Inferencing
What is an Inference you could make about the following,
The ground is covered in a white blanket as flakes danced down from the sky.
What is SNOWING?
When summarizing a story, these are the characters, the setting, and the primary problem.
What are the parts of a story?
This point of view uses pronouns like I, me, we, and my because a character is telling their own story.
What is first person?
This is what a informational text is mostly or mainly about.
What is the main idea?
What is an inference you could make about the following,
When Barry opened his backpack at lunchtime, he found a towel, a pair of swimming goggles, and a bottle of sunscreen, but no brown paper bag.
What is PICKED UP THE WRONG BACKPACK?
This is the very first thing you should do before you start writing a summary of a text.
What is Read the Title?
This point of view uses pronouns like he, she, and they because an outside narrator is telling the story.
What is third person?
This is the life lesson, moral, or message that the author wants you to learn from a fiction story.
What is the theme?
What is an inference you could make about the following,
Sarah sprinted through the front door, kicked off her muddy cleats, and slammed her shiny gold trophy onto the kitchen counter with a massive grin on her face.
What is WON THE GAME?
This strategy uses the letters S-W-B-S-T to help you remember the steps of a summary.
What is Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then?
This is the person or character who is speaking or telling the story.
Who is the narrator?
These are the facts, examples, and sentences that prove and back up the main idea.
What are the supporting details?
What is an inference you could make about the following,
The classroom was quiet except for the sound of tearing paper and heavy sighs. Maya kept rubbing her temples and staring intensely at the paper on her desk, erasing her answers so hard the paper almost ripped.
What is Maya is taking a difficult test?
A good summary should only include important facts and details, leaving these extra, small pieces of information out.
What are details?
Two characters can experience the exact same event but have different opinions about it because they have a different one of these.
What is point of view?
"Honesty is the best policy" and "Don't judge a book by its cover" are common examples of this.
What is a theme?
What is an inference you could make about the following,
As Mr. Harrison walked into the classroom, the students instantly stopped talking. They quickly sat up straight, cleared their desks without being asked, and kept their eyes glued to the front blackboard.
What is Mr. Harrison is a strict teacher?
This is the final step of summarizing, where you check your work to make sure it is short and written in your own words.
What is reviewing?
When a character in a story uses words like, you and your.
What is the second person?
To find the main idea of a passage, a reader should always look closely at these two things located at the very top and very bottom of a paragraph.
What is reading the first and last sentences?