Making Inferences - Reading between the lines

1. Making Inferences - Reading between the lines • Base your inferences on information provided by the author • Use your own prior knowledge and experience • Consider alternative interpretations

2. How to Form Conclusions and Predict Outcomes – Read beyond the lines • Find the author’s main idea (issue) and conclusion • Identify facts, opinions, and supporting details (reasons, evidence, etc.) • Check unknown vocab – use context clues • Use inferencing skills – rely on schema and evidence from the selection • Predict likely outcomes and form your own conclusion • Build your predictions / conclusions on evidence and information from reading • Be aware of the writer’s and your own bias, opinions, likes, dislikes

3. How to Generalize – Read and apply • Understand the main idea and key details • Determine the author’s conclusion(s) based on information you have read • Apply the writer’s ideas to different situations – draw your own conclusions • Avoid over generalizing – making statements too broad in scope • Use inductive reasoning – draw general conclusions from specific information • Avoid words like always, never, must, certainly, absolutely, and definitely