Making Inferences

Background Knowledge

• what the reader already knows about the topic of the text

• an educated guess based on text evidence and what you know

• the time and place of events in a story

• details from the text that support an author's or reader's ideas

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Drama

• a play often acted out on a stage

• what the reader already knows about the topic of a text

• an educated guess based on text evidence and what you know

• details from the text that support an author's or reader's ideas

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.5

Evidence

• the most important person, animal, or other being in a story

• what the reader already knows about the topic of a text

• details from the text that support an author's or reader's ideas

• a play, often acted out on a stage

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Inference

• what the reader already knows about the topic of a text

• details from the text that support an author's or reader's ideas

• the most important person, animal, or being in a story

• an educated guess based on text evidence and what you know

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Main Character

• a play, often acted out on a stage

• an educated guess based on text evidence and what you already know

• the time and place of events in a story

• the most important person, animal, or being in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Setting

• a play, often acted out on a stage

• what the reader already knows about the topic of a text

• the time and place of events in a story

• details from the text that support an author's or a reader's ideas

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3