Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions推论并得出结论.pptVIP

Making Inferencesand Drawing Conclusions What will you learn? Understanding what inference is. Learn how to look for evidence or clues in a reading and use your background knowledge to base your inference. Understand what a conclusion is. Learn how to look at evidence or clues in a reading to base your conclusion. What is inference? A logical guess or conclusion based on evidence and prior knowledge. What is in the passage + what you already know = inference. Let’s Play Detective Sometimes you hear or read the term “making inferences” or “draw conclusions” in an assignment. This means that you have to play detective and figure something out using the clues the reading gives you. Types of Inference questions What can the reader infer about the character? What inference can be made? What is the mood (feeling created) in the story? What is the character feeling? What is a character doing? What happened in the story? What will happen in the story? When does the story take place? Which of these best describes…? To make an inference you will need to: 1.) Look for evidence or details from the text. 2.) Use your mind and think about what you already know (background knowledge). 3.) Base your conclusion or make your inference. For Example… You are reading a story that has these three clues in it: You smell smoke. You see smoke coming out of a house. You hear the siren on a fire truck. *Your background knowledge tells you that when there is smoke, there is fire. Also, you already know when you heard sirens, a fire truck is on its way. Therefore, the inference made is a house is on fire and someone as already called the fire department. Finding Clues In A Story To Answer Questions Tommy and Sarah just got off the school bus. Sarah said, “I smell smoke.” Tommy pointed and yelled, “Sarah, look at the smoke coming out of that house!” In a moment they both heard what sounded like a fire engine siren. The passage suggests that – A.) The house is on fire, and someone