1. Not just a guess
Making Inferences

2. You use inference every day without realizing it
If you see this,
What do you think is happening?
What clues in this image help you determine what is happening?
Would others agree with your assumption of the situation?

3. Assumptions based off of textual clues that others would agree with INFERENCE+

4. Try this on for size . . .

5. What happened here? Inference is fun . . .
Or, what is about to happen?

6. Using inference can tell us what is happening without it being directly stated in the text, as well as help us make predictions about what might happen next.
Now let’s practice with a short story instead of pictures.