Fundamentals of Sentence Writing
Inferencing Strategy
100

The 5 Components of a Complete Sentence 

What is 

1. Starts with a Capital Letter

2. Has Ending Punctuation 

3. Has a Subject

4. Has a Verb

5. Makes Sense

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100

The Mnemonic device for The Inference Strategy 

What is "INFER"? 

200

The subject of this sentence: 


After work, Mr. Lyons likes to watch TV. 

What is "Mr. Lyons"?

200

The two main types of questions you see on reading tests. 

What is "Factual" and "Think and Seek"? 

300

The verb in this sentence:

Mrs. Lyons sleeps all day on snow days. 

What is "sleeps"?

300

Factual Questions usually start with these words

What is "Who, What, When, Where, or How"? 

400

The corrections for this sentence: 


gracie is walking the bus to work 

What is

Capital G 

walking to riding 

Ending punctuation (.) 

Subject: Gracie

Verb: Riding 

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400

The Three Types of "Think and Seek" questions

What is "Predicting", "Clarifying", and "Big Picture".

500

PENS MARK Mnemonic Device

What is...

Pick a Formula 

Explore the words

Note the words

Search and Check

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M (skip) 

Ask "Is there a verb?"

Root out the subject

Key in on the details (beginning, ending, makes sense) 

500

INFER Mnemonic Device 

What is
Interact with the questions and passage

Note what you know 

Find the Clues

Explore the supporting details 

Return to the Question 

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