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Foreshadowing/Prediction via Implication/Inference

March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Objectives:
Notice how an author uses hints to influence an audience by:

manipulating tone via word choice
using “negative indicators”

Understand the value in making predictions:

monitoring comprehension
making inferences

Warm-up:
Look at this famous optical illusion and explain how artists can use negative space to make meaning.

Mini Lesson:
Talk about what the students thought about the optical illusion.
Sometimes what is missing or left [...]