Part 2: Inferencing/Show Don’t Tell: What can you infer from the following text? The first one is done for you. Page Text Schema (What I Inference know) The monster storm had I know trains are really The black cloud come out of nowhere, a fast. must be moving 1 massive black cloud moving really fast. faster than a train. John sped up, looking all around. It was hard to see 5 through the grass, which rose up so high it tickled his neck. A unicorn could be prancing by, and John wouldn’t have noticed. 12 The school was barely big enough to fit all fifteen students. 36 Suddenly the guys all started talking at once, their voices getting louder and louder, their words all swarming together. Show not tell: Using pages 62-63, write 2 examples from the text that show us just how cold it is outside. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________
Part 2: Inferencing/Show Don’t Tell: What can you infer from the following text? The first one is done for you. Page Text Schema (What I know) Inference 1 The monster storm had come out of nowhere, a massive black cloud moving faster than a train. I know trains are really fast. The black cloud must be moving really fast. 5 John sped up, looking all around. It was hard to see through the grass, which rose up so high it tickled his neck. A unicorn could be prancing by, and John wouldn’t have noticed. 12 The school was barely big enough to fit all fifteen students. 36 Suddenly the guys all started talking at once, their voices getting louder and louder, their words all swarming together. Show not tell: Using pages 62-63, write 2 examples from the text that show us just how cold it is outside. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________
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