Inference
What is an inference?
An educated guess based on background knowledge and context clues.
What is Main Idea?
What the text is mostly about.
What is the root in the word Biology?
Bonus: Double points if you can tell me what it means
Bio
Double: Life
What is Author's Claim?
A stance or statement on a topic that can be proven true or false.
How old is my daughter?
2 or 2.5
True or False: The author will directly tell you the inference and you will have to decide the inference.
False
What can you use before reading to help you find the main idea?
Text Features
What does the root word Chron mean?
Time
What is another word(s) that can mean the same as Author's Claim?
Argument or Point
What is my daughters name?
Aria
True or False: I can make an inference on a topic I do not have background knowledge on?
False
Sloths are interesting creatures. They are the slowest animals on the planet. Sloths are three times stronger than humans. They are legally blind. It takes sloths 30 days to digest one leaf.
What is the main idea?
Sloths are interesting creatures.
What does the root word Geo mean?
Earth
What do you have to have to support your claim?
Evidence and Reasons
What is my dream car?
McLaren
The thunder boomed! My dog hid under the bed and was shaking like a leaf!
What inference can be made?
The dog was scared.
True or False: You need at least 2 supporting details for the main idea?
False
You need 3
What does the root word Graph mean?
Write
Can the claim be the authors opinion? Why or why not?
Yes and it has to be backed up with supporting facts (evidence)
How many dogs do I have?
Bonus: Double points if you can name one if I have one.
Layla and Letty
The man had on overalls and a tool box. He had a sticker on the back of his truck that said "Pipe Master".
I can infer that his job is...?
A plumber
What is the difference between main idea and theme?
Main idea tells what the story is mostly about in one sentence while theme tells the moral or lesson of a story in one sentence.
What does the root word Port mean?
Carry
Where in the text will the claim be?
At the beginning of the text.
What year was I born?
1993