Inferences

What do you need to make an inference?

• text clues + background knowledge

• background knowledge

• text clues

When you make an inference you figure out _________________.

• something that was explained in the text

• something that was NOT explained in the text.

What can you infer about the following text:

Is Will done? NEVER!

• Farmer Will Allen is lazy.

• Farmer Will Allen is a determined and hardworking person.

What is an inference?

• An educated guess based on text evidence

• An educated guess based on what you know

Look at the picture. What inference can you make?

• Farmer Will Allen is an undetermined person

• Farmer Will Allen works hard

An inference is:

• A random guess

• An educated guess

The students are wearing a jacket. You can infer that:

• It is summer

• It is winter

After eating all the candies he did not feel well. What inference can you make?

• He has a headache

• He has a stomachache

What is schema?

• Text clues

• Text evidence

• What you know