1. Reading Strategy Notes
January 19, 2009
Notes Section of R/W Notebook

2. 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

3. Synonyms for Inference
Draw a conclusion
Make a generalization
Infer
Predict

4. Inference Practice Read Wilfrid Gordan McDonald Partridge
--story to be read in class 1/20/09

5. 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.

6. 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