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Mini-Lesson: Inferencing and Drawing Conclusions

Mini-Lesson: Inferencing and Drawing Conclusions. “Reading Between the Lines”. Clues in the text Background Knowledge Inference. What is an Inference?. An inference is something that you conclude based partly on evidence and partly on your own knowledge.

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Mini-Lesson: Inferencing and Drawing Conclusions

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  1. Mini-Lesson: Inferencing and Drawing Conclusions “Reading Between the Lines” Clues in the text Background Knowledge Inference

  2. What is an Inference? • An inference is something that you conclude based partly on evidence and partly on your own knowledge. • When you make an inference, you read something, add what you know to it, and draw a conclusion. • You put “two and two together” or “read between the lines”

  3. Did you know you make inferences every day in the real world? • You compare things • You evaluate situations • You make predictions • These skills help you choose friends, settle arguments, and make decisions • What are some other ways you make inferences on a daily basis?

  4. You Try…. What can be inferred in these cartoons?

  5. How do I make inferences when I read? Follow these simple steps: • What does the writer tell you about how the character acts, thinks, or dresses? • What do you know – or think you know – about people who act, think or dress that way? • What does the writer tell you about problems the character faces? • What does your experience tell you about those or similar problems? • What does the writer tell you about how other characters respond to the character? • In real life, what do such responses usually tell you?

  6. Let’s try it… We will read Bud Not Buddy and complete inference chart for four separate chunks of text.

  7. After Reading Make an Inference…Parents have come to school for: a board meeting OR back-to-school night?

  8. You Can Make Inferences About the Setting • If, after reading, you can picture the setting, you are “reading” the setting – what does it tell you…. • About the feeling, or mood, of the moment? • About how characters feel or what they are like? • About something new that is about to happen in the plot?

  9. Check out This Example: The house stood at the top of the hill surrounded by twisted, bare trees. The girl shivered in the cold wind and brushed the wet snow from her shoes. She remembered her nice, warm home in Florida with its sandy beaches and bright sunshine. Slowly, she walked towards her new home. How does the girl feel?

  10. Any Questions?

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