Making Inferences and Text Evidence Review

What are some sentence starters for making inferences/analysis and relating back to the prompt?

• I can infer that, An inference that you can make

• I will tell you what I learned, From the text I will tell you

• The text evidence proves that, From the evidence it is obvious

• This evidence shows, An inference can be made that

What is implicit information?

• information that is important

• information that is directly from the text

• information that is not directly in the text but implied based on the text

How should you organize the information within a BODY PARAGRAPH?

• topic sentence, text evidence, explain the evidence in your own words, infer/analyze

• topic sentence sentence, explain the evidence in your own words, infer/analyze

• topic sentence, text evidence, infer/analyze, explain the evidence in your own words

When making an inference, the most important thing is...

• What you know about the topic

• The topic of the text

• The characters in the text

• Being able to prove your inference using evidence from the text.

What does Inference mean?

• finding details in a story

• Use clues and what you already know to come up with an idea

• Giving a reason for your answer

• Using what I know

What can you infer about spiders?

• All spiders build webs.

• Spiders that build webs don’t build egg sacs or nursery tents.

• Silk is used by all spiders.

As an architect, Thomas Jefferson preferred the Roman style, as seen in the buildings of the University of Virginia, to the English style favored by Charles Bullfinch.

• The architecture of the University of Virginia was influenced by the Roman style.

• Bullfinch was an English architect.

• Jefferson preferred to build in the English style of architecture.

Turner almost wished that he hadn’t listened to the radio. He went to the closet and grabbed his umbrella. He would feel silly carrying it to the bus stop on such a sunny morning.
Which probably happened?

• Turner realized that he had an unnatural fear of falling radio parts.

• Turner had promised himself to do something silly that morning.
  

• Turner had heard a weather forecast that predicted rain.

• Turner planned to trade his umbrella for a bus ride.

 “Larry, as your boss, I must say it’s been very interesting working with you,” Miss Valdez said. “However, it seems that our company’s needs and your performance style are not well matched. Therefore, it makes me very sad to have to ask you to resign your position effective today.”
What was Miss Valdez telling Larry?   

• She would feel really bad if he decided to quit.

• He was being fired.

• He was getting a raise in pay.

• She really enjoyed having him in the office.

The zombie recently had lunch.

• Observation

• Inference