Workshop+5+Inference

Language for Make Inferences

Text Clues:  key words or details that help a reader figure out the unstated ideas

Inference:  a combination of text clues and what you already know

Background Knowledge:  what you already know about a topic

Experience:  something that happened to you or something you have done.

Stated Ideas:  information given in the text

Unstated ideas:  information not found in the text

Sentence Starters:


 * The test states
 * I already know that
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">When I combine what I know about with the text clues--. I can infer that --
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The text clues supports my inference because.