Making Inferences

6th Grade Reading/Language Arts

2011-2012

Inference• Take what you know and

make a guess!• Draw personal meaning from

text (words) or pictures.• You use clues to come to your

own conclusion.

Make an Inference!

• What does this image tell me?

Question…• What did I already know

that helped me make that inference?

• Did I use picture or written clues?

Help Me Make an Inference!

More Questions…

• Did you use words, graphs, or picture clues to help you make a guess about what that cartoon meant?

Try Again!• Can he draw more than tigers?

• Look up words you don’t know!

Make 1 more Inference

How Do Good Readers Make Inferences?

1. Word/text clues2. Picture clues3. Define unknown words4. Look for emotion (feelings)5. Use what they already know6. Look for explanations for events7. ASK themselves questions!

Make Another Inference

• Miss White has recess duty. Jacob finds a frog, picks it up, and runs over to show it to Miss White. Miss White screams, jumps, and runs as fast as she can into the school.

• What can you infer from this passage?• What are the “clues” in this passage?

Make Another Inference

• Miss White has recess duty. Jacob finds a frog, picks it up, and runs over to show it to Miss White. Miss White screams, jumps, and runs as fast as she can into the school.

Authors vs. Readers• Authors Imply, Readers

Infer.

• Authors make implications that readers have to infer.

So, what am I saying?

Good Readers are Detectives who are always

looking out for clues to help them better understand

stories and pictures.

Detective Time!• Let’s determine just how good we are at making inferences:

If your best friend is not in school one day, you can infer that:

They are out sick or on vacation.

If a house says, "FOR RENT" outside, you can infer that:

The house needs new occupants.

If you see a fire engine on your street, you can infer that:

Someone had a type of an emergency.

If you get fired from your job, you can infer that:

You did something wrong.

If you forget to return your library book, you can infer that:

You will have to pay a fine.

If you see someone with a cast on their leg, you can infer that:

They broke their leg.

If you see someone fall off of their bike, you can infer that:

They lost their balance.

If you go to a Mexican restaurant, you can infer that:

They will specialize in Mexican food.

If your cat is standing by its food bowl, you can infer that:

Your cat is hungry.

If you forget to study for a test, you can infer that:

You might not do well.

a determination you make based on evidence

in a text and from our own experiences

what you already know

supports your idea

information that can be proved true

a piece of evidence that leads someone towards a solution of a problem

to change something so as to make it suitable for

a new use or situation

an effort to reach a goal or objective

to cause to move or send forth by

throwing

unusually large

securely fixed in place

showing a close cautiousness to avoid

danger or trouble

to decide the size, amount, number, or

distance without actual measurement

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