Making Inferences Informational Text

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What might be inferred from the fact that insects are on their own as soon as they are born?

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Insects are able to gather their own food and live on their own as soon as they are born.

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Before the 1800's people didn't have right or left shoes. They had shoes of just one shape that they used for both feet. When people first saw right and left shoes, they laughed. They called them "crooked shoes." "What a silly idea," they said. You can tell that shoes before 1800:

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didn't fit very well

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Based on the text, you can infer about sheepdogs:

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Sheepdogs are gentle and loyal.

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From the paragraph, you can infer that spiders are:

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not insects.

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From the paragraph about wolves, what can you infer?

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Wolves are mammals

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In the Middle Ages, you could blame someone in your town for committing a crime. The “criminal” could then challenge you to a fight to prove his guilt or innocence. If you lost the fight, you were charged as a liar and the “criminal” was believed to be innocent. If you won, the “criminal” was believed to be guilty. From this paragraph, you can infer that:

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Crime laws were unfair in the Middle Ages.

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From the paragraph about training to be a knight, what can you infer?

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Knights were taught many important things.

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From the paragraph about rainforest destruction, what can you infer?

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Rainforest destruction is hurting animals that live there.

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perilous

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dangerous

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From the paragraph about Jackie Robinson, what can you infer?

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Jackie Robinson is a great figure in history.