Group Inferencing Assignment

Find a person who is at the same point in the class as you are. Do the following steps:
  • One of the partners should have the assignment sheet open in the Moodle course. The other should open the following links to the cartoons. Cartoon 1, Cartoon 2, Cartoon 3.
    • Understanding humor requires that a person infers information outside of the cartoon.
    • If you are a person who does not get jokes, you may be a person who does not make correct inferences.
    • Political cartoon require that you connect a current event with the cartoon to understand it and find it funny.
    • You may not find political cartoons humorous, but try to discuss the inference.
  • List the names of both people on the top of your assignment page.
  • If you think the inference thinking graphic organizers are helpful to figuring out this assignment, get a copy of that assignment from your teacher.
  • List Cartoon 1.
    • Tell what must be pulled from your knowledge of current events to understand the humor of the cartoon.
    • Explain the point of the cartoon (this is the inference, or connection, of the cartoon and the current event knowledge.
  • List Cartoon 2.
    • Tell what must be pulled from your knowledge of current events to understand the humor of the cartoon.
    • Explain the point of the cartoon (this is the inference, or connection, of the cartoon and the current event knowledge.
  • List Cartoon 3.
    • Tell what must be pulled from your knowledge of current events to understand the humor of the cartoon.
    • Explain the point of the cartoon (this is the inference, or connection, of the cartoon and the current event knowledge.