Inferring and Textual Evidence

_______________ is the information which is used to prove something.

• Education

• Evidence

• Technology

Inferring means..

• context clues used to make an educated guess

• trying really hard to win a minion stuffed animal from a claw machine and getting mad when another kid gets it on their first try

• making an educated guess using context clues

• guessing

This word means conclude from evidence

• influenced

• infer

When you infer, you always____.

• draw a conclusion based on facts

• justify your stance

• identify the main idea

• create a summary

Can you infer the cause of this picture?

• He was not looking where he was going.

• He was in a hurry and was peddling too fast.

• His backpack was too heavy.

• He was trying to drive the bike in the rain while holding an umbrella and lost his balance.

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. What inference can be made?

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

• Turner had heard a weather forecast that predicted rain.

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

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

Why is it important to support your inferences and predictions with evidence from the text?

• It is important to support inferences and predictions with evidence from the text to ensure accuracy and credibility.

• Supporting inferences with evidence limits creativity and imagination

• Inferences and predictions are always correct without evidence

• Evidence from the text is irrelevant to understanding the content

What is the process of drawing a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning called?

• A) Hypothesizing

• B) Inferring

• C) Predicting

• D) Summarizing

Which of the following is considered textual evidence?

• A) A character's thoughts

• B) A direct quote from the text

• C) An author's biography

• D) A reader's opinion

When analyzing a historical document, why is it important to consider the author's perspective?

• A) To understand the context and bias

• B) To agree with the author's opinion

• C) To ignore the author's background

• D) To focus only on the facts