Inference

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Making Inferences NOT Predictions

Prediction

  • part of inferring
  • can check your accuracy as you read
  • can find if you were right or wrong

Inference

  • more precise
  • reading between the lines
  • filling in (in your head) what’s not written in the text

Good Readers…

  • infer to figure out what the author is saying
  • read between the lines
  • look for clues in pictures or words to help them figure out what the book is about
  • keep thinking  if their inference is correct or needs to be revised

Ways to begin inferring…

  • The story said ____which made me think…
  • I think ____will happen because…
  • When I read___it made me realize…
  • I can tell___(character) is___(character trait) because…
  • How the character acts tells me…
  • How the character feels tells me…
  • What the character says tells me…

Inference song to the tune of John legends “Ordinary People” song

Below are short films that could be used to infer and predict what happens to the characters within the stories.
http://youtu.be/1pqnXR4U9w8

http://youtu.be/9IYRC7g2ICg

http://youtu.be/-a6Pe1ovKHg
http://youtu.be/qZrXoaWh8Oc
http://youtu.be/wAAHB3uKJkE


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