Inferences in Non-Fiction Text

What is the equation for making an inference?

• text clues + predictions

• schema + prior knowledge

• text clues + schema

• your best guess

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What is schema?

• Your background or prior knowledge about something

• Evidence from the text

• A shortened version of what you read

• Questions you have about something

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Daylight Savings time refers to the practice of setting our clocks an hour forward in the spring and back in the fall to maximize the amount of sunshine during our waking hours. Ben Franklin came up with the plan to "save" daylight by turning the clocks an hour ahead, thus bring our waking hours into closer harmony with daylight.
What may the read conclude about Ben Franklin?

• He liked to make people sleepy.
• He is hated for his daylight savings idea.
• He wanted people to increase their productivity.
• He owned many clocks.

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You could say that bears are everywhere, but that's not true. They aren't native to Australia or Africa. You may think that the koala is a bear, but it is not a bear at all. Like the kangaroo, the koala, is a marsupial that has a pouch to carry its young.
The author refers to kangaroos most likely because-

• People know what koalas look like.
• More people are familiar with kangaroos being marsupials.
• Australia has many different animals.
• Koalas are oddly shaped kangaroos.

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The NCAA is thriving right now but is in need of change. I feel our next President could help encourage this change. Change is needed because student athletes are being used for the benefit of schools they attend and the NCAA; which is supposed to be a "non-profit organization". However, instead of promoting classroom and academic goals the NCAA makes around $10.8 Billion a year. All the while, student-athletes are drowning in debt and cannot pay for tuition, books, housing, or food. I think that it is best to pay student athletes based on the revenue that they bring themselves.

The reader can infer that the author feels-----

• forty hours a week is too much to practice

• sports are not as important as academics

• student athletes are barely scraping by

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I know that depending on global warming trends, rising temperatures will cause difficulties in producing base layers of snow for skiing hotels or resorts. This climate change causes both changed snowfall patters and rising winter temperatures. Artificial snow creation has become a major snow producer at most major resorts or skiing locations in recent years. The skiing industry is paying the price for artificial snow by giving roughly $1 Billion dollars and losing 27,000 jobs.

The reader can infer that-----

• skiing will no longer continue to be a sport

• global waring is negatively impacting the ski industry

• snowfall will improve over the next ten years.

• climate change is not real.

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I know that depending on global warming trends, rising temperatures will cause difficulties in producing base layers of snow for skiing hotels or resorts. This climate change causes both changed snowfall patters and rising winter temperatures. Artificial snow creation has become a major snow producer at most major resorts or skiing locations in recent years. The skiing industry is paying the price for artificial snow by giving roughly $1 Billion dollars and losing 27,000 jobs.

Which sentence best supports the idea that global warming is negatively impacting the ski industry?

• I know that depending on global warming trends, rising temperatures will cause difficulties in producing base layers of snow for skiing hotels or resorts

• This climate change causes both changed snowfall patters and rising winter temperatures.

• Artificial snow creation has become a major snow producer at most major resorts or skiing locations in recent years.

• The skiing industry is paying the price for artificial snow by giving roughly $1 Billion dollars and losing 27,000 jobs.

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Today, Lego bricks are some of the world's most popular toys. But they're so much more. Businesses use LEGO bricks to help their employees think more creatively. Artists like Nathan Sawaya use LEGO bricks to make amazing sculptures shown all over the world. Educators and teachers use LEGO bricks to challenge students in math and science. In 2015, a team of girl scouts wondered how they could make reading easier for people who can't move their arms. They designed a battery-powered page-turning machine built from LEGO bricks and LEGO tires. They won the White House Science Fair and got to meet the President of the United States.

The reader can infer that LEGO bricks----

• will not always be popular

• have many other uses

• are only used by kids

• can become more popular

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Coral reefs provide shelter, a place to hide, for little fish. That many small fish in one place attracts big fish, which in turn attracts BIG predators like sharks. Bigger predators cannot invade the coral, however, they wait along the edges for fish to leave to attack. The reef also provides a place for algae and sponges to grow safely. They provide food for sea turtles and other sea life. If coral were to become extinct so would the turtles and other ocean creatures that rely on them for protection and food.

The reader can infer that----

• many types of ocean life rely on coral reef to survive

• coral reef are mainly occupied by predators

• sea turtles will not be able to survive without coral

• a variety of ocean life is becoming endangered

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Coral reefs provide shelter, a place to hide, for little fish. That many small fish in one place attracts big fish, which in turn attracts BIG predators like sharks. Bigger predators cannot invade the coral, however, they wait along the edges for fish to leave to attack. The reef also provides a place for algae and sponges to grow safely. They provide food for sea turtles and other sea life. If coral were to become extinct so would the turtles and other ocean creatures that rely on them for protection and food.

Which detail supports the inference that many types of ocean life rely on the coral reefs to survive?

• The reef also provides a place for algae and sponges to grow safely.

• If coral reefs were to become extinct so would the turtles and other ocean creatures that rely on them for protection and food.

• Bigger predators cannot invade the coral

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