Inferencing
An educated guess using background knowledge and textual evidence
Inference
What is the definition of a main idea/ central idea?
“Big point” or the most important idea that the writer is communicating to the reader.
Define Pollution
A substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
Infer the meaning behind this sentence.
If she died, I wouldn’t go to her funeral
What is
this person does not like her.
Sometimes you must read this in order to figure out the main idea of a story.
The title of the story.
What do you think needs to happen to stop plastic pollution from taking place in the environment?
People need to recycle more.
You walk into a room that contains a match, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match
A man ran after a retreating bus, waving his briefcase frantically.
He's late for work/ He has somewhere important to be.
What are two questions to ask yourself when trying to find the main idea to something?
1. What is the topic/ subject?
2.What is being said about the topic/subject?
Plastic is dangerous in the environment because it.......
Harms sea creatures, land creatures, and humans.
What can you catch but never throw?
A cold
A woman walks into a hospital clutching her abdomen and yelling at her husband, who trails behind her carrying a large bag
The woman is in labor.
What is the main idea?
Summer is a wonderful time to spend at West Beach. It is a beach with light- colored, soft sand. The coastline goes on for a long way and many people enjoy walking along it. Children like to play in the surf and walk along the rocks that are visible at low tide. This is a fun beach for people of all ages.
Summer time is a wonderful time to spend at West Beach.
What does this phrase mean?
Plastic is wonderful, because it is durable.
Plastic is reusable and can last long.
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
How can you support your inferences?
Using textual evidence and background knowledge.
What is the issue in this passage?
Plastic production globally is expected to be more than 300 million tons, half of which we'll use just once . . . and then throw away. By 2050, when the population explodes to almost ten billion people, it's expected that plastic production will triple.
Plastic production will triple and the fear is that people will not recycle it properly.
What does this phrase mean ?
Plastic is terrible, because it is durable
Plastic last long, and can be harmful to the environment.
What is black and white, and read all over?
A newspaper