1. English 83R
WEEK 8, DAY 2, 10/17/13

2. Cause & Effect Question
 What would men do if they started to enter a 1-floor
clothing store that had the women’s clothing the
front and the men’s clothing in the back.
a. The men would enjoy seeing all the beautiful
clothes as they walk to the back.
b. The men would turn around and find a different
store in the mall.
c. The men would send their wives in to shop for
them.

3. Agenda
 Introduction to “Inferences”
 Mystery Writer Activity
 Evaluation forms
 Patterns of Organization Quiz
 Vocabulary Quiz #5-6
 Essay 3: Which store do you plan to evaluate?

Sign-up sheet will be sent around.

4. Inferences
READING BETWEEN THE LINES

5. Inferences
 Have you heard the expression…
 Reading between the lines?
 Many important ideas in reading are not stated
directly.
 • Discovering these ideas is called making
inferences or drawing conclusions.

6. Inferences
 Involves using what you already know in order to
choose the most likely explanation from the facts.
 Example: wet floor in your kitchen…
 Something has spilled or there is a leak.

7. Inferences
 We all make inferences in daily living without
consciously thinking about them.
 When you wave at a friend, and she doesn’t wave
back, you might assume that she is upset with you.
 When you are driving down the street and see police
lights flashing behind you, you usually infer that the
police officer is pulling you over.

8. INFERENCES
Which inference is more
logically based on the
information in this cartoon?
A. The man was probably working
on a home improvement or
repair project.
B. The man deliberately ruined the
woman’s pan.
REAL LIFE ADVENTURES © 2008 GarLanco, Reprinted with permission
of UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE. All rights reserved.

9. INFERENCES
Which inference is more
logically based on the
information in this cartoon?
A. The man was probably working
on a home improvement or
repair project.
Since the man was using a kitchen pan as a
hammer, he must have been somewhere
where there is a kitchen—probably his and
the woman’s home.
B. The man deliberately ruined the
woman’s pan.
The man’s explanation—he couldn’t find his
hammer—suggests that he simply needed
something to hammer with. Nothing
suggests that he intentionally ruined the
pan.
REAL LIFE ADVENTURES © 2008 GarLanco, Reprinted with permission
of UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE. All rights reserved.

10. INFERENCES
Which inference is more
logically based on the
information in this cartoon?
C. The woman is upset that the
man has used her pan as a
hammer.
D. The man realizes that the
woman is angry at him for using
her good pan as a hammer.
REAL LIFE ADVENTURES © 2008 GarLanco, Reprinted with permission
of UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE. All rights reserved.

11. INFERENCES
Which inference is more
logically based on the
information in this cartoon?
C. The woman is upset that the
man has used her pan as a
hammer.
The woman’s final comment strongly
suggests that she is angry and needs to let
out her anger, quite possibly by hammering
the person who ruined her pan.
D. The man realizes that the
woman is angry at him for using
her good pan as a hammer.
Nothing in the man’s body language or
words indicates that he realizes the woman
is angry with him.
REAL LIFE ADVENTURES © 2008 GarLanco, Reprinted with permission
of UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE. All rights reserved.

12. Let’s check out this video
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiCMG4-j2iY
 With inferences, it is often easier to “read between
the lines” when you can see someone’s facial
expressions or hear someone’s voice.
 While the young man is speaking, think about who
he is talking to?
 What is he trying to explain to the other person?
 How does he feel about what he has done?

13. What is going on? (Video)
 Who is the young man talking to?
 How does he feel?
 How does the other person feel?
 Why is he sorry?
 What does he want the other person to say?
 What does the other person say?

14. Let’s look a the video again, except this time we
will show the girlfriend.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt1IWCPk2oo
 Think about her side of the conversation.
 Does she understand what her “boyfriend” has
done?
 Does she think he is truly sorry?

15. Inferences
 He is talking to his girlfriend
 He is nervous about being confronted by her
 He apologizes and wants to explain why he was
unfaithful.
 He apologizes and wants to explain.
 She won’t listen to him.
 Do you think she forgives him?

16. Inferences
 In the first video we had to try to infer what the
young man was talking about without being able to
hear/see what the other person was saying/thinking.
 In writing we make inferences and draw conclusions
by using all the clues provided by the writer, our own
experience, and logic.
 It is trickier to do this; therefore, you need to become
a detective in order to figure out any inferences the
author is trying to make.

17.  We have already practiced making inferences when
we learned about vocabulary in context.
 Let’s practice with one of our recent vocabulary
words: avocation

Mrs. Buchanan’s avocation, scrapbooking, is an enjoyable
hobby that she wished she had more time to pursue.
 From looking at the words around avocation we can
figure out that avocation means hobby or something
done in addition to one’s occupation that is
pleasurable.

18. Keep in Mind
 Draw conclusions and inferences based on what is
stated

Not your own opinion or attitude
 Check back in the text to verify or locate information
that supports your conclusions.
 Ask yourself if your inference is logical and
reasonable.
 Mystery Story (handout)

19. Quizzes after the break
 Patterns of Organization
 Vocabulary List 5-6

20. Essay #3

21. Essay #3
 Rough draft is due next Wednesday, 10/24/13
 Don’t forget to include vocabulary words and context
clues.
 Don’t forget to take it to the writing mentor.

22. Habit, Ch. 7
 Get into groups and find sources from Habit, Ch. 7 to
help you answer the questions below.
 As you are working in your groups, I will pass around
a sign-up sheet for he store you will evaluate. Please
write down your first and second choice.
 Duhigg’s explanation of how stores use purchase
behavior to create marketing strategies.
 Duhigg’s explanation of how companies use the
habit loop to market products and services.