MAKING INFERENCES

WHAT IS MAKING
INFERENCES?
Making Inferences is looking for
implied message from the text.
 WHAT THE PURPOSE ?
to understand of things people say
and do
understanding texts by translating in
your mind.
To know implied message from the
text.
How to make an
inferences ?
 The steps is
While you read, your inside voice:
Makes guesses
Finds connecting points
Asks questions
Makes predictions
Personalizes the reading (memodifikasi
membaca)
Used background knowledge to interpret
 EXAMPLE
People who are obese are likely to develop type
II, non-insulin dependent diabetes. In fact, 90%
of obese people develop this disease. Seventy
percent of obese people will develop heart
disease, and 33% will develop hypertension.
Colon and breast cancers are also linked to
obesity. (Adapted from Hahn and Payne, Focus on
Healthy)

The inference is: Many diseases are related

to obesity
 1
Eliminating cigarette and tobaco use can
reduce one risk for cardiovascular disease.
Increasing physical activity is another lifestyle
change that will reduce one changes of
developing heart disease. Another controllable
risk factor for heart disease is blood cholesterol
level. If we change our eating habits, we can
lower the level of cholesterol in the blood, thus
reducing our risk of disease. The last controllable
risk factor is high blood pressure, a risk factor
than can be reduced through changes in lifestyle.
 2
How do migrating animals find their destination?
They navigate in a variety of ways. Fish use their
sense of smell to recognize their migration paths
and are guided by changing water temperatures.
Birds use the position of the sun to orient
themselves. Some birds have magnetic particles
in their ear mechanisms that act as a compass.
Mammals rely on their memory. Some elephant
trails have been used for hundreds of years
(Adapted from The Complete Book of Questions and
Answers, Colombus, OH: American Education
Publishing, 2002, p. 120 )
The Shepherd Boy and The Fox
There was a village on the outskirts of a forest. A shepherd
boy used to take his herd of sheep across the fields to the lawns
near the forest.
One day he felt very boring. He wanted to have fun. So he
scream aloud "Wolf, Wolf. The wolf is carrying away a lamb".
Farmers working in the fields came running and asked, "Where is
the wolf?". The boy laughed and replied "It was just a fun. Now
get going all of you".
The boy played the trick for next few days.
After some days as the boy, perched up on a tree, as singing
a song, there came an wolf. The boy scream loudly "Wolf, Wolf,
The wolf is carrying a lamb away." There was no one to come.
The boy shouted "Help! Wolf! Help!" Still no one came to his
help. The villagers thought that the boy was playing mischief
again. The wolf carried a lamb away.
 The Crooked Tree

It was a dense forest. All trees were straight

and tall. Their trunks were broad and shapely.
But, there was one tree which was having a
crooked and shapeless trunk. The crooked
trunk tree was sad. He thought "How ugly I
am! All others are straight and shapely. I
alone have crooked trunk.
One day a wood-cutter came there. He looked
around and said "I will cut all trees here,
except that crooked tree. That is of
useless to me". Then he cut away all other
trees.
The crooked tree was happy for its
crookedness.
 The Oak Tree and The
Reeds
The Oak tree always thought
that he was far stronger than the
reeds. He said to himself I stand
upright in storm. I dont bend my
head in fear every time the wind
blows. But these reeds are really so
weak.
That very night blew a storm
and the mighty oak tree was
uprooted.
Thank god! sighed the reeds,
Our way is better. We bend but we