Wednesday, September 21 - Period 5 - Jane's Back - annotate and inference

Objective: By the end of class, students will annotate and use inferencing in order to improve reading comprehensive
skills.

DO NOW

Define the following words from Jane's Back:

1. Silhouette
2. Asphalt
3. Portly

Direct Instruction

Review # 13. Consider the whole story before you infer what happened before Jane came out of the woods. For example, consider:

• how the fire may have started,
• what she says in the diner (to Simon)
• why she is alone,
• the possibility of others involved
• who Simon is and what happened to him

Guided / Independent

The in prose form, using textual evidence, infer what happened before Jane came out of the woods that caused the rest of the events in the story to occur. This means you should have at least two quotes from the text in your answer. You may use a NEO to type your response.

Check for Understanding

Individual Student Checks during independent work

Closure

Review inferencing and the possible answers to # 13.