Inference Detective: Mastering the Art of Reading Between the Lines

1. 0 Making Inferences 6th Grade Reading/Language Arts

2. 0 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.

3. 0 Make an Inference! • What does this image tell me?

4. 0 Question… • What did I already know that helped me make that inference? • Did I use picture or written clues?

5. 0 Help Me Make an Inference!

6. 0 More Questions… • Did you use words, graphs, or picture clues to help you make a guess about what that cartoon meant?

7. 0 Try Again! • Can he draw more than tigers? • Look up words you don’t know!

8. 0 Make 1 more Inference

9. 0 How Do Good Readers Make Inferences? • Word/text clues • Picture clues • Define unknown words • Look for emotion (feelings) • Use what they already know • Look for explanations for events • ASK themselves questions!

10. 0 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?

11. 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.

12. 0 Authors vs. Readers • Authors Imply, Readers Infer. • Authors make implications that readers have to infer.

13. So, what am I saying? Good Readers are Detectives who are always looking out for clues to help them better understand stories and pictures.

14. 0 Detective Time! • Let’s determine just how good we are at making inferences:

15. If your best friend is not in school one day, you can infer that: They are out sick or on vacation.

16. If a house says, "FOR RENT" outside, you can infer that: The house needs new occupants.

17. If you see a fire engine on your street, you can infer that: Someone had a type of an emergency.

18. If you get fired from your job, you can infer that: You did something wrong.

19. If you forget to return your library book, you can infer that: You will have to pay a fine.

20. If you see someone with a cast on their leg, you can infer that: They broke their leg.

21. If you see someone fall off of their bike, you can infer that: They lost their balance.

22. If you go to a Mexican restaurant, you can infer that: They will specialize in Mexican food.

23. If your cat is standing by its food bowl, you can infer that: Your cat is hungry.

24. If you forget to study for a test, you can infer that: You might not do well.

25. LITERARY VOCABULARY

26. inference a determination you make based on evidence in a text and from our own experiences

27. prior knowledge what you already know

28. detail supports your idea

29. fact information that can be proved true

30. clue a piece of evidence that leads someone towards a solution of a problem

31. ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

33. adjust to change something so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation

35. battle an effort to reach a goal or objective

37. cast to cause to move or send forth by throwing

39. colossal unusually large

41. firm securely fixed in place

43. gingerly showing a close cautiousness to avoid danger or trouble

45. judge to decide the size, amount, number, or distance without actual measurement

47. pointer a piece of advice or useful information given by an expert