2. Starter: September 30, 2014

3. Inference Syllables: in-fer-ence; (3)
Definition: a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Examples:
Reading between the lines
Guest at dinner party ask for 2nd –means they liked it
Non-Examples:
Misconceiving something
Ignoring facts to get a conclusion

4. Reading between the lines
Inference is like…
Reading between the lines
You state what you think the author is trying to show even though they don’t actually say it.
How do we do this?
Focus on:
What the characters say
How the characters act
How characters react to situations
How characters feel

5. Examples… John hears a smoke alarm and smells bacon.
What can he infer?
The neighbor burn their bacon
Norman sees cookie crumbs on the floor and chocolate all over his son’s face.
What can he infer based on the evidence?
His son got into the cookie jar
Ted drops his kite after looking outside and sees that it’s raining. Ted begins to cry.
What can you infer about Ted?
He really wanted to fly a kite today.

6. Good Readers…

7. Inference Sentence Starters…