Inferences & Nonrestrictive Elements

_______ + ________ = Inference

• Background knowledge + Clues from the text

• Background knowledge + Opinion

• A guess without evidence + information from the text

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

What is the difference between an observation and an inference?

• An inference uses context clues to make predictions and an observation describes what is actually happening

• An inference is what is happening and an observation makes a prediction

• There is no difference

• Observations are true and inferences are fals

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

_{The boy is in the water.}

• inference
• observation

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

_{If the boy crawled out of the water, the goat would push him in.}

• inference
• observation

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

_{The boy fell off the branch.}

• inference
• observation

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

_{The weather is cold.}

• inference
• observation

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

There are three rocks in the pond.

• inference
• observation

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

"Due to their incredible force and unpredictability, floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood."

Based on what you have read, you can conclude that:

• Cleaning up after a flood can be expensive and take time.

• Floods only occur along the coast.

• Floods are not that dangerous.

• After flood waters dry up then the problem is over.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

Which conclusion is best supported by this sentence:

"The Golden Gate bridge spans the San Francisco Bay, connecting northern California to the peninsula of San Francisco."

• The bridge enables many people to go from San Francisco to northern California.

• The bridge has the longest span of any other suspension bridge in the world.

• Thick cables are used on the Golden Gate bridge

• The bridge is the most popular bridge in the Bay Area

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Water from California’s northern mountains is pumped south along a 400-mile canal through the farming communities of the Central Valley. Not only is this canal system a marvel of modern engineering, its water fuels the state’s economic engine. In 2006, these farms produced $31 billion-worth of food and fiber, more than any other state. By contrast, world-wide ticket sales of Hollywood movies, a more famous export of California, totaled $25 billion that year.
What inference can the reader make from this paragraph?

• The author thinks it is more important to eat than go to movies.
• Water is a precious resource and shouldn't be wasted on making movies.
• The writer thinks moving water to the Central Valley is a good investment.
• The movie industry is more important to California than farming.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6