Wednesday Warm Up

The part of the introduction that catches the reader's attention is called the...?

• Hook

• Background Information

• Thesis Statement

All of following are types of “hooks” except?

• Quote

• Interesting Fact

• Background Information

• Anecdote

Which type of hook is this? John Wooden once said, "Never mistake activity for achievement."

• Paradox

• Anecdote

• Quote

• Example

Which type of hook is this? Spain, though hardly a literary powerhouse, translates more books in one year than the entire world has in the past one thousand years.

• Anecdote

• Fact

• Quote

• Statistics

Writing a hook is easy.....

• Yes (if you practice)

• No

• What are you talking about?

Inference means:

• Drawing a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.

• Making a random guess without any information.

• Repeating information without understanding it.

• Ignoring evidence and forming an opinion.

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Which of the following is the best strategy for answering questions that ask you to make an inference?

• Finding details in a story

• Use clues from the text and information you already know.

• Giving a reason for your answer.

• Guessing what will happen next.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

It was raining outside. Sue got out of bed and got dressed for school. Then, she ate breakfast and grabbed her backpack. Before Sue left the house, she probably ________________.

• Got her sunglasses.

• Picked up her umbrella.

• Put on her winter mittens.

• Caught the school bus.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

My family went to a show. We saw the funny clowns. We watched the lion act. We ate a lot of treats and popcorn. The family is probably at the ______

• Movies

• Concert

• Circus

• Zoo

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Joseph and Caitlin were choosing the players for their teams. It was Caitlin’s turn to choose, and only Jason was left. Caitlin sighed and said, “Jason.” We can infer that......

• Jason was the best player

• Caitlin wanted Jason on her team.

• Jason was not a very good player

• Caitlin had a hard time choosing a team member.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1