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Drawing Conclusions & Making Inferences

Drawing Conclusions & Making Inferences. Learning Targets. I can/will use clues from text to draw conclusions and making inferences. I can/will infer meaning from text. I can/will infer a character’s traits based on what is in the text. Drawing Conclusions/Making Inferences.

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Drawing Conclusions & Making Inferences

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  1. Drawing Conclusions&Making Inferences

  2. Learning Targets • I can/will use clues from text to draw conclusions and making inferences. • I can/will infer meaning from text. • I can/will infer a character’s traits based on what is in the text.

  3. Drawing Conclusions/Making Inferences • Details are not clearly stated or explained in a reading passage. • You must draw your own conclusions and make your own inferences. • Whenever you figure out something that is not directly stated in a reading passage, you are drawing a conclusion or making an inference.

  4. Making Inference • An inference is a “logical guess” you make based on information you have. • To make an inference, you have to have some kind of evidence.

  5. Describing a character’s appearance • Following a character’s actions • How a character interacts with the setting, animals, and other characters • Dialect, way of speaking • Information about a character’s past Writer techniques that lead readers to make inferences:

  6. Drawing Conclusions • Look for clues about what is happening when you read. Putting together clues helps you understand things that are not explained in the text.

  7. Making Inferences/Drawing Conclusions Cue Words • you can tell • determine • conclude • as a result • my final result

  8. STEP ONE: • Identify the details that the author has given about the character, the setting or events. (evidence) • Your goal is to read the author's mind, not invent your own message.

  9. STEP TWO • Use Prior Knowledge • think about what (you) the reader already knows from experience

  10. STEP THREE: • Put together story clues and try to figure out what the author is trying to say. • Draw a Conclusion

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