Making Inferences

Inference

Determining

author’s meaning!

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You will use clues from the
text to figure out the author’s
intentions and meaning.

An inference is a reasonable prediction.

Inference

As a reader…

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You will figure out something
the author does not actually
write.

Inferring can be referred to as

reading between the lines...

When inferring, you have to

look beyond what is stated

in the text.

…so you will go beyond the
surface details to see other
meanings that the details

suggest or implies.

Open Ended

Why would authors write stories that require readers to infer?

Make predictions as you read.

Step One

There should be an inner
dialogue in your mind that
predicts-

How to

Infer

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What is going to happen
next?

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Why a character did
something

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How others are going to
react

Draw

What can you infer?

Draw

What can you infer?

Draw

What can you infer about Sam?

Draw

Complete the chart.