Reading/Writing Skills (Inferencing) by Mark Giraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/inferences This is on how to write a Level 4 Inference! This is practice for our upcoming Extended Reading Project! en-us 2018-01-24 13:02:49 UTC 2025-09-24 02:05:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png Inferring markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/inferences/wish/224186540 Use clues from the text and your own ideas to predict something about the story; what you're looking for isn't answered in the story, it's relying upon you to figure it out!

EQAO/ERP LOOK FORS
- two clues from the text
- two clues from yourself
- explain how these clues support your inference]]> 2018-01-24 13:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/inferences/wish/224186540 Two Clues From Text markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/inferences/wish/224186857 1. "The next thing I knew, I was waking up on the kitchen floor. Steve was stabbed to death in the living room – there was nothing I could do"

2. "I could tell something was wrong the minute I opened the back door]]> 2018-01-24 13:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/inferences/wish/224186857 The Case of the Murdered Husband markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/inferences/wish/224186961          “It was terrible,” Mrs. Johnson was saying to a uniformed officer as Detective Nose arrived on the scene. “I had just got home from the grocery store and was coming in to ask Steve to help me get the groceries in. I could tell something was wrong the minute I opened the back door, but before I could do anything, someone slapped something over my mouth and nose. The next thing I knew, I was waking up on the kitchen floor. Steve was stabbed to death in the living room – there was nothing I could do, so I called the police right away and waited out here for you to get here.”
 
          “You haven’t touched anything in the living room at all?” the detective asked Mrs. Johnson. She shook her head firmly.
 
          “I knew that if I touched anything, I might disturb clues, and I really want you to catch the scum that killed my husband!” she said fervently.
 
          “I’m sure we will,” Detective Nose assured her. He started into the living room to look over the scene of the crime. As he entered, he noticed the victim’s feet sticking out from the other side of the couch, and noted that he was in his stocking feet. It wasn’t until he walked around the end of the couch that he could see Mr. Johnson, lying on his stomach on the floor. Two uniformed officers stood by, waiting for him to arrive.
 
          “Help me turn him over,” Detective Nose told one of them. The man was definitely dead. The bloodstain had seeped into the carpet, and soaked the kitchen knife that was hidden under his body. Without a word, he turned and headed back into the kitchen.
 
          “Mrs. Johnson,” he said, “I’m ready to arrest the scum that murdered your husband. Please stand up and turn around,” he added, unhooking the handcuffs from his belt.
 
          How did Detective Nose know that Mrs. Johnson had killed her husband?
 

]]> 2018-01-24 13:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/inferences/wish/224186961 Two Clues From Yourself markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/inferences/wish/224187180 3. He was wearing his indoor socks when he died; this means he was feeling comfortable, and around people that make him feel comfortable (like his family).

4. The knife was still under him, and it was a kitchen knife.]]> 2018-01-24 13:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/inferences/wish/224187180 How Do These Clues Support Our Inference! markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/inferences/wish/224187314 Our inference is that Mrs. Johnson is lying, and she killed her husband. We know this because...

1. Mrs. Johnson said that she didn't touch anything, but somehow knew that her husband had been stabbed to death (even though he was face down, and no one could see the knife until the police rolled him over).

2. Why did she come in the back door? You only come in the back door if you're trying to be sneaky!

3. He was wearing his indoor socks when he died; this means he was feeling comfortable, and around people that make him feel comfortable (like his family).

4. The knife was still under him (and it was a kitchen knife), and that is surprising because if the murderer wasn't someone who lived there, they'd likely run away with their weapon (and the fingerprints on it). Also, kitchen knives come from the house, where the wife is!


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