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Inferring and Predicting

Metacognitive Reading Strategy . Inferring and Predicting. Inferring. Reading between the lines to: …figure out extra information the author wants a reader to know …gain additional meaning about what’s going on in a story …take what you know and add in further information. Perhaps….

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Inferring and Predicting

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  1. Metacognitive Reading Strategy Inferring and Predicting

  2. Inferring • Reading between the lines to: • …figure out extra information the author wants a reader to know • …gain additional meaning about what’s going on in a story • …take what you know and add in further information Perhaps… It could be… Maybe… I think that…

  3. Inferring practice: What can you infer based on the information available to you? “’You say you didn’t know it was due today?’ my teacher asked me with tears in hereyes…” “ I don’t believe it”

  4. INFERRING: Some practice • Chapter 3: Paragraph 1 • I infer that the author is actually saying that people are really excited about this huge pearl. I also infer that news is traveling quickly about Kino finding the Pearl of the World. • Why am I inferring this? • Questions?

  5. Predicting • Predicting is taking what you know (or think you know) and making an educated guess about what will happen later in the text. • Unlike inferences, we can tell if almost always find out • if our predictions are correct or not…

  6. PREDICTING

  7. Inferring and Predicting

  8. Questions?

  9. Inferring • Reading between the lines and putting together what is said to figure out what is unsaid. And that… Wait a second… AH HA! I know what she’s really saying here! I’m a genius… And this… So let me put this all together… I know this…

  10. Inferring & Predicting • JOURNAL ENTRY (Optional) • Topic sentence • Your definition of inferring and predicting • An example of when you have used inferring and predicting • Why this strategy is important.

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