1. Inference

2. Words do not contain meaning… until the READER constructs it.
To construct meaning, readers rely on:
Past experiences
Social convention
Education
Knowledge of the author
The audience
The occasion

3. The Senator admitted owning the gun that killed his wife.
Inferring Meaning

4. A man and his son are driving in a car
A man and his son are driving in a car. The car crashes into a tree, killing the father and seriously injuring his son. At the hospital, the boy needs to have surgery. Upon looking at the boy, the doctor says (telling the truth), "I cannot operate on him. He is my son."

5. We had visitors a week or so ago. House guests. Six of them
We had visitors a week or so ago. House guests. Six of them. One of them was Oscar who teaches geology at the University in Utrecht. Now I love houseguests. Usually.
But when they arrived I discovered that two of them couldn't even walk into the house. Had to be carried in. And then I found out they couldn't talk, either.
What would you have done if you'd been in my place? How do you handle a situation like that?

6. “All reading is an active, reflective, problem-solving process.
We do not simply read words; we read ideas, thoughts that spring from the relationships of various assertions” (Kurland).
How to read

8. Kyle ran into his house, slamming the door behind him
Kyle ran into his house, slamming the door behind him. He threw his book bag on the floor and plopped onto the couch.
After six hours of playing Grand Larceny VII, he ate some pizza and fell asleep with a slice on his stomach and his feet on his book bag. When Kyle came home from school the next day, he was noticeably distraught. He balled up his report card and placed it inside a soup can in the garbage.
He then flipped the soup can upside down in the garbage can and arranged loose pieces of trash over it.
As he plopped down on the couch, he let out a sigh and picked up his controller.
Was Kyle’s report card good or bad and why was it like that?
Exit ticket

10.
Complete the “Conversation Piece” Reading