
Making Inferences RL 10.1
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Inferences (RL/RI 10.1)
Adapted from K. Mayfield’s Inference PPT
“Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.”
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Why are we asked to make inferences?
Authors do not always state the information directly
They give clues and expect the readers to figure out what is implied
They want the readers to use details and form a conclusion
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Open Ended
Answer: What I saw + what I already know = What I inferred
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Open Ended
Answer: What I read + What I already know = What I inferred
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“I never believed in Santa Claus. None of us kids did. Mom
and Dad refused to let us. They couldn’t afford expensive
presents, and they didn’t want us to think we weren’t as good as
other kids…So they told us all about how other kids were
deceived by their parents…” (39).
1. What can you infer about the narrator’s parents?
2. Which part of the text led you to infer this?
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Open Ended
Answer the questions.
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Multiple Choice
Based on this passage, what inference can you make?
Thomas Perez will very likely win the election
Newton Falls has been experiencing financial hard times.
Newton Falls is doing well under its current mayor
Thomas Perez is the writer of this passage
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Newton Falls has been experiencing financial hard times.
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an unsupported conclusion about Thomas Perez?
Thomas Perez think city services should be higher quality
Thomas Perez does not have enough experience to be mayor
Thomas Perez believes the city taxes are too high
Thomas Perez wants to work hard to improve his city
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The keywords in the question is unsupported conclusion
the highlighted sections support choice A , C, D
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Multiple Choice
The author's position is that-
recycling should be for profit
people can benefit from recycling
aluminum is too valuable to use
people do not care about money
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Multiple Choice
Why does the author focus on aluminum cans in the argument?
people frequently return them
everyone uses them
they can be recycled for cash
everyone should buy them
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Answer explanations
People can benefit from recycling: the author implies that recycling is good and has a financial benefit
They can be recycled for cash: people get their money back; everyone wants money, so that will motivate people.
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Multiple Choice
When making an inference, the most important thing is...
What you know about the topic
The topic of the text
The characters in the text
Being able to prove your inference using evidence from the text.
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Multiple Choice
In your daily life, you can make inferences about people by observing their behavior.
true
false
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Multiple Choice
How to Draw Inferences
1. You look for clues in the text, little pieces of information that seem to relate to the missing information or your question.
2. You think about what you already know from your own experience in the real world.
3. You put these two pieces of the puzzle together in a logical way to produce a reasonable conclusion that supplies the missing piece of information or the answer to your question.
Drawing an inference requires your background knowledge and information from the text?
TRUE
FALSE
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Multiple Choice
____ in fiction is a reasonable conclusion or judgment about some element of a story based on the information given in the story and the reader's personal knowledge of how the world works.
A clue
A question
An inference
An implication
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Multiple Choice
What is the first step readers must take to draw an inference?
Put the pieces together in a logical way to produce a reasonable conclusion
Think about what they already know from their own experience in the real world
Look for clues in the text
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Multiple Choice
What is the second step readers must take to draw an inference?
Put the pieces together in a logical way to produce a reasonable conclusion
Think about what they already know from their own experience in the real world
Look for clues in the text
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Multiple Choice
What is the third step readers must take to draw an inference?
Put the pieces together in a logical way to produce a reasonable conclusion
Think about what they already know from their own experience in the real world
Look for clues in the text
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Multiple Choice
What can you infer from this paragraph?
The robot space arm is critical to the space shuttle's mission.
The robot arm was poorly constructed.
The space shuttle experiences frequent launch delays.
The space program is very expensive.
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Multiple Choice
true
false
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Multiple Choice
valid
not enough evidence
Inferences (RL/RI 10.1)
Adapted from K. Mayfield’s Inference PPT
“Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.”
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