Inferring with Text Evidence

If you are making an educated guess about something, you are...

• Predicting

• Citing

• Discussing

• Inferring

When using this Reading Strategy, you the reader are using clues in the text and your own knowledge to fill in the gaps and draw conclusions.

• Referring

• Cooking

• Inferring

• Conferring

An inference is...

• A conclusion made based on both information/evidence and reasoning.

• clearly stated so there is no room for confusion or questions

This strategy involves taking clues from the text to think ahead or make a judgement

• Visualizing

• Connecting

• Inferring

• Questioning

Which sentence provides evidence to support the claim that Leslie's parents experienced a change of opinion about him?

• Since he does not have siblings to play with, he spent most of his early childhood watching cartoons and creating make-believe friends out of the cartoon characters.

• Due to the large amount of time spent in front of the TV, Leslie was able to operate it independently by the time he was three years old.

• After a while, their admiration began to dwindle as they became conscious that their son is transforming into a "TV buff."

• Leslie refuses to go for outings or partake in any activities that will require him to spend time away from the TV.

Which sentence provides evidence to support the claim that Leslie is not sorry for hurting his cousin?

• Leslie’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew, also no longer invite other children to their place due to an incident that took place when Leslie was four years old.

• Leslie has no recollection of “the incident,” but he overheard his mom talking about it.

• Leslie's actions resulted in a bump as big as a ping-pong ball on Elsa's head that took nearly one year to subside.

• “Well, serves her right for snatching my remote,” Leslie had whispered to himself as he crept to his room after completing the eavesdropping session.

Which piece of evidence from the text supports the claim that Leslie's response to his father is uncharacteristic?

• Leslie hears a weird sound after he makes his reply.

• Leslie’s mother is concerned when she hears his answer.

• Mr. Andrew has good news for Leslie about the electricity.

• Leslie looks out the window when he gets to his room.

There is a child sleeping upstairs quietly, when all of a sudden there is a loud "THUMP!"  We can infer that:

• The child continued to sleep calmly

• The child fell out of bed

• The child was eating a bag of chips

• The child was reading a book

Making educated guesses about what will happen next in the text.

• Summarizing and Synthesizing

• Making Predictions

• Asking Questions

• Making Connections

True or false... you should use text evidence to support your prediction

• True

• False