1. Event Character Inference 1Character Inference 2Character Inference 3 Inference Strategies Event Inference 1Event Inference 2Event Inference 3 Character

2. Event Inference 1 © 2005 Edwin Ellis www.GraphicOrganizers.com Describe some things about what happened that might be true, but the author didn’t tell Title Draw a picture of what happened Describe something that happened in the story The author never tells the whole story. You have to use your own background knowledge or experience to make guesses or draw conclusions about parts of the story not explained by the author. These are called INFERENCES. examples

3. Event Inference 2 © 2005 Edwin Ellis www.GraphicOrganizers.co m My best guess or inference about the event is … I think this because … TitlePoint in the story Describe an EVENT from the story The author never tells the whole story. You have to use your own background knowledge or experience to make guesses or draw conclusions about parts of the story not explained by the author. These are called INFERENCES. This is a guess or inference about something related to … This is a guess or inference about an EVENT in the … PastPresentFuture What caused the event What happened before the event Effects of the event What happened after the event Name

4. Describe some things about the character that might be true, but the author didn’t tell I think this because … Character Inference 3 © 2005 Edwin Ellis www.GraphicOrganizers.com TitleCharacterPoint in the story The author never tells the whole story. You have to use your own background knowledge or experience to make guesses or draw conclusions about parts of the story not explained by the author. These are called INFERENCES. This is a guess or inference about something related to the character’s … (select one item) VIEW OF OTHERS HOW the character usually views other people WHY the character tends to view people this way WHAT the character will do because of this view VIEW OF SELF HOW the character usually views his/her self WHY the character tends to view his/her self this way WHAT the character will do because of this view FEELINGS / EMOTIONS HOW the character feels about something WHY the character feels this way WHAT the character will do because of this feeling ACTIONS / BEHAVIORS HOW the character did something WHY the character did what s/he did WHAT the character will do next Name

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6. Describe some things about the character that might be true, but the author didn’t tell Character Inference 1 Copyright 2005 Edwin Ellis Character Title Draw a picture of the character Describe a character from the story The author never tells the whole story. You have to use your own background knowledge or experience to make guesses or draw conclusions about parts of the story not explained by the author. These are called INFERENCES. Name

7. Describe some things about the character that might be true, but the author didn’t tell I think this because … Describe a character from the story Character Inference 2 © 2005 Edwin Ellis www.GraphicOrganizers.com TitleCharacterPoint in the story The author never tells the whole story. You have to use your own background knowledge or experience to make guesses or draw conclusions about parts of the story not explained by the author. These are called INFERENCES. This is a guess or inference about something related to the character’s … This is a guess or inference about somethingrelated to the character’s … PastPresentFutureExperiencesFeelingsBeliefsActions Name

8. Describe some things about the character that might be true, but the author didn’t tell I think this because … Character Inference 3 © 2005 Edwin Ellis www.GraphicOrganizers.com TitleCharacterPoint in the story The author never tells the whole story. You have to use your own background knowledge or experience to make guesses or draw conclusions about parts of the story not explained by the author. These are called INFERENCES. This is a guess or inference about something related to the character’s … (select one item) VIEW OF OTHERS HOW the character usually views other people WHY the character tends to view people this way WHAT the character will do because of this view VIEW OF SELF HOW the character usually views his/her self WHY the character tends to view his/her self this way WHAT the character will do because of this view FEELINGS / EMOTIONS HOW the character feels about something WHY the character feels this way WHAT the character will do because of this feeling ACTIONS / BEHAVIORS HOW the character did something WHY the character did what s/he did WHAT the character will do next Name