1. COPY DOWN YOUR HOMEWORK
April 19
COPY DOWN YOUR HOMEWORK
DO NOW – What does it mean to make an inference? Why would you need to make an inference? How might you make an inference?
Goal – How can I make an inference, and how will I justify my inference with evidence from the text?
Agenda – 1. Discuss Do Now / Check HW
2. Mini-lesson: Making Inferences
3. Independent Reading / Practice Inferencing

5. What does it mean to make an inference?
An inference requires you to draw conclusions that go beyond what is on the page.
You create an inference by connecting your background knowledge with the clues in the text.  This helps form an opinion about what is not clearly stated.
Inferring also involves thinking ahead about what could happen next.  You make predictions and then confirm or reject them.
You also infer the meaning of unknown words by using the context or pictures to figure out what makes the most sense.
When authors don’t provide literal information, they are implying something. Writers IMPLY, and readers INFER.

6. Sentence Starters for Making Inferences
“I think that…”
“I predict…”
“He/she did or said that because…”
“This word probably means _____ because…”
“This happened because…”
“The author probably feels…”

7. Making Inferences
What the text says…
What I can infer…