A video titled “Making Character Inferences” which introduces the definition of an inference and reviews methods to help you make inferences about characters in a story.

The implied main idea is not clearly stated in any one sentence in the passage, but it is always there. You just can't take your finger and point at it or take a highlighter and highlight it. The implied main idea comes together in your...

Learn how to find clues within text to help build a deeper understanding of what you read.

Reading books can be fun, but there’s so much more to discover beneath the surface. In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we’ll use our background knowledge and story evidence to make inferences about E.B. White’s novel,...

Students will answer 5 riddles to determine what I did over Spring Break. It encourages students to highlight the clues in text to help them infer the setting of a story or in this case paragraph. Reading Challenge: Write your own...

In this video, I teach you how to make inferences while you read. A lot of times, the author doesn't tell us directly what is happening so we have to make inferences. I teach a simple and easy process to help you understand what you are...

Part 2 gives practice to how to infer using clues from the book and what's in our brain. <b<br/>r/>

PART 1 INFERENCES:    • Making Inferences {C<br/>omprehension: Inf...  

What is an Inference? Making an inference simply means to use what you already know to make a guess about something that you don’t know. It is a very important reading comprehension skill and throughout this video we help your kids and...

Pupil outcome: I can infer characters’ thoughts and motives based on their actions and the words they say. Key learning points: - When we read, we make inferences based on evidence. - We can infer what characters' thoughts might be based...

In this video, the teacher explains how to draw inferences by analyzing data on a box plot. They review the different components of a box plot and how they can help make predictions about the data.

This video teaches English learners how to breaking down presentations and / or passages to pinpoint the main idea, details, similarities and differences to gain deeper understanding. It also shows how to identify the concept of cause...

This video teaches English learners how to breaking down presentations and / or passages to pinpoint the main idea, details, similarities and differences to gain deeper understanding. It also shows how to identify the concept of cause...

Pupil outcome: I can make precise inferences about characters and explain quotations in detail. Key learning points: - Magical-realist texts have a real world setting in which magic happens. - Use the first read of an unseen extract to...

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When taking a reading comprehension test, have you ever been stumped by a question asking about how the author or another character feels about a specific character? Or perhaps when reading a novel or story, you’re somewhat confused...

Donald J. Leu is the John and Maria Neag Endowed Chair in Literacy and Technology at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Leu directs the New Literacies Research Lab. He is an international authority on literacy education, especially the...

Donald J. Leu is the John and Maria Neag Endowed Chair in Literacy and Technology at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Leu directs the New Literacies Research Lab. He is an international authority on literacy education, especially the...

This video discusses ambiguity in nonfiction.

Draw a line plot of the volume measurement of liquids found in the school’s laboratory and answer questions about them.

Pupil outcome: I can make inferences about an unseen extract from Akala's 'The Dark Lady' and respond to the use of imagery. Key learning points: - Making predictions about a text is useful because it allows you to consider the impact of...

Pupil outcome: I can read aloud and discuss the opening chapter of 'The BFG’. Key learning points: - Reading aloud involves using an expressive voice, varying volume, emphasising keywords and using facial expressions. - Roald Dahl uses...

Pupil outcome: I can answer a range of comprehension questions on ‘A Christmas Carol’. Key learning points: - Retrieval involves identifying and extracting key information from the text. - Searching for keywords or specific types of...

Pupil outcome: I can answer a range of comprehension questions on 'Princess Sophia Duleep Singh: My Story'. Key learning points: - Suffragettes were campaigning for the right for women to vote; this was something that was not permitted...

In this video, students are taught to read and interpret dot and line plots, and use them to estimate the median of each population. By comparing the medians, students can make inferences about the data and draw conclusions about which...