Making Inferences

1. 0 Making Inferences

2. “To infer as we read is to go beyond literal interpretation and to open a world of meaning deeply connected to our lives.” ~ Ellin Keene Author of Mosaic of Thought

3. What is Inferencing?Making an inference is “Reading between and beyond the lines.” • Finding clues • Putting them together • Solving the problem • Like a jigsaw puzzle

4. 0 Inference • Take what you know and make a guess! • Draw personal meaning from text (words) or pictures. • You use clues to come to your own conclusion.

5. When proficient readers infer, they create a meaning that is not necessarily stated in the text. Inference is a tough strategy to master because it involves many processes and requires the reader to hold several ideas in his/her mind. When we infer, we use a combination of ~ Questioning Making Connections Background Knowledge (Schema) Predictions Imagination/Visualization Analysis of Text: Interpretation Judgments Drawing Conclusions

6. Background Knowledge (schema) Making Connections Questioning Inference Drawing Conclusions Predictions Analysis of Text: Interpretation/ Judgment Imagination/ Visualization Elkhart Community Schools

7. 0 Make an Inference! • What does this image tell me?

8. 0 Question… • What did I already know that helped me make that inference? • Did I use picture or written clues?

9. 0 Help Me Make an Inference!

10. 0 More Questions… • Did you use words, graphs, or picture clues to help you make a guess about what that cartoon meant?

11. 0 Try Again! • Can he draw more than tigers? • Look up words you don’t know!

12. 0 Make 1 more Inference

13. 0 How Do Good Readers Make Inferences? • They use: • Word/text clues • Picture clues • Define unknown words • Look for emotion (feelings) • Use what they already know • Look for explanations for events • ASK themselves questions!

14. 0 Make Another Inference • Ms. Smith has recess duty. Jacob finds a frog, picks it up, and runs over to show it to Ms. Smith. Ms. Smith screams, jumps, and runs as fast as she can into the school. • What can you infer from this passage? • What are the “clues” in this passage?

15. 0 Authors vs. Readers • Authors Imply, Readers Infer. • Authors make implications that readers have to infer. • What do I mean by these statements?

16. Authors vs. Readers • Good Readers are Detectives who are always looking out for clues to help them better understand stories and pictures.

17. Here are some Synonyms • deduce • figure out • guess • interpretation • read between the lines • understand • reason • drawing conclusions

18. Finding Clues What Should We Look For? • PLACES • TIME • COLORS • TEXTURES • BODY LANGUAGE • ACTIONS • SITUATIONS OR CONTEXT

19. Visual Clues • What clues do you see? • What do we know about the product? • What do we know about the company? • What do we know about the person who drank the drink?

20. Situational Clues • What do we know about this picture? • What clues do you see? • What can we infer from the clues?

21. Location Clues • What do we know about the event in the photo? • What is the mood of the event? • What other activities may be occurring at the same time or later?

22. Word Clues • It’s clear • It’s round • It’s made of glass, metal and plastic • It has a handle • It makes things look bigger • What is it?

23. Body Language Clues Are they having the same conversation? How do you know?

24. Remember… Be a great Detective and Read between the lines searching for clues to the author’s implied meanings