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176 Lesson 12 Supporting Inferences About Literary Texts ©Curriculum Associates, LLC Copying is not permitted. Introduction Lesson 12 Learning Target 2:15 PM 1:45 PM Read An inference is a reasonable guess you’ve figured out based on what you already know and the details of what you see or read. When you make an inference, be sure you can support it with evidence , or details and examples given in the text. Readers make inferences to figure out what a story does not say directly. Evidence from a text can often help you understand something that an author hints at but does not state directly. Look at the cartoon below. What inferences can you make about the girl? Which details help you figure out her feelings? Use story details and examples to explain what the story says and to support inferences you make. Supporting Inferences About Literary Texts I’m so excited to finally see this movie. Everyone says it’s so good! 1 PM ELAGSE4RL1

Theme: Tales of the Unexpected Lesson 12 ©Curriculum Associates, LLC Copying is not permitted. 177 Lesson 12 Supporting Inferences About Literary Texts Academic Talk Use these words to talk about the text. • inference • details • evidence • examples Think What have you learned about using details to make inferences? Consider what happens in the cartoon. How does the girl eventually feel about the movie? Use what you figured out about the girl to complete the Inference Chart below. Make inferences based on the details in the cartoon and what you already know. Talk Did you and your partner write the same things in the “What I Know” column? How did that information affect what you wrote in the “What the Cartoon Shows” column? How did the evidence help you make inferences? What the Cartoon Shows (Evidence) What I Know (Experience) My Inference People often look forward to seeing a new movie, especially if they’ve heard good things about it.

Modeled and Guided Instruction Read Read 1 My family got a parakeet on the very day that we moved into our new apartment. On our first night in the new place, we tried to name our new pet. I wanted to call it Tweetie, but no one else liked that name. We couldn’t find a name that everyone agreed on, so we agreed to think about it for a while. 2 My father always emptied his pocket change into a large glass bowl in the hallway. When we wanted money for this or that, he would count it out for us from the bowl. The very next night, as he tossed his change into the bowl, he mumbled, “Funny! I’m sure there were mostly pennies on top.” None of us knew where the pennies had gone. 3 Every day that week, my father complained that someone was taking pennies from his bowl. We all pleaded ignorance. And every day that week, we discussed a new name for our pet. 4 At the end of the week, we took everything out of the birdcage to clean it. In every corner of the cage was a pile of pennies. That’s when we learned that my mother had let the bird out to fly around every morning. “Penny thief!” my father cried. And our pet was named on the spot. Genre: Mystery Close Reader Habits As you read, underline the details the characters used as clues to figure out what happened to the pennies. by Charlotte Fairchild Thief Penny The ©Curriculum Associates, LLC Copying is not permitted. Lesson 12 Supporting Inferences About Literary Texts 178

Supporting Inferences About Literary Texts Lesson 12 ©Curriculum Associates, LLC Copying is not permitted. 179 Lesson 12 Supporting Inferences About Literary Texts What details in the mystery help you make inferences about story events in “The Penny Thief”? Think 1 Complete the Inference Chart below. It will help you understand the inferences the main character made. What the Text Says (Evidence) What I Know (Experience) My Inference Some birds are attracted to shiny objects. The family wants to find out what is happening. Talk 2 As you read the story, what inferences did you make about the missing pennies? What text details supported your inferences? Write 3 Short Response Explain what inferences you made about the parakeet. Include at least two pieces of text evidence to support your answer. Use the space provided on page 182 to write your response. HINT To explain your inferences, give story clues that tell about what the parakeet does. Think about your inferences. Is each one based on text details? Does it make sense? Explore

Guided Practice Read Genre: Science Fiction Genre: Science Fiction Close Reader Habits What details help you understand the inferences that the astronauts made? Reread the story. To help you answer the questions that follow, underline the details that tell what the astronauts expected to find. 1 Slipping off the helmet of her space suit, Shaundra took a deep breath, then another. As she had hoped, fresh air filled her lungs. It was true: This planet, which she and her crew had spied from the mother ship, had an atmosphere like Earth’s. And because it had air, perhaps the planet resembled Earth in other ways. Was it possible that she, Miek, and Goran had found what humans had long sought? Could there be intelligent life here? 2 For hours, the three astronauts wandered through forests and meadows filled with flowers of every color, shape, and aroma, but they were disappointed. The astronauts saw nothing that looked or acted like Earth animals—not even the tiniest insect. Certainly, they met no living creature with a human form. 3 Finally, they returned to their landing site. Before entering the mother ship, they had to collect samples of the plants. Shaundra grasped the stem of a particularly lovely flower and placed her knife against it. Suddenly, her eyes opened wide in surprise. “Did you hear that?” she asked the other two. “Well, I don’t mean hear, exactly. It was as if this flower spoke to my mind. It seemed to be asking me not to harm it.” 4 Miek was about to tease Shaundra when his jaw dropped. “I heard it—no, I felt it speak! It wants to know where we come from and why we’re here. How should we answer it?” 5 “That’s obvious,” replied Shaundra. “We need only to think our answers, and this creature will understand. This planet is full of intelligent life—and it’s beautiful life, too.” by Ben Karlsen Thinking Out Loud ©Curriculum Associates, LLC Copying is not permitted. Lesson 12 Supporting Inferences About Literary Texts 180 Read Thinking Out Loud

Supporting Inferences About Literary Texts Lesson 12 ©Curriculum Associates, LLC Copying is not permitted. 181 Lesson 12 Supporting Inferences About Literary Texts Think Use what you learned from reading the science fiction story to respond to the following questions. 1 This question has two parts. Answer Part A. Then answer Part B. Part A What kind of intelligent life did the astronauts expect to find? A The astronauts expected to find plants that could communicate. B The astronauts expected to find life forms they had never seen before. C The astronauts expected to find life similar to that on Earth. D The astronauts expected to find dangerous creatures. Part B Identify two sentences from paragraphs 1 and 2 that best support your answer to Part A. Write them in the box below. Talk 2 Based on the astronauts’ words and actions, what inferences did the astronauts make when they started collecting flowers? Use the Inference Chart on page 183 to organize your thoughts. Write 3 Short Response Use the information from your chart to describe how the characters used evidence to make their inferences. Include at least two details from the story to support your answer. Use the space provided on page 183 to write your response. HINT Think about what the astronauts already knew that helped them make inferences about what they observed. A science fiction story tells about fictional settings, characters, and events but is based on scientific knowledge or theories.

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