1. PREDICTIONS AND INFERENCES: A READING STRATEGY

2.  A prediction is what you think will happen next based upon the text, the author, and background knowledge.  A prediction is an educated guess as to what will happen.  Example: I predict that the Rough Face Girl will pass the test given by the Invisible Being’s sister.  *Predictions are a way to check for understanding. WHAT IS A PREDICTION?

3.  To make an inference, you must take all of the clues an author provides you and add them to your schema  Schema = prior knowledge  When inferring, you are using all clues to draw conclusions about what is being read.  Example: I infer that the Rough Face Girl is resourceful and loves nature.  Text proof/support??  *Inferences are a way to check for understanding. WHAT IS AN INFERENCE?

4.  When you make predictions, it will be proven correct or incorrect by the end of the story. When inferring, you may or may not know the answer to your inference by the end of the story.  When predicting, your are focusing on what will happen in the story. When inferring, you are making a judgment about what a character will do, how a character feels, etc.  Prediction = answered by the end of the story  Inference = may or may not be answered by the end of the story WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PREDICTION AND AN INFERENCE?

5.  As a reader, you can make predictions about a text BEFORE reading  As a reader, you can make predictions about a text DURING the reading.  In other words, you can make predictions before and during the reading. WHEN DO YOU MAKE PREDICTIONS?

6.  As a reader, you can make inferences DURING the reading.  As a reader, you need to ask yourself questions as you read and make inferences based on what you have read.  The best place to start when making inferences is with the characters of the story.  Author’s clues (text proof) + my schema (prior knowledge) = inferences WHEN DO YOU MAKE INFERENCES?

7.  Predicting  What is happening in the story?  What will happen next?  What clues have led you to think that?  What else could happen next?  Inferring  What will happen next and why?  What clues led you to think that?  Why did the character do that?  How does the character feel?  Why did the author write this story? QUESTIONS