Making Inferences in your reading

Multiple Choice

What is an inference?

• A guess as to what is happening

• An educated guess based on information found within a passage

• Knowledge that is shared

• Information

Multiple Choice

What is the main topic of the video?

• Cooking techniques

• Sherlock Bones' deductions

• Uncle Paleo's accident

• The study of Sherlock Bones

Multiple Choice

How does Sherlock Bones deduce information about David?

• By analyzing his handwriting

• By observing his body language

• By examining his personal belongings

• By asking him direct questions

Multiple Choice

What evidence suggests that there was a fire or explosion?

• The sound of footsteps

• The presence of smoke

• The broken glasses

• The slow and heavy footsteps

Multiple Choice

What does the phrase 'singed hair' imply?

• Uncle Paleo has long hair

• Uncle Paleo has dirty hair

• Uncle Paleo's hair was burned

• Uncle Paleo's hair is naturally black

Multiple Choice

Why does Uncle Paleo's footsteps sound slow and heavy?

• He stepped in something sticky

• He is wearing lead shoes

• He is tired from putting out the fire

• He has a physical disability

Multiple Select

What strengthens the argument in favor of a fire?

• Uncle Paleo's broken glasses

• The sound of the smoke detector

• The black smudges on Uncle Paleo's face

• The slow and heavy footsteps

Multiple Choice

What should readers do to make stronger inferences?

• Ignore background knowledge

• Focus only on the main characters

• Look for more clues in the text

• Rely solely on the author's explanations

The following questions are all separate scenarios where you need to make inferences about what is happening!

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Other inference scenarios

Multiple Choice

Joe was very tired when he got home from school. He decided to take a nap. When he woke up the sun was shining. He could hear roosters crowing and smelled bacon cooking in the kitchen. He walked slowly into the kitchen and asked his mother, "What time is it?"
What time did he wake up?

• Noon
• Midnight
• 7:00 in the morning
• 7:00 in the evening

Multiple Choice

If a student got 100% on his work, what could you infer?

• He listened and studied.
• He didn't come to school that day.
• He didn't listen in class.
• He copied off of his neighbor.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence supports that Jack is feeling sleepy?

• Jack went to bed late because he was at a birthday party.
• Jackʼs eyes were droopy and his eyelids felt really heavy.
• Jack put his head down on the desk.
• Jack was not paying attention to the lesson.

Multiple Choice

Grandpa sees that his chocolate cake is all gone.  Brad has crumbs on his mouth. What do you think happened?

• Brad baked his own cake.
• Brad needs to brush his teeth better.
• Brad ate Grandpa's chocolate cake.
• Brad ate Grandpa

Multiple Choice

The man in the picture is:

• happy

• angry

Multiple Choice

What will happen next?

• The boy and the dog will swim through the puddle.

• The boy and the dog will walk through the puddle.

Draw

Put an x over how you are feeling about making inferences!