1. 6th Grade Reading/Language Arts 2011-2012
Making Inferences
6th Grade Reading/Language Arts

2. Inference Take what you know and make a guess!
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.

3. Make an Inference!
What does this image tell me?

4. Question… What did I already know that helped me make that inference?
Question…
What did I already know that helped me make that inference?
Did I use picture or written clues?

5. Help Me Make an Inference!
Help Me Make an Inference!

6. More Questions…
Did you use words, graphs, or picture clues to help you make a guess about what that cartoon meant?

7. Try Again!
Can he draw more
than tigers?
Look up words you
don’t know!

8. Make 1 more Inference

9. How Do Good Readers Make Inferences?
How Do Good Readers Make Inferences?
Word/text clues
Picture clues
Define unknown words
Look for emotion (feelings)
Use what they already know
Look for explanations for events
ASK themselves questions!

10. Make Another Inference
Make Another Inference
Miss White has recess duty. Jacob finds a frog, picks it up, and runs over to show it to Miss White. Miss White screams, jumps, and runs as fast as she can into the school.
What can you infer from this passage?
What are the “clues” in this passage?

11. Make Another Inference
Miss White has recess duty. Jacob finds a frog, picks it up, and runs over to show it to Miss White. Miss White screams, jumps, and runs as fast as she can into the school.

12. Authors vs. Readers Authors Imply, Readers Infer.
Authors vs. Readers
Authors Imply, Readers Infer.
Authors make implications that readers have to infer.

13. So, what am I saying?
Good Readers are Detectives who are always looking out for clues to help them better understand stories and pictures.

14. Detective Time!
Let’s determine just how good we are at making inferences:

15. They are out sick or on vacation.
If your best friend is not in school one day, you can infer that:
They are out sick or on vacation.

16. The house needs new occupants.
If a house says, "FOR RENT" outside, you can infer that:
The house needs new occupants.

17. Someone had a type of an emergency.
If you see a fire engine on your street, you can infer that:
Someone had a type of an emergency.

18. You did something wrong.
If you get fired from your job, you can infer that:
You did something wrong.

19. You will have to pay a fine.
If you forget to return your library book, you can infer that:
You will have to pay a fine.

20. If you see someone with a cast on their leg, you can infer that:
They broke their leg.

21. They lost their balance.
If you see someone fall off of their bike, you can infer that:
They lost their balance.

22. They will specialize in Mexican food.
If you go to a Mexican restaurant, you can infer that:
They will specialize in Mexican food.

23. If your cat is standing by its food bowl, you can infer that:
Your cat is hungry.

24. If you forget to study for a test, you can infer that:
You might not do well.

25. LITERARY
VOCABULARY

26. inference
a determination you make based on evidence in a text and from our own experiences

27. prior knowledge
what you
already know

28. detail
supports your idea

29. information that can be proved true
fact
information that can be proved true

30. a piece of evidence that leads someone towards a solution of a problem
clue
a piece of evidence that leads someone towards a solution of a problem

31. ACADEMIC
VOCABULARY

33. adjust
to change something so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation

35. an effort to reach a goal or objective
battle
an effort to reach a goal or objective

37. or send forth by throwing
cast
to cause to move
or send forth by throwing

39. colossal
unusually large

41. firm
securely fixed
in place

43. showing a close cautiousness to avoid danger or trouble
gingerly
showing a close cautiousness to avoid danger or trouble

45. judge
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance without actual measurement

47. a piece of advice or useful information given by an expert
pointer
a piece of advice or useful information given by an expert