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MAKING INFERENCES
Karen Silvestri
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Making an Inference
Use any information you can get from the photo or the text and make guesses based on that information.
This is called REASONING. INFERENCE is a reasoned guess about
what you don’t know made on the basis of what you do know.
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What is happening here?
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Make an informed guess!
The man is under a sink. There are tools next to him. There is a puddle of water on the floor.
We can INFER from the details in the picture that the sink is leaking and the man is fixing the sink.
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Steps to Making Inferences
Figure out the Main Idea, Key Details, and Organizational Pattern
Notice Details – especially those that are unusual or stand out.
Look up unfamiliar words.
Add up the FACTS.
Consider the author’s purpose
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Consider this sentence.
Half of the public education classrooms in the United Sates are now hooked up to the Internet.
Can we INFER the following?Children are more computer literate than their
parents were when they were in school.
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Half of the public education classrooms in the United Sates are now hooked up to the Internet.
Can we INFER the following?Students now have access to current world
news and happenings.
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Half of the public education classrooms in the United Sates are now hooked up to the Internet.
Can we INFER the following?Books are no longer considered the sole
source of information on a subject.
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Half of the public education classrooms in the United Sates are now hooked up to the Internet.
Can we INFER the following?Teachers have become better teachers now
that they have Internet access.
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