Inference+Chart

Inference Chart
Section 6.3, (Instructional Strategy 10)

Rationale: This strategy helps students understand the process of making inferences and improve their ability to do so. Students consider how writers prompt readers to make inferences, as well as how to best approach the forming of inferences in the act of reading.

Instructions: 1. Explain the idea of making inferences during the act of reading. 2. Ask students questions about the personal nature of inference. 3. Share the Inference Chart from the reproducibles and explain how to use it. 4. Tell students to fill in the chart with clues, experiences, and inferences. 5. Remind students of the importance of textual clues.

Application to Language Arts: In a drama such Antigone, students could employ the inference chart to analyze the various motivations of characters. Students could relate the what the text says about the actions and words of characters to their own experiences. Students could then make inferences about the motivation of these characters based on how the text and their personal experiences intersect.