Making Inferences

What do you use to make an inference?

• Prior knowledge and clues from the text
• Just prior knowledge
• Just clues from the text
• None of the above

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is an example of a clue from the text?

• Overall plot of the story
• One word within the story
• An image within a story
• A character's name

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

An inference and a prediction are exactly the same

• True
• False

I should be using my past knowledge and/or experiences when making an inference

• True
• False

We make inferences when we

• Read
• In everyday situations
• Look at images
• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

A reasonable inference

• Is not relatable to the text
• Is relevant to the text
• Is a text clue that can be taken right out of the text
• Has no meaning

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Making inferences allows us to become more efficient

• Writers
• People
• Readers
• Students

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

An inference is

• Logically made
• Irrationally made

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Making Inferences is?

• Decide whether information in a sentence is important or just interesting.
• Figure something out based on what you read and what you already know.
• Identify the beginning middle and end.
• Make a connection between two texts.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Paul's clothes are muddy everyday when get back from work.

• Paul is a gardener
• Paul is a teacher.
• Paul is a skydiver.
• Paul is an musician.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1