1. Making Inferences DO NOW:
Working with a partner, write everything you know about making inferences.

2. Making Inferences Learning Objectives:
OPENING
Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to cite textual evidence to support inferences drawn from a text.

3. Making Inferences An inference...
BODY OF THE LESSON
An inference...
is a logical conclusion drawn by the reader
is based on clues from the text + personal connections made by the reader
can be difficult to make because the writer does not come right out and confirm your conclusions

4. Making Inferences When readers infer, they...
BODY OF THE LESSON
When readers infer, they...
draw conclusions based on clues in the text
make predictions before and during reading
identify and explore underlying themes
use information from the text to create meaning
use images to help gain meaning

5. Making Inferences BODY - MODELING ELEVEN by Sandra Cisneros
Makes me think about times in life when I expect a big change, but everything stays the same (birthday, moving, after a vacation)
A visual that helps me understand what the narrator means about all the ages inside eleven...

6. Making Inferences BODY – PROMPTED OR GUIDED PRACTICE
Continue reading in partners, pausing at moments in the text that prompt inferential thinking.

7. Making Inferences Continue reading:
BODY – INDEPENDENT OR UNPROMPTED PRACTICE
Continue reading:
highlight moments that prompt inferential thinking
craft brief annotations to describe your thoughts.

8. Making Inferences Tell me what we learned about inferences today.
CLOSING
Tell me what we learned about inferences today.
What are some of the challenges that you encountered while making inferences?