Inferencing and Context Clues

He answered the test for the shortest time as it was a piece of cake for him. The underlined means...

• exciting

• delicious

• very easy

• impossible

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

She was so desperate for the slot that she was willing to give her right arm for it. The underlined means...

• do nothing

• help

• do everything

• do something dangerous

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

You have to pull your socks up if you want to improve on your test scores. The underlined means...

• wear your socks right

• hang your socks

• do better

• do nothing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The long suspension of classes caused students to be bored to tears. The underlined means...

• bored to cry

• bored to work

• very bored

• very active

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The teachers kept an eye on the new students in school as they are not familiar with them. The underlined means...

• looked at

• closely observed

• considered

• checked at

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Using clues to figure out what is NOT directly stated in the text.

• summarize

• inferring

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

Using clues to help you understand unfamiliar words or phrases.

• context clues

• questioning

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

When inferring you have to do what?

• assume something that is not stated in the text.

• guess what will happen.

• just pick anything

• make connections

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Using clues around a "tricky" word to figure out what it means is called?

• an inference

• using context clues

• predicting

• decoding

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

When you make a connection you...

• try to understand the passage.

• see a picture in my head

• form a link between what is happening in the text.

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8