Maze Runner Day 4

Maze Runner Day 4

by Aaron Bodey

​Our Targets

​* We will make inferences about the story using text evidence to support our answers (5F, 6C).

​* We will analyze an author's purpose for choices they make and how it affects the message (9A)

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​Characters, plot, and setting are still areas we will analyze as we target the areas above.

​What is an inference?

• ​A conclusion or idea about something within the text

• ​Made using both general and specific details

• ​An educated "guess"

​Let me show you

​I think that _______ because _________.

​In your notebooks,

Infer what happened before this picture was taken?

​How do you know?

​I think that ______ because_______.

​Author's Purpose

​Simply put author's purpose is...

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• ​analyzing WHY the author includes details in the story

• ​analyzing WHY an author creates characters, includes events, gives hints or includes memories, does not include details

• ​reading like a writer

Let's look at the novel​

Go to chapters 6 & 7 in Classroom.​

Show us what you understand​

Exit Ticket​

Multiple Choice

(5F, 7C) Infer how seeing the griever might affect the role Thomas wants to have in the Glade.

• He will want to stay far away from the grievers by choosing a day job.

• His disire to be a runner will cause him to rebel against their rules.

• He will try to become a medic to help those who get stung.

• His desire to discover the meaning of the maze will cause him to challenge Alby for leadership.

Multiple Choice

(5F, 7C) At the end of Chapter 7, Alby is surprised by the box coming back up. How might this affect the story?

• The new person's arrival will bring a major change to the Glade. 

• The box will give them a tool to survive for the next year.

• The box will bring them technology to help them fight the grievers and beetle blades.

• The new person will challenge how they work together.

Multiple Choice

(9A) The author included the griever in chapter 6 to --

• Show how technology is going to improve their lives.

• Show how technology is a threat to them.

• Show why Thomas wants to be a runner even more.

• Show why he has memories of things in the Glade.