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Provide readers with an opportunity to practice drawing inferences by giving them this instructional activity. Kids identify the text and author, record a sentence they believe infers rather than directly says, and then write the deeper meaning the words imply.
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Instructional Ideas
- Select a passage from a text you have read or are reading in class to model how to use the worksheet
Classroom Considerations
- The first in a series of 22 resources focusing on making inferences
- The worksheet assumes kids have already studied how authors use syntax and diction to show rather than tell
Pros
- The activity encourages readers to read closely, using context clues to draw inferences
Cons
- No models are included