Infer and Predict Secondary Official

Let's investigate!

inferences and predictions

Guiding questions: How can inferences and predictions unlock insight? How can insight help understand stories more deeply?

START

In this unit we are going to discover the relationships between inferences, predictions and insight!

First, we are going to define and learn these concepts.

Acquire

Then, we will see how to use them to understand texts.

Take Action

Connect

Finally, you will be able to take action to make the world around you a little bit better!

After, we will transfer what we learned to different situations.

Transfer

INTRODUCTION

Are you the kind of person who can predict how a story will end ? Can you guess who the bad guy is in a movie? Have you ever been disappointed by a series' finale on tv? Then you have also probably predicted that we are going to learn about predictions and inferences! Inferences and predictions help us understand and appreciate texts. But wait there's more! Inferences and predictions can also give us access to insight! What do all of these words mean? How do they work together? Let's find out !

STEPS

Step 1 - Let's be on the same page

Step 3 - video for oral interaction

Step 1 - on the same page: play

Step 3 - second video for oral interaction

Step 1 - on the same page: write

Step 3 - reflect

Step 3 - SIMILAR TRANSFER: read and write

Step 2 - connect the ideas

Step 2 - inferences and predictions

Step 4 - disSIMILAR TRANSFER

Step 2 - using inferences and predictions before a story: READ AND WRITE

Step 4 - DISSIMILAR TRANSFER: WATCH, PAUSE, TALK!

Step 4 - DISSIMILAR TRANSFER: read and write Text 1

Step 2 - Connect: watch, pause, talk!

Step 2 - video for oral interaction

Step 4 - DISSIMILAR TRANSFER: read and write Text 2

Step 2 - reflect

Step 4 - oral interaction Video 1

Step 2 - CONNECT: WRITE

Step 4 - oral interaction Video 2

Step 3 - SIMILAR TRANSFER

Step 4 - reflect

Step 3 - SIMILAR TRANSFER: WATCH, PLAY, TALK!

Step 5 - next steps: suggestions to go further

STEP 1: LET'S BE ON THE SAME PAGE!

Intention: Define and learn inference and prediction. We will deal with insight later. Success Criteria I will succeed if:I can create definitions of inference and prediction in MY OWN WORDS. Task: Make inferences and predictions in different texts.

STEP 1: ON THE SAME PAGE: PLAY

A)View the definitions from a dictionary: To Infer: To predict: Together, as a class, we are going to infer and predict using certain texts. The goal is to create your own definitions of prediction and inference.

Play the Infer and Predict Game as a class.

ON THE SAME PAGE: WRITE

Write down your definitions of prediction and inference so far. You will come back later to complete the Insight section. Create a learning log called "Inferences, Predictions and Insight". Just like this one: Go back and add information to your learning log at any time to monitor your learning!

STEP 2: CONNECT THE IDEAS

Intention: Understand how we can use inferences and predictions to better comprehend texts. Success Criteria I will succeed if: I can share my inferences and predictions to construct meaning with others. Task: Make and share inferences and predictions in various texts.

STEP 2: CONNECT Inferences and Predictions

Now that we have a common basic understanding of inferences and predictions, let's see how we use predictions and inferences to understand texts. You will first explore clues that can help you infer and predict before diving into a text. Then, with partners, you will participate in an oral interaction while watching a short video clip where you will use inferences and predictions to construct meaning of a text.

STEP 2: CONNECT Using inferences and predictions before a story. Read and Write:

Instructions: Check out A Hurricane Destroyed My Town (page 14). Answer these questions Adjust your learning log, if necessary.

STEP 2: CONNECT Watch, Pause, Talk!

Now that we know more about how to infer and predict before a story, let's see how we can infer and predict during a story. With partners, you will participate in an oral interaction while watching a short video clip.

Video for Oral Interaction

Instructions:

• Look at the evaluation criteria, with your teacher to create a model with useful functional language.
• Every time the video pauses, you will see questions on the screen.
• Interact orally to share possible inferences and predictions to make sense of the story.

Click to see Evaluation Criteria

CONNECT: WRITE

Go back to your learning log "Inferences, Predictions and Insight". 1. Refine your definitions of prediction and inference. 2. Complete the Insight section.

STEP 3: SIMILAR TRANSFER

You now know how to infer and predict, but how can inferences and predictions unlock insight? What secret key can unlock your insight? Let's transfer what we know to help you understand a story more deeply!

STEP 3: Similar Transfer Watch, Pause, Talk!

With partners, you will participate in an oral interaction while watching a short video clip. Except this time we are going to watch the same clip a second time to see how this impacts our insight.

Video for Oral Interaction

Instructions:

• Look at the evaluation criteria with your teacher (you can also create a model with useful functional language).
• Participate in an oral interaction, while watching a short video clip.
• Every time the video pauses, you will interact to share possible answers.

Click to see Evaluation Criteria

Second Video for Oral Interaction

Instructions:

• Continue the oral interaction
• Watch this video. It is the same story but some questions were modified.

Reflect

How does watching the clip a second time affect your responses? Which ability helps you understand how others feel? E _ _ _ _ _ _ Add these answers to your learning log!

STEP 3: Similar Transfer Read and Write

Instructions: Read the story Good Enough by Rachel Vail to explore how empathy helps making insightful inferences and predictions. Answer these questions. Adjust your learning log, if necessary.

STEP 4: DISSIMILAR TRANSFER

Can you transfer what you learned about inferences, predictions and insight in unfamiliar situations? Let's find out!

STEP 4: Dissimilar Transfer Watch, Pause, Talk!

With partners, you will participate in an oral interaction, while watching a short video clip. Every time the clip pauses, you will interact to share possible answers. Focus on how inferences and predictions unlock insight. The situations are quite different from Steps 2 and 3, but transfer what you have learned, and you will be successful!

STEP 4: Dissimilar Transfer Read and Write - Text 1

Instructions: Read the story Crossing Canada One Step at a Time to explore how empathy helps making insightful inferences and predictions even in unfamiliar situations. Answer the questions after the text. Adjust your learning log, if necessary.

STESTEP 4: DISSIMILAR TRANSFER READ AND WRITE - TEXT 2

Instructions: Read the story Leaving Earth to explore how empathy helps making insightful inferences and predictions even in unfamiliar situations. Answer the questions after the text. Adjust your learning log, if necessary.

Video 1

Instructions:

• Watch the video first.
• When finished, click on the icon to reveal the question. Submit your most insightful answer to your teacher.

Video 2

Instructions:

• Watch the video first.
• When finished, click on the icon to reveal the question. Submit your most insightful answer to your teacher.

Reflect Enter any last reflection your teacher may ask you to include in your Learning Log.

Next Steps: Suggestions to go further

Search info about Holocaust survivors and take action. Search info about residential schools and take action. Search info about disabled teens and take action. Search info on gender representation and equity and take action. Search info on economic inequity and take action.

CASE CLOSED

THANKS!