Inference & Conclusion

Carter was walking down the street carefully avoiding the puddles because it rained the night before. His mom just bought him a new Nike hoodie and he wanted to show it off at school. Suddenly, a car drove into a puddle and splashed his sweatshirt.

What can you infer about the weather?

• It is currently raining.

• It is chilly out.

• The sun is shining.

• Carter hates the rain.

How do you make an inference?

• Background knowledge only

• Text evidence only

• Three pieces of text evidence

• Background knowledge and text evidence

What can you infer about this picture?

• The dog broke the vase.

• The vase was already broken.

• The human is mad at the dog.

• The dog feels bad.

Rebecca was babysitting her twin brothers last night. There was a knock at the door and Rebecca went to answer it. When she got to the door, someone pushed her out and locked it. When she looked into the window she saw her brothers laughing.

What can you infer about the situation?

• The wind blew the door shut.

• Rebecca's brothers locked her out.

• Rebecca locked herself out on accident.

• Rebecca's brothers accidentally locked her out.

How do you draw a conclusion?

• Background knowledge + 2 pieces of textual evidence

• One piece of textual evidence

• At least three pieces of textual evidence

• You grab a pen and draw a picture!

Cara and Tom were setting up decorations for the school dance on Friday. They needed people to volunteer to help sell tickets throughout the week. Tom said there would be donuts for all the students who signed up to sell the tickets.

What can you infer about the outcome of the after school meeting?

• Cara and Tom threatened students to help out with the dance.

• Cara is in love with Tom and wants to ask him to the dance.

• Students showed up because they wanted free donuts.

• Students wanted to volunteer because they enjoyed helping out.

Justin was really nervous about asking Gloria on a date. He kept fiddling with his pencil and couldn't sit still all day. He was going to ask her out for ice cream later on in the day. When he got home later, he immediately went to his room and slammed the door.

What evidence supports the conclusion that Justin was nervous? CHOOSE TWO.

• He kept fiddling with his pencil.

• He immediately went to his room.

• He was going to ask Gloria out for ice cream.

• He slammed his door.

• He couldn't sit still all day.

Justin was really nervous about asking Gloria on a date. He kept fiddling with his pencil and couldn't sit still all day. He was going to ask her out for ice cream later on in the day. When he got home later, he immediately went to his room and slammed the door.

What conclusion can you make about Gloria's answer?

• She said no.

• She didn't give him a response.

• She said yes.

• She punched him in the face.

The teacher told the students their projects were due on Monday. Steven went home that weekend and played video games and watched Netflix until late Sunday night. He remembered his project was due on Monday. It was 10:30 and Steven began his project.

What inference can you BEST make about the outcome of Steven's project?

• The teacher will give him an extension.

• He won't do his project.

• He will make an excellent project and receive an A.

• He will finish his project, but it will be poorly made.

Coach Gonzalez arrived to the post-press conference looking flustered and upset. Several news reporters kept asking him questions about the outcome of the basketball game.

What can you infer about the outcome of the basketball game?

• His basketball team lost.

• His basketball game ended in a tie.

• His basketball team won.

• One of his players got hurt.