Making Inferences

Making Inferences

Using GIST

Inferences

What I know + Text Evidence (Facts) = Inference

Multiple Choice

What happened in that past photo?

• The boy loved his lunch.

• The boy wasn't excited about his lunch.

How to make an inference

• Read the passage question. What is the question asking you about?

• Read the passage.

• Summarize the passage (GIST, SWBST)

• Re-read the passage question and answers.

• Based on what you know and what is in the passage, what answer has the strongest support?

Let's practice!

"The Medicine Bag"

Multiple Choice

He had stopped to rest on the steps of some building downtown and a policeman found him. The cop, according to Grandpa, was a good man who took him to the bus stop and waited until the bus came and told the driver to let Grandpa out at Bell View Drive. After Grandpa got off the bus, he started walking again. But he couldn’t see the house numbers on the other side when he walked on the sidewalk, so he walked in the middle of the street. That’s when all the little kids and dogs followed him.

Who is the passage about?

• Policeman

• Grandpa

Multiple Choice

He had stopped to rest on the steps of some building downtown and a policeman found him. The cop, according to Grandpa, was a good man who took him to the bus stop and waited until the bus came and told the driver to let Grandpa out at Bell View Drive. After Grandpa got off the bus, he started walking again. But he couldn’t see the house numbers on the other side when he walked on the sidewalk, so he walked in the middle of the street. That’s when all the little kids and dogs followed him.

What is the passage mostly about?

• Grandpa getting lost because he's old.

• Grandpa getting picked up by a cop.

• Grandpa traveling alone to find a house he's not been to before.

Multiple Choice

He had stopped to rest on the steps of some building downtown and a policeman found him. The cop, according to Grandpa, was a good man who took him to the bus stop and waited until the bus came and told the driver to let Grandpa out at Bell View Drive. After Grandpa got off the bus, he started walking again. But he couldn’t see the house numbers on the other side when he walked on the sidewalk, so he walked in the middle of the street. That’s when all the little kids and dogs followed him.

When did this take place?

• Before and during Grandpa's arrival on Belle View

• Two weeks ago

• Last summer

Multiple Choice

He had stopped to rest on the steps of some building downtown and a policeman found him. The cop, according to Grandpa, was a good man who took him to the bus stop and waited until the bus came and told the driver to let Grandpa out at Bell View Drive. After Grandpa got off the bus, he started walking again. But he couldn’t see the house numbers on the other side when he walked on the sidewalk, so he walked in the middle of the street. That’s when all the little kids and dogs followed him.

Where did this take place?

• Before and during Grandpa's arrival on Belle View

• Two weeks ago

• Last summer

Multiple Choice

He had stopped to rest on the steps of some building downtown and a policeman found him. The cop, according to Grandpa, was a good man who took him to the bus stop and waited until the bus came and told the driver to let Grandpa out at Bell View Drive. After Grandpa got off the bus, he started walking again. But he couldn’t see the house numbers on the other side when he walked on the sidewalk, so he walked in the middle of the street. That’s when all the little kids and dogs followed him.

Why did this take place?

• Grandpa wanted to save money by walking.

• This is the first time Grandpa has traveled to Bell View.

• Grandpa travels to Bell View all the time.

When we get the Who, What, When, where, and Why

We can then infer! Read slowly and pay attention to the details!

Implicit Information

What is implied - Not stated in the passage

Multiple Choice

That night Mom and Dad took Grandpa to the hospital. Two weeks later I stood alone on the lonely prairie of the reservation and put the sacred sage in my medicine bag.

What is implied (Not Stated) in the passage that I can infer?

• Mom and Dad took Grandpa to the hospital.

• Martin went to the reservation.

• Grandpa passed away.

• There is sage in the medicine bag.

Explicit Information

Information that is stated in the passage.

Multiple Choice

That night Mom and Dad took Grandpa to the hospital. Two weeks later I stood alone on the lonely prairie of the reservation and put the sacred sage in my medicine bag.

What is explicit (Stated) in the passage that I can infer?

• Mom and Dad were tired.

• Martin went alone to the prairie.

• Grandpa passed away.

• Two weeks later, Martin wore the medicine bag.

That night Mom and Dad took Grandpa to the hospital. Two weeks later I stood alone on the lonely prairie of the reservation and put the sacred sage in my medicine bag.

What is explicit or explained in this passage?

Remember, to make an inference

• Read the passage question. What is the question asking you about?

• Read the passage.

• Summarize the passage (GIST, SWBST)

• Re-read the passage question and answers.

• Based on what you know and what is in the passage, what answer has the strongest support?