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Making Inferences

Reading Power. Making Inferences. You make inferences all the time. How do you know . . . your teacher doesn’t like something you are doing?. there is an accident ahead on the road?. there is a fight in the hall?. You infer when you use. Schema background knowledge. Evidence.

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Making Inferences

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  1. Reading Power Making Inferences

  2. You make inferences all the time. How do you know . . . your teacher doesn’t like something you are doing? there is an accident ahead on the road? there is a fight in the hall?

  3. You infer when you use Schema background knowledge Evidence or the clues that are available to us through our senses. What we can see hear taste touch smell

  4. What is the evidence in this comic that might help you to “get it”? • hand·ker·chief • a small piece of thin cloth, usually square and used to wipe the nose, face, neck, or hands

  5. “I don’t get it!” Sometimes people say this when there’s a piece of information they don’t know that’s keeping them from making an inference. In this comic you have to know what “delusional” is. Delusional here means a false belief or opinion. Garfield is saying that Jon has it all wrong because HE is really the boss.

  6. Making an inference means knowing why Jon would need his receipt.

  7. facts and evidence + your schema Making inferences

  8. Activity

  9. Row 1 Row 3 Row 2 “core it” “preserve it” “draw it off”

  10. Three step plan for making inferences.

  11. step 1 Look for the clues. step 2 Ask yourself, “What do I know from the clues?” step 3 Use the clues plus your schema to figure out a plausible answer. Begin your inference with “I think…” or “Maybe…”

  12. End of Part 1

  13. Clues in the text + inference prior knowledge plausible

  14. He plunked down $12.00 at the window. She tried to give him $6.00, but he refused to take it. So when they got inside, she bought him a large bag of popcorn and a soft drink.

  15. Where did he plunk the $12.00?

  16. How much was the entrance fee for each person?

  17. Why wouldn’t he take the $6.00?

  18. Does he like popcorn?

  19. How old are these people?

  20. Why does she try to pay her own way?

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