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LESSON
Inferences and Conclusions
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Remember: As you read, think about the details that the author
presents. Compare them with what you already know about the subject
or setting. Use your knowledge to make an inference or draw a
conclusion about what is happening in the passage.
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Directions: Read the passage. Then use the information from the passage
to answer questions 1–5.
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Directions:
1. Readthat
You can infer thebuffalo
passage.
liveThen useand
in parks the reserves
information from the passage
so that .
to answer
A
questions 1–5.
o they will not have to travel much
oB they have protection while their numbers grow
oC it is easier for people to see them
oD they do not hurt people who want to watch them
2. You can infer that millions of buffalo disappeared in the late 1800s
because .
oA Native Americans hunted them
oB they caught a disease from cattle
oC herds of buffalo moved away
oD they were killed by settlers
3. Why are there more buffalo now than there were in 1890?
4. From the third paragraph of this passage, you can tell that .
oA many people thought the government was wrong to slaughter buffalo
oB ranchers value the buffalo herd more than their own cattle
oC thousands of buffalo have been moved away from Yellowstone
oD the buffalo carry diseases that can be harmful to humans
5. Why would cattle ranchers living near Yellowstone National Park disagree
with the last two sentences in the passage?
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Directions: Read the passage. Then use the information from the passage
to answer
1. You canquestions 1–5.
tell from this passage that the word ignoble probably
means .
A not noble
B like a noble person
C very noble
D in a noble way
2. The third paragraph says that the people who receive an Ig Nobel Prize aren’t
always too happy about it. What is the most likely reason for that?
A They have to stop their important work to go to Harvard.
B They don’t want to be photographed.
C They are embarrassed because the prizes poke fun at them.
D They are afraid someone will copy their work.
3. What is one thing that all the work done by these prize winners has in common?
A It is extremely important.
B It is meant to improve health.
C It is all done by foreigners. D
It is kind of silly.
4. The second paragraph mentions leeches. How can you tell from the paragraph
that a leech is a kind of animal instead of a rock?
5. Do you think most scientists would rather get a Nobel Prize or an Ig Nobel
Prize? Tell why you think so.
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Lesson Paired Texts, pp. 10-13
2 Featured
Skill:
Making
Inferences
Happy Campers
Two articles show ways people help kids with cancer
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detail, evaluating, explanatory
writing
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2. Close
Reading
Read and Unpack the Text (25
minutes)
• Have students read “Happy Campers”
as a class, pausing to discuss questions
that arise with each section. Then ask
students to read the informational text
“Bald Heads Raise Big Bucks” in small
groups.
• Groups should then answer the close-
reading
and critical-thinking questions, rereading
the text
to find answers.
Close-Reading
Questions
(activity sheet
online)
• Reread the first four paragraphs,
comparing the first three with the
fourth. What is the
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author trying to accomplish in the first shaving their heads, they put themselves in
three? In the fourth? (author’s craft) In the the place of kids who have lost their hair from
first three paragraphs, author Jane Bianchi chemotherapy. They experience what it feels
describes sights like to be bald. They also
and sounds that make Sunrise seem like any
other day camp. In the fourth paragraph, she
explains the difference: This is a camp for kids
battling cancer and for their siblings.
• What are two big challenges faced by kids
with cancer? How does Sunrise help?
(problem and solution) Kids with cancer often
undergo
many medical treatments that disrupt their lives
and leave them weak and tired. They sometimes
feel different or misunderstood by their peers. At
Sunrise, they’re treated like normal kids. They
participate in activities, but if they need to rest
or take medications, they can do so without
feeling singled out.
• What money problems do families of kids
with cancer sometimes face? How does
Sunrise help? (text evidence) Families pay
large amounts
of money for doctor visits, surgeries, and
ambulance rides, even when they have health
insurance. Some parents lose money by missing
work or quitting their jobs to take care of their
children. Sunrise is free, thanks to donations.
• In what ways do the siblings of kids with
cancer struggle? How does Sunrise help
them? (key detail) They often feel ignored
when so much attention is focused on the
sibling who’s battling cancer. Sunrise gives
them as much attention as they give their
brother or sister and helps them understand
their sibling’s illness.
• What is evidence of Sunrise’s success,
beyond “smiles of the campers”? (text
evidence) Sunrise opened a second location in
2013, and the staff is helping other
organizations open similar camps.
• How have Kaela, Mara, and other St.
Baldrick’s “shavees” shown empathy for
children with cancer? (inference) By
raise money and awareness for cancer research. understood and know that they are not alone
• What key fact shows the success of the or looked at as different.
St. Baldrick’s Foundation? (key detail)
More than 3. Skill Building
$220 million has been raised since 1999. Featured Skill: Inference
• Refer students to the initial
Critical-Thinking Questions discussion of how the text
(activity sheet features create a mood.
online)
Discuss: Did the story
• Based on these articles, what do you think
convey the mood you
are some important ideas about interacting
expected? Explain.
with kids who have cancer? (evaluating) It’s
• Print and distribute our
important to treat kids with cancer as normal
inference activity sheet. It will help students
kids who enjoy the same games and activities
find information from both texts to use in
and have the same interests as everyone else.
response to the writing prompt on page 13.
Take advantage of opportunities to be
supportive, like the Sunrise counselors who
wear hats and bandanas, or the St. Baldrick’s Extension Activity
participants who shave their heads and raise • Challenge students to develop a one-page
money. “Guide to Helping Young Cancer Patients.”
• How does empathy help people? Have them think about the struggles faced by
(inference) Empathy helps people feel patients and their families, based on these
articles, and summarize creative ideas in bullet-
point format.
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UONG
MINH
Differentiation
For Struggling For Advanced
Readers Readers
Have students underline Ask students to use evidence from
sentences in both articles that these articles and outside knowledge
help explain the challenges and to write an essay responding to
struggles faced by kids and these questions: What are some of
families facing cancer. the challenges of having a sibling with
a serious health issue? What kind of
support do you think siblings need?
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Hap
Paired texts
I
t’s 10:20 a.m. The sun shines through Sunrise looks like any other day camp.
the trees onto red bleachers. Three But this camp is special. It was founded in
hundred kids, ages 3 to 16, sit shoulder- 2006. It’s the only full-summer day camp
to-shoulder. They smile as they chant to in the world for kids with cancer and their
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10 s t o r y w o r k s
py
For kids with
cancer and
their siblings,
Sunrise Day
Camp offers
fun in the sun
with a special
pers
twist
By JaNE BIa
NChI
Miah get creative at the
arts-and-crafts table.
that most people can’t imagine. There are
surgeries. Most cancers require a treatment
called chemotherapy. This treatment can
leave kids weak and tired. It can even leave
them bald for a while. Cancer causes many But not at Sunrise.
kids to miss weeks of school. Some kids are At the camp, kids enjoy the usual camp
out for months. They trade soccer games and activities—with a twist. Counselors give
parties for doctor visits and midnight trips to piggyback rides and swimming lessons. But
the emergency room. they all also wear hats or bandanas; that way,
When a kid becomes a cancer patient, it they look the same as kids who are covering
can be hard to feel like anything else. up their bald heads. Nurses hand out Band-
sister’s illness and their own feelings.” back. But it won’t grow
The camp is growing. In the summer of for long. They plan
2013, Sunrise opened its second day camp. to hold another
The new camp is in Pearl River, New York. shaving event
Preminger and his team are now helping other next year.
groups open similar camps.
“I love looking at the kids and seeing
how happy they are,” Preminger says. “I
love watching them forget that they have
cancer, even for a moment.”
Making Inferences
An inference is something you can figure out from clues in a story, even
though the story doesn’t say it directly.
Directions: The chart below lists clues from “Happy Campers” on the left and inferences you can make
from them on the right. Fill in the blanks on the chart with clues or inferences from the article.
Clues Inferences
What can you infer about how cancer affects a
child’s
daily life?
2
Just as cancer patients can feel alone or left out, their
siblings can too.
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Clues Inferences
What can you infer is one of the most important
goals
Consider these lines from the article: of Sunrise Day Camp?
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Constructed Response
Directions: On a separate piece of paper, write your answer to each question in at least three well-written
sentences. Make sure you support your answers with information and details from the articles.
7. How do organizations like Sunrise Day 8. Sunrise Day Camp welcomes siblings of
Camp and St. Baldrick’s help kids with kids who have cancer, even when the
cancer? siblings are healthy. Why?
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Core Skills Workout—HL e “Happy Campers”
November/December 2014
Name: Date:
Making Inferences
An inference is something you can figure out from clues in a story, even
though the story doesn’t say it directly.
Directions: The chart below lists clues from “Happy Campers” on the left and inferences you can make
from them on the right. Fill in the blanks on the chart with clues or inferences from the article.
Clues Inferences
What can you infer about how cancer affects a
child’s
daily life?
2
Just as cancer patients can feel alone or left out, their
siblings can too.
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Core Skills Workout—HL e “Happy Campers”
Name: Date: November/December 2014
Making Inferences, p. 2
Clues Inferences
Consider these lines from the article: What can you infer is one of the most important
goals
• “Like kids at camps around the country, of Sunrise Day Camp?
Sunrise
campers spend days swimming, making crafts,
shooting hoops, and playing miniature golf.”
Write two lines from “Bald Heads Raise Big Write your own inference that draws on “Bald Heads
Bucks” Raise Big Bucks.”
that support the inference on the right.
4
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4. Which of the following problems is NOT 8. Which fact from the article supports the
mentioned in “Happy Campers” ? answer to question 7?
A the cost of treatment A Kaela and Mara are sisters. \
B agonizing worry B Many people have shaved their heads for
C siblings feeling ignored St. Baldrick’s.
D the fear that siblings will get cancer too C They got their dad to do it too.
D They plan to do it again.
Constructed Response
Directions: On a separate piece of paper, write your answer to each question in a well-organized paragraph.
Make sure you support your answers with information and details from the articles.
9. How do organizations like Sunrise Day 10. Sunrise Day Camp welcomes siblings of
Camp and St. Baldrick’s help kids with kids who have cancer, even when the
cancer? siblings are healthy. Why?
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