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Wednesday 9th December English Group 3 Slides 1 December 03, 2020

Wednesday9thDecember

L.O.CanIsupportmypredictionswithevidence?

Ourreadingstrategy:predicting

Whatispredicting? Whatmakesgoodpredictions?

• Predictionismakingastatementaboutwhatwillhappenin

thefuture

• Itisbasedon:whatyouhaveread,whatisinferredand

priorknowledge

• Itisnotaguess!
• Evidencefromthetextandimages­because
• Usetest,inferenceandpriorknowledgeoftheworld,

yourselfandothertexts

• Predictaboutcontentbutalsofeatures,structure,

languageandpresentation

Wednesday 9th December English Group 3 Slides 2 December 03, 2020 L.O.Cansupportmypredictionswithevidence?

Usefulsentencestems:

Wednesday 9th December English Group 3 Slides 3 December 03, 2020 L.O.Cansupportmypredictionswithevidence?

Sittinginthekitchen,surroundedbydelicious hocksofhamhangingfromtheceilingand stringsofonionspinnedtothewalls,Icould feeltheurgencyofthehousemaidsandcooks inawaythatIhadn’tbefore.Iwantedtobe partofit;Iwasdesperatetohelp.Looking aroundthekitchen,Icouldseealargecopper potabouttobubbleoverontothestove…

Wednesday 9th December English Group 3 Slides 4 December 03, 2020 L.O.Cansupportmypredictionswithevidence?

Lookcarefullyatthetwooptionsbelow. Whichisthemostreasonablepredictionthat usesevidencefromthetext?

Prediction1 Ipredictthatthepersonwhoissittinginthekitchen willaskthecookstomakethemahamsandwich.This isbecausetheymentionseeingthedelicioushocksof hamhangingfromthekitchenceiling. Prediction2 Ipredictthatthepersonwhoissittinginthekitchen willgetuptostirthecopperpotorturntheheat down.Thisisbecausethetextsaystheyaredesperate tohelpandtheycanseethatthehousemaidsand cooksareverybusy.

Wednesday 9th December English Group 3 Slides 5 December 03, 2020 L.O.Cansupportmypredictionswithevidence?

Eitherpredictioncouldberight.Therearenoright

• rwrongansweraslongasyouareusing

examplestobackupyourideasandtheseare reasonable.

Prediction1 Ipredictthatthepersonwhoissittinginthekitchen willaskthecookstomakethemahamsandwich.This isbecausetheymentionseeingthedelicioushocksof hamhangingfromthekitchenceiling. Prediction2 Ipredictthatthepersonwhoissittinginthekitchen willgetuptostirthecopperpotorturntheheat down.Thisisbecausethetextsaystheyaredesperate tohelpandtheycanseethatthehousemaidsand cooksareverybusy.

Wednesday 9th December English Group 3 Slides 6 December 03, 2020 L.O.Cansupportmypredictionswithevidence?

Sittinginthekitchen,surroundedbydelicious hocksofhamhangingfromtheceilingand stringsofonionspinnedtothewalls,Icould feeltheurgencyofthehousemaidsandcooks inawaythatIhadn’tbefore.Iwantedtobe partofit;Iwasdesperatetohelp.Looking aroundthekitchen,Icouldseealargecopper potabouttobubbleoverontothestove…

Wednesday 9th December English Group 3 Slides 7 December 03, 2020 L.O.Cansupportmypredictionswithevidence?

Wouldthisbeasuitableprediction?

Ipredictthatthecharacterwilltellthecooksand housemaidsofffornotworkinghardenough. No Atnopointintheextractdoesthecharacterseemtobe upsetwiththestaff.Thereisnoevidencetobackthisup. Thereisnomentionthattheythinkthehousemaidsand cooksarenotworkinghard.Infact,thecharacter commentsontheurgencywithwhichtheyareworking. Thispredictiondoesnotevenuseexamplesfromthetext toprovethatthepredictioncouldbereasonable.

Wednesday 9th December English Group 3 Slides 8 December 03, 2020 L.O.Cansupportmypredictionswithevidence?

Steppingoutofmychair,Icreptforwards, meaningonlytolendahand.Mostofthe cooksweresobusythattheydidn’tnoticeme andthosewhodidpaidlittleattention.The stovewasontheothersideofthekitchen andIedgedmywaypastservinggirls, cooksandhousemaids,allgoingabouttheir business.Approachingthemetalpan,which hadthelidsatlooselyatop,Icouldsmellthe wonderfularomaofhotonionsoupwhich hadclearlybeenboilingforsometime.Steam billowedfromthegapbetweenthepanandits lidandflecksofsoupspatteredthewall behindthestove.Reachingmybarehand acrossthestove,Iwenttotakethelidoffso thatIcouldstirthesoup.

Whatdoyouthinkwillhappentothe characterastheytakethelideoffthepan

• fsoup?

Wednesday 9th December English Group 3 Slides 9 December 03, 2020 L.O.Cansupportmypredictionswithevidence?

Ipredictthatthecharacterisabouttogetburnt becausethetextsaysthatthepothasbeenboiling forsometimeandthereissteambillowingfrom thepan.MyexperiencesupportsthisbecauseI knowthatifyoupickupahotmetallidwithyour barehand,itislikelytoburnyou.

Prediction

Supportingevidence fromthetext Supportedbyreason andgeneral knowledge

Wednesday 9th December English Group 3 Slides 10 December 03, 2020 L.O.Cansupportmypredictionswithevidence?