Warm-up: Making Inferences by Courtney Dillman https://padlet.com/cdillman/f3teicquefh7 Write the answers on the whiteboard at your table. en-us 2016-10-20 22:11:30 UTC 2017-10-02 16:44:19 UTC hello@padlet.com cdillman https://padlet.com/cdillman/f3teicquefh7/wish/132235294 The child stood on the sidewalk clenching her ice cream cone. Beads of sweat collected on her little nose as she furiously licked at the ice cream dripping down her hand.

1. What can we infer? 
a. The child was getting full from eating ice cream. 
b. The child didn’t like the ice cream.
c. The child was eating ice cream on a hot day.
d. The child was eating ice cream on a cold day. 

“Jay, as your boss, I must say that it’s been very interesting working with you,” Miss Miller said. “However, it seems that our company’s needs and your performance style are not well matched. Therefore, it makes me very sad to have to ask you to resign your position effective today.” 

2. What was Miss Miller telling Jay? 
a. She would feel really bad if he decided to quit. 
b. He was being fired. 
c. He was getting a raise in pay. 
d. She really enjoyed having him in the office. 

Bill and Jessica were almost done taking turns choosing players for their teams. It was Jessica’s turn to choose, and only Kurt was left. Jessica said, “Kurt.” 

3. We can infer that 
a. Kurt is not a very good player. 
b. Jessica was pleased to have Kurt on her team. 
c. Kurt was the best player on either team. 
d. Jessica was inconsiderate of Kurt’s feelings. 

The woman waited nervously in line. When the counter was empty, she carefully unloaded her items from her cart. Lines creased her forehead as if to show the calculations ringing up in her head. Finally, the cashier began ringing up the items as the woman clutched her purse.

 4. We can infer that
  1. The woman realized she forgot an item on her grocery list.
  2. The woman may not have enough money to cover the cost of her groceries.
  3. The woman is tired from waiting in line.
  4. The woman doesn’t like the cashier. 

Mending
 
A giant hand inside my chest 
Stretches out and takes 
My heart within its mighty grasp 
And squeezes till it breaks. 

A gentle hand inside my chest, 
With mending tape and glue, 
Patches up my heart until 
It’s almost good as new. 

I ought to know by now that 
Broken hearts will heal again. 
But while I wait for glue and tape, 
The pain! 
The pain! 
The pain! 

by Judith Viorst 

5. The poem is probably about 
     a. a woman. 
     b. a man. 
     c. a broken heart. 
     d. heart surgery. 

6. It can be inferred that the subject of the poem 
     a. is in a lot of physical pain. 
     b. enjoys arts and crafts. 
     c. is a good friend. 
     d. has had a broken heart before.
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