understand the Literal Meaning • Understand the actual words the author wrote • Topic, Supporting Details, Main Idea, etc.

  3. Making Accurate Inferences • Notice Details • Are there specific details that are special some way? • Why did the author include the details? • What do they have to do with the reading?

  4. Making Accurate Inferences • Add Up the Facts • Take the details and put them together • What do these facts suggest? • What do they all add up to?

  5. Making Accurate Inferences • Be Alert to Clues • Look for hints that help you • Adjectives set the tone • Included/Excluded Details

  6. Making Accurate Inferences • Consider the Author’s Purpose • Why did the author write this? • What are they trying to make you think?

  7. Making Accurate Inferences • Verify Your Inference • Reread and see if your inference matches the passage? • Are there other, possibly better, inferences?

  8. Homework Discussion Turn in “The Childless Uncle and the Baby Take Manhattan”

  9. NewsWiki Instructions • News Writer = 1 time each • 20 point quiz grade • Commentator = 17 times each • 5 point homework grade each time

  10. NewsWiki Instructions • News Writer • Choose an article from the last 7 days from the approved sites • Type a summary and reaction that together are 300 words • Post on the Wikipage

  11. NewsWiki Instructions • Choose and article from the last 7 days from the approved sites • About news (Not technology releases, not fashion/entertainment reviews) • Print it out to work with it to help you keep track

  12. NewsWiki Instructions • Type a summary and reaction that together are 300 years • Summary – cover all the main points the author wrote in your own words and without your opinion • Reaction – What do you think about this article? • Write in Word to help you!!

  13. NewsWiki Instructions • Post on the Wikipage • Go to the NewsWiki page of our site • Click “+News Post” • List your name as the subject • Copy and Paste the link to your article put in double brackets [[ ]] • Copy and Paste your summary/response

  14. NewsWiki Instructions • Commentator • Read the article and summary/response • 5 sentence response • Do you agree? • What new thoughts do you have?

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