City College of San Francisco
Making Inferences: Reading Between the Lines
Have you ever read part of a story and had to figure out what the rest was about? Practice making inferences with several short passages and multiple choice questions.
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Grade A: The Market for a Yale Woman's Eggs by Jessica Cohen
What would it be like to sell your eggs to a couple who can't have children on their own? Could you even imagine it? As most of us have never been in this position, this descriptive essay is really quite interesting. The reading itself...
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Of Mice and Men: Chapter 3 Reading and Study Guide
Boost comprehension with an excellent reading guide for chapter 3 Of Mice and Men. Learners define four vocabulary words, note one allusion, define five literary terms, and respond to 31 short answer questions regarding the Steinbeck...
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Inferences
Inferring text can be tricky, but practice makes proficient! Provide your scholars with the practice they need with this inferences activity in which learners read mini paragraphs and choose the best inference from four multiple choice...
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Reading Questions: Alex Haley's "My Furthest Back Person: The African"
Based on Alex Haley's moving essay "My Furthest Back Person: The African," these 11 questions support comprehension and prepare readers for discussion of the text. Use this tool, and the essay, as a nonfiction addition to units on...
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Making Inferences Something Special (13)
Work on making inferences with a reading passage and comprehension questions. After kids read a short paragraph about Jalisa's birthday, they infer why she would be excited about receiving gifts from her brother.
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Literature-based Skill Building: Holes by Louis Sachar
In this reading skills worksheet, students complete several literature-based skill building activities for the book 'Holes' by Louis Sachar.
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SAT Reading Comprehension Practice Practice Test 13
In this reading comprehension activity, learners read an excerpt and complete comprehension questions. Students have 8 minutes to complete the 10 questions in this SAT practice activity.
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Inference Practice: Where Am I?
Have your pupils try a hand at making inferences. The worksheet includes five different descriptions, and learners must infer where they think the passage is happening and provide some explanation. A straightforward resource for...
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Making Inferences (17)
Here's a bright inference worksheet that can enlighten the study of any text. Readers fill in a thought bubble with what they know about a story, then map on a scroll clues they found in the text, and record their insights on the...
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Three Skeleton Key: Elements of Literature
Rats! How are they described in "Three Skeleton Key," and what happens to the characters in the story? Study the vocabulary and the story with these worksheets. Learners complete pre-reading activities, study vocabulary, complete...
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Inferring Character Traits
Learning how to draw inferences from text is a key reading comprehension skill. Here's a worksheet that gives readers a chance to practice by offering 20 descriptive sentences and asking kids to identify the inferred character trait, and...
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You Make the Call (10)
What will happen next? Young writers plot what will happen next after studying the clues in four story starters.
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Reading and Study Guide: Of Mice and Men Chapter 3
In this reading study guide, students define vocabulary words and literary terms found in chapter 3 of the novel Of Mice and Men. Students also answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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Reading Study Guide: Of Mice and Men Chapters 5-6
For this reading and study guide learners define vocabulary and literary terms found in Of Mice and Men. Students also answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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Reading and Study Guide: Lord of the Flies Chapter 12
In this reading and study guide worksheet, students define vocabulary and literary terms found in Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12. Students answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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Study Guide: Harrison Bergeron
In this study guide worksheet students define vocabulary and literary terms found in the short story "Harrison Bergeron". Students also answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
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Study Guide: "There Will Come Soft Rains"
In this study guide activity students define vocabulary and literary terms found in "There Will Come Soft Rains". Students also answer comprehension questions based on the reading.
Pearson
Making Inferences
The ability to make inferences is an important skill. Provide your class with some practice. This resource includes several different passages with which learners are required to practice inferring. They read each passage and respond to...
It's About Time
Concentrating on Collisions
How important is momentum? Pupils investigate and apply the definition of momentum as they conduct analyses during a series of one-dimensional collisions. They infer the relative masses of two objects by carefully staging and predicting...
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Inferencing II: Post Test
In this inferences learning exercise, students answer multiple choice questions about inferences after they read a passage. Students read 4 passages and answer 10 questions total.
Scholastic
Recovery From Drug Addiction
Are there factors that put some individuals at a higher risk for drug addiction than others? Learn more about the risk factors that may make some people more susceptible to addiction, as well as protective factors that help prevent...
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Study Guide for "Harrison Bergeron"
In this reading and study guide worksheet, young scholars define 9 vocabulary words, define 6 literary terms, and respond to 14 short answer questions pertaining to "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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Of Mice and Men: Chapter 5 & 6 Reading and Study Guide
In this comprehension check worksheet, students define 4 vocabulary words, define 2 literary terms, and respond to 21 short answer questions pertaining to chapters 5 and 6 of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men in order to help them better...