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Making Inferences!

Inferring is.

About reading faces, reading body language, reading expressions and reading tone as well as reading text.

Inferring is.

Background knowledge+ Text Clues = an inference

Curriculum Expectations: -Make inferences and interpret texts using stated and implied ideas in the texts as evidence to construct meaning

-Use overt and implied messages to draw inferences and construct meaning in media texts

What do you knowFor sure?

FACT

What can weInfer?

Real World ApplicationsSometimes when youre reading a storyThe words are not all there for youSo being a good book detectiveWill help you to find any clue! Infer SongChorus: Infer! Infer! Filling in what is not in the book! Infer! Infer! Its taking a much closer look! Some authors leave clues in the their pictures. Some authors leave clues in their text. They give you just part of their storyAnd want you to fill in the rest! Chorus: Infer! Infer! Filling in what is not in the book! Infer! Infer!

Its taking a much closer look!

So when you are reading a storyBe careful to read what is thereBut then figure out what is missingNow you are inferring with flair!