Reading Strategy Notes January 19, 2009 Notes Section of R/W Notebook
Inference Making an educated guess or prediction about an element of a story based on information in the story Making a guess or prediction about a character or person in a piece of literature based on the character’s actions or feelings Information not plainly stated in the story
Synonyms for Inference Draw a conclusion Make a generalization Infer Predict
Inference Practice Read Wilfrid Gordan McDonald Partridge --story to be read in class 1/20/09
Inference Practice 1. Make an inference to explain how we know Wilfred trusts Ms. Nancy. 2. Make a generalization about what Mrs. Jordan means by saying a memory is “something warm”. 3. After reading the story, draw a conclusion about Wilfred’s personality.
Main Idea Main Idea - What the story, paragraph, or group of paragraphs is mostly about. Table top Details - support the main idea - Legs of the table