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Inference

The document provides information about reading skills related to making inferences. It discusses what inferences are, the skills required to make inferences such as drawing conclusions and problem solving. It provides examples of making inferences from images and passages of text. The document emphasizes that making accurate inferences often requires multiple clues and concluding details. It provides practice examples for readers to make inferences and draw conclusions.

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Inference

The document provides information about reading skills related to making inferences. It discusses what inferences are, the skills required to make inferences such as drawing conclusions and problem solving. It provides examples of making inferences from images and passages of text. The document emphasizes that making accurate inferences often requires multiple clues and concluding details. It provides practice examples for readers to make inferences and draw conclusions.

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READING SKILLS:

Making Inferences
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.
SKILLS REQUIRED
• Drawing conclusions
• Problem Solving
• Giving Opinion
Make an Inference!
• What does this image tell me?
Question…
•What did I already know that helped me
make that inference?
•Did I use a picture or written clues?
Make an Inference!
More Questions…
•Did you use words, graphs, or picture
clues to help you make a guess about
what that cartoon meant?
Here’s another one
•In daily life; inference is always used to
understand SARCASM.
DRAWING
CONCLUSION
Drawing Conclusions
•Situation:Brad said, “The smell of
popcorn filled the air. I heard the
audience laughing. “

What conclusion can you draw?


Did you conclude that Brad
was at the movies?
Drawing Conclusions
•Bradadded, “People were buying
peanuts and cotton candy. They
cheered for the man who plays the ball.

Does this new information change


things? What is your conclusion?
Did you conclude that Brad was at a
baseball game?
Drawing Conclusions
•Brad added, “I even heard loud roars
that sounded like lions. The elephants
marched around the ring.”

What is your conclusion now?


You can conclude that Brad is at
the circus!
Drawing Conclusions
•When we draw a conclusion, it is
based on evidence and our
knowledge about things.

•Sometimes, one piece of


information isn’t enough to make
a correct conclusion.
You draw conclusions every day about
incidents you witness, information you
gather or about texts you read.

If you see smoke filtering out of the


kitchen and the smoke alarm is buzzing,
what conclusion would you draw?

There is a fire in the kitchen!


Read the following paragraph carefully so you will be able to draw conclusions:

A crash of thunder had awakened Allison. She couldn’t go back to


sleep, so she decided to go to the kitchen to make some
cranberry muffins. Wouldn’t her family be surprised with such a
breakfast treat! Allison felt her way along the darkened hallway.
When she got to the kitchen, she flicked on the light switch.
Nothing happened!

Why didn’t the lights go on?


The storm must have caused a power failure.
How did you reach this conclusion?
Allison was awakened by thunder.
What time of day was it?
Early morning
How did you know?
Allison was asleep; hall was dark; wanted to surprise family with breakfast
Practice:
“Want Ad”
Cheerful person to work at Medical City Dallas Hospital. Some
experience selling helpful but not necessary. You will help brighten our
patients’ days. Uniform provided. Apply at Flower Power, 7777 Forest Lane,
Dallas, TX.

The person who takes this job will probably be a:


A.Nurse B. receptionist
C. salespersonD. Custodian
“Sleeping”
Some people think they don’t move at all
while they sleep. They believe they go to bed and
never change position. Not true. Studies show
that everybody makes at least eight to twelve
major posture shifts a night. Insomniacs may
double or triple that.

What is a valid conclusion?


A. Insomniacs shift positions less often than regular
sleepers.
B. Insomniacs shift positions more often than regular
sleepers.
C. Insomniacs shift positions as much as regular
sleepers.
D. Insomniacs do not shift positions at all.
Two dogs were kept in the fenced yard of the red brick
house. They were locked in because they liked to run away.
They were friendly dogs, but they barked a lot. When Susan
walked by the house every day on the way to school, she
heard the dogs barking. Even though the dogs were locked
in, she always walked on the other side of the street.

What detail would support the conclusion that Susan was afraid
of dogs?
A. They were locked in because they liked to run away.
B. They were friendly dogs, but they barked a lot.
C. Two dogs were kept in the fenced yard of the red brick house.
D. Even though the dogs were locked in, she always walked on
the other side of the street.
Fran was a born worrier. She worried about
everything. When she went on a trip, she worried
that she might forget her ticket or that the train
might be late and she wouldn’t get to her
destination on time. When she drove, she worried
that traffic would be terrible. When she went on
vacation, she worried that she would arrive at a
hotel and somehow her reservation would be
mixed up and she wouldn’t have a room.

Fran had a new job. What do you suppose she


thought about the day before she started?
A. Whether she would do well at her job
B. Whether to go food shopping
C. Whether to have dinner at a restaurant
D. Whether she should bring an umbrella
Practice
Read the story and
answer the questions
Maria opened her eyes and ran to the window. No, she
thought, she hadn't been dreaming. Everything in front of her eyes
looked unfamiliar. Instead of the bright warm sun, there were gray,
cold-looking skies. There was harsh, loud noise everywhere. And she
could see no warm, blue-green sea off in the distance. She thought
to herself, "What is this strange new world I have come to?

Suddenly, Maria heard her aunt's voice calling her. She


rushed quickly to the other room. She hoped that seeing her aunt
would make her feel more at home here in the United States. "Well,
Maria," her aunt asked, "how did you sleep your first night here?"
She spoke a little slowly so that Maria wouldn't have trouble
understanding her.

Maria waited a moment to answer. She wanted to say


everything correctly. Soon she would be in school, where she could
work on her English--she wanted to be the best in her class, just as
she had been back home! "Very well," she said, smiling in surprise at
how clear her words sounded.
1.Where do you think Maria is?

A. in school

B. in her bedroom

C. at the beach

D. in a strange place
2. What kind of place has she recently
come from?

A. one like the northern United States

B. a cold, snowy place

C. a hot place

D. a quiet place near the sea


How does Maria feel about speaking
English?

A. like she’ll never learn English

B. a little uncertain

C. very confident
What will Maria be doing while she’s
here?

A. planting flowers

B. swimming

C. participating in the Olympics

D. going to school
5. Where could Maria be from?

A. New York

B. Alaska

C. France

D. New Mexico

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