Inferences

Inferences

"Reading Between the Lines"

Poll

What can you infer about the female in the previous picture?

• She is happy

• She is angry

• She is sad

• She is excited

Open Ended

Give evidence to support your answer...

An inference is...

• an educated guess

• what I learned + what I already know

• using clues in literature provided by the author to figure things out

• what's not said but implied

Use inferences to...

share a potential reason why something happens or how it happens. This could be about characters, setting, and/or plot.

What makes an inference valid?

TEXT EVIDENCE, REASONING, BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

What happened? How do you know?

What did we do by guessing what happened?

Open Ended

What can we infer from the previous picture with the dog? How do you know?

An inference is NOT...

an observation!

Observations involve...

• something you notice, witness, or see

• NOT a process

Inferences involve...

• PROCESS

• Something you conclude by putting together evidence

What can we infer? How do we know?

A man in a collared shirt and tie screams into a cell phone. His brow is scrunched and his skin is flushed. 

Open Ended

What can we infer from the previous picture of the man? How do we know?