What do we know?

What is main idea?

• what the story is mostly about

• the theme of the story

• the plot of the story

• the problem of the story

What are the 3 things that help find main idea?

• sequence

• supporting or key details

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

What is an inference?

• trying to find the main idea or message of the story

• trying to find what the author is not saying; making a prediction or conclusion

• trying to find the key details in the story

• trying to find the plot in the story

How do we make an inference?

What is cause?

• what happened

• where it happened

• why something happened

• who it happened to

What is effect?

• what happened

• why something happens

• where it happened

• who it happened to

What is sequence?

• something that sparkles on clothes

• the order of events

• the way things are

• they hard part of the story

The following is an example of...

It was too late so we were not able to make the movie.

• cause and effect

• sequence

• inference

• main idea

The following is an example of....

• cause and effect

• sequence

• inference

• main idea

Make an inference for the following passage.