Week 2 - L6/7/8 - Context Clues, Inferences, and Evidence

SDI English 9 Lesson 3

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​Let's Review

​What is a subject?

What is an adjective?

What is a noun?

When to use their, they're, and there.

Plural means you have more than one of something. For many words this means you have to change the ending or add an 's'.

​What does plural mean?

​Examples:
Look at that child vs. Look at those children

In the first version we are talking about one single child. In the second we are talking about more than one child so we add 'ren' to the end.

You could do the same thing with kid vs. kids

Look at that kid vs. Look at those kids

This time we didn't change the word we just added an 's' to the end to tell the listener that there are multiple.

Multiple Choice

In the sentence below which word is a NOUN?

The cat sat on the windowsill.

• sat

• the

• cat

• windowsill

Multiple Choice

In the sentence below which word is an ADJECTIVE?

The tall building stood out in the city skyline.

• building

• city

• tall

• stood

Multiple Choice

In the sentence below which word is the correct form to fill in the blank:

I can't believe ___ already finished the project!

• they're

• their

• there

• theare

Multiple Choice

What is the SUBJECT of the sentence below?

The loud children played outside in the sunshine.

• played

• loud

• outside

• children

I can activate prior knowledge about studying informational text and apply strategies to reading an autobiography.

I can provide strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of explicit meanings drawn from an informational text.

​Objectives

Breaking Down Words With Stems

​AUTO-

CON-

PRE-

BIO-

​Autobiography
Automation
Automatic

​Biography
Biology

​Premature
Predict
Prefix

Contract
Context
Conjunction

So why does this matter?

When you are reading new material and come across words you don't know one of the fastest ways to figure out what the reading is talking about is to use stems to decode the words. This can help you get correct answers even when you don't understand the whole passage.

Using key words to narrow down your options.

When you don't think you know an answer you should try to find hints in the question or try to replace the word you don't know with one that might make sense.

Example:
Jake and Clay conferred and decided to get an Xbox instead of a Playstation.

"spoke", "chatted", "debated", "talked" - all of these words refer to talking to each other or two people interacting.
So what does conferred mean? - to have a discussion.
What is another word for discussion? - talked

REMEMBER one of the earlier stems was "con" which meant together.

Multiple Choice

In this sentence what does the word "automate" mean?

"The company decided to automate its inventory management system to reduce human error and increase efficiency."

• To provide financial assistance to an organization or individual.

• To manually control a process or system by hand.

• To replace human effort with machines or technology in order to perform tasks automatically.

• To create a detailed plan for a project or task.

Multiple Choice

What does "confine" mean in the sentence below?

"The design of the new office space aims to confine employees to collaborative areas while leaving private workstations for focused tasks."

• To keep people together in one area.

• To allow free movement and flexibility within a space.

• To provide open access to all areas without restrictions.

• To remove barriers and encourage unrestricted flow.

• Context clues are how you know what you know. Often people think they just know something but we get this information from what we hear, smell, see, touch, and taste.

• Take a look at the picture to the right, what is going to happen?

• How do you know?

• What conclusion can you make?

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Context Clues and Conclusions

Multiple Choice

Read the passage below:

"Rising global temperatures are causing significant changes in weather patterns around the world. Increased temperatures lead to more frequent and intense heatwaves, altered precipitation patterns, and more severe storms. These changes impact ecosystems and human societies by disrupting agriculture, increasing the frequency of natural disasters, and affecting water resources."

What conclusion can you draw from the passage above?

• The passage suggests that climate change is beneficial for agricultural productivity and water resources.

• Weather patterns are becoming more stable and predictable.

• The number of extreme weather events like tornados, hurricanes, fires, and storms are increasing.

• Rising global temperatures have no significant impact on weather patterns or ecosystems.

But how did you know?

​"Rising global temperatures are causing significant changes in weather patterns around the world. Increased temperatures lead to more frequent and intense heatwaves, altered precipitation patterns, and more severe storms. These changes impact ecosystems and human societies by disrupting agriculture, increasing the frequency of natural disasters, and affecting water resources."

Inferences - what are they?

A conclusion or understanding that you draw based on evidence and reasoning, rather than something that is directly stated.

In other words, it's what you figure out from hints or clues in the information you have, it is not something that is in clearly said.

Example:
Sarah walks into the room wearing a soaking wet raincoat and carrying a dripping umbrella. She also looks slightly disheveled.

- From this situation, you might infer that it is raining outside and that Sarah has just come in from the rain.

​Explicit Evidence

What is it? Its the opposite of an inference. An inference is a hint or suggestion that is not directly stated.

Explicit is a word meaning that is clearly and directly stated or expressed, leaving no room for interpretation.

Example:
"In the dictionary, the term 'bilingual' is explicitly defined as 'able to speak and understand two languages fluently."

In this sentence, the definition of the term "bilingual" is stated clearly and directly.

Multiple Choice

Read the passage below and answer the question:

"As the sun dipped below the horizon, Alex sat alone on the park bench, his posture slouched and his gaze lost in the distance. The fading light cast long shadows, but Alex seemed detached from the tranquil beauty around him. His fingers absently traced patterns on the bench, and he let out a long, wistful sigh that seemed to echo the melancholy of the evening."

What evidence from the text best supports the inference that Alex is feeling melancholic?

• Alex’s posture was upright and his gaze was focused on the vibrant sunset, showing he was content.

• Alex’s fingers traced patterns on the bench, indicating he was absorbed in his surroundings.

• Alex sat with a slouched posture, his gaze distant, and let out a wistful sigh, suggesting he was feeling melancholic.

• Alex’s engagement with the fading light and shadows showed that he was excited and hopeful.

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