4 Pictures 1 Inference

An inference is...

• Text evidence + what you know

• Retelling a text

• Making a guess without evidence

• Information written directly into the text.

When making an inference, the most important thing is...

• What you know about the topic

• The topic of the text

• The characters in the text

• Being able to prove your inference using evidence from the text.

What is another word for "what you already know?"

• fact

• schema

• history

• background

Look at the pictures as a whole. What can you infer?

• The little boy asked for a bicycle for Christmas and was really happy when Santa brought it after he stayed on the "nice" list

• The little boy burst a tire on a tree on the way to the class Christmas party

• The little boy won a bike at the Christmas Tree Decorating competition

• The Christmas tree was decorated with miniature Santas by the little boy before he went on a bike ride

Look at the pictures as a whole. What can you infer?

• My doctor said that you should always wear sunblock when you're exposed to the sun .

• If you don't wear a high enough SPF sunblock at the beach or stay in the shade, you can sunburn badly enough to need a doctor

• When at the beach, you have to have sunblock, an umbrella, a lounge chair and a lifeguard and a nice sunny day

• The sun umbrella protects enough that you don't need sunblock, regardless of what the doctors say.

Look at the pictures as a whole. What can you infer?

• People signed up to win Sarah Lee pies or the top prize- an oven- at the county fair

• The soldier signed up for a pie eating contest and won an oven and a trophy

• The student signed up for an appliance raffle and instead won a pie

• The baker signed-up for the pie baking contest and won the top prize

Look at the pictures as a whole. What can you infer?

• While skating around the world, the challenger slipped and fell on Brazilian black ice

• At the China Ice Games, a skater put on the wrong skates and fell backwards on the ice

• The top dancer lost her balance at the world ice skating competition

• During the local ice skating competition, an amateur ran into the ice and slipped while the other skater watched in shock

Look at the pictures as a whole. What can you infer?

• The teacher nun was waiting for Suzy's phone to go off during the test so she could give her a pixie stix punishment

• The girl used her Blackberry phone during the test in spite of the posted rules

• The girl argued that her phone was a PDA and not a cellphone so the rules didn't apply to her or her 5 friends

• The student researched classical music and focused on famous directors on her phone though it was against the rules to use chromebooks

Look at the pictures as a whole. What can you infer?

• The wet floor sign was on the wrong spot, so when the young man jumped it, he fell on the puddle and broke his ankle

• The man slipped in water and broke his femur

• The young executive couldn't read Spanish so he slipped on a puddle and broke his foot

• Justin Timberlake ignored the signs warning of the girls crying a river and broke his lucky dancing foot

Bonus: What can you infer from the picture?

• He was not looking where he was going and the road was slick and slippery.

• He was in a hurry and was pedaling too fast which caused him to flip head over heels.

• His backpack was unbalancing him and the wind caught the umbrella at the turn.

• He was trying to drive the bike in the rain while holding an umbrella and lost control.