READING

MAKING INFERENCES

HANI NABILAH BINTI MUNER

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To infer as we read is to go beyond literal interpretation and to open a world of meaning deeply connected to our lives.
~ Ellin Keene
Author of Mosaic of Thought

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Making Connections
Questioning

Background Knowledge (schema)

Drawing Conclusions

Inference
Analysis of Text: Interpretation/ Judgment
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Predictions

Imagination/ Visualization
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Questioning and inferring work together to enhance understanding of text.

~ Harvey & Goudvis Authors of Strategies That Work
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Students language provides a clue to their thinking.

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Readers are able to think inferentially when they connect their background of information, ideas, and experiences with the text.
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It is important for the reader to have background knowledge about a text they are reading if they are expected to read inferentially.
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Predicting is related to inferring - - BUT

whats the difference?

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When you read, you use all your senses. You see things in your minds eye and hear the sounds you connect to that about which you are reading.
~ Guided Reading the Four Blocks Way
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Proficient readers use images to draw conclusions, to create distinct and unique interpretations of the text, to recall details significant to the text, and to recall a text after it has been read.
~ Ellin Keene

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Inferring is the process of taking that which is stated in text and extrapolating it to ones life to create a wholly original interpretation that, in turn, becomes part of ones beliefs or knowledge.
~ Ellin Keene
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Proficient readers make connections between conclusions they draw and other beliefs or knowledge.
~ Ellin Keene
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All the processes work together. Each works in concert with the others to aid the reader in comprehending text.
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Step 1 The teacher explains the strategy (reading between the lines) using short scenarios, riddles, or charades that require students to add up clues and make a conclusion.
Step 2 The teacher demonstrates how to apply the strategy successfully. Step 3 The teacher thinks aloud to model the mental processes he/she uses when he/she reads.
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 Do several think alouds for this strategy. Use picture books for students of all ages.

Students are only observers at this stage.

Demonstrate the use of sticky notes to code connections, questions, predictions, conclusions, judgments, etc. Allow students to discuss what they observed following the think aloud.
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Fiction and Poetry:

Allows a variety of interpretation

Nonfiction/Content Area Text:

Best for drawing conclusions, predictions, questioning, and determining importance

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Word meanings Meanings of text Meanings of larger themes of texts

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There was once a very poor couple. They lived in a tiny hut with their young son and the mans father. The boy loved his grandfather and the old man adored his grandson.

But one day, there was no more food or money in the house. The man thought, I cant afford to take care of my father anymore. I have to send him away so that there will be food for the rest of us..
The man explained the situation to his father. The old man, loving his son very much, kept quiet. He did not wish to be a burden. The man then went out and came back with a large basket. He placed the old man in it. He was going to carry his aged parent to the edge of the forest and leave him there.
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In the meantime, the boy was watching quietly. As his father was about to leave, he carried out, Father, remember to bring the basket back. Why, son? Ill need it in order to carry you to the forest when you too grow old and I can no longer take care of you. The man was deeply ashamed. He turned to his father, Forgive me,he said and took the old man back into the house. Sometimes it takes a small child to show us the meaning of love and caring.
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Choose the best answer

(1) Who did the very poor couple live with in a tiny hut? A. Their parents. B. Their son and daughter. C. Their young son and the mans father.

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(2) Put the sentences in the right order by writing 1, 2, 3 in the brackets provided.

( ( (

) The man felt ashamed and asked his father to forgive him. ) There was no more food or money in the house. ) The man placed his father in a large basket.
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(3)

Match the words in Column A with the meaning in Column B by writing a, b, c into brackets provided.
Column B a. to be very fond of b. something difficult that can cause a lot of worry

Column A ( ) 1. burden ( ) 2. adore

( ) 3. take care C. look after

. What would happen if the man left his father in the forest?

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INTERPRETATION / JUDGEMENT

Do you think the man was a good son or not? Why?

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Art is so much more

interesting if everything
isnt in the picture.

And so it is with inferring.

From: I Read It But I Dont Get It ~ Cris Tovani
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THANK YOU

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