Non Fiction Inference

What is the equation for making an inference?

• text clues + predictions

• schema + prior knowledge

• text clues + schema

• your best guess

The NCAA is thriving right now but is in need of change. I feel our next President could help encourage this change. Change is needed because student athletes are being used for the benefit of schools they attend and the NCAA; which is supposed to be a "non-profit organization". However, instead of promoting classroom and academic goals the NCAA makes around $10.8 Billion a year. All the while, student-athletes are drowning in debt and cannot pay for tuition, books, housing, or food. I think that it is best to pay student athletes based on the revenue that they bring themselves.

The reader can infer that the author feels-----

• forty hours a week is too much to practice

• sports are not as important as academics

• student athletes are barely scraping by

I know that depending on global warming trends, rising temperatures will cause difficulties in producing base layers of snow for skiing hotels or resorts. This climate change causes both changed snowfall patters and rising winter temperatures. Artificial snow creation has become a major snow producer at most major resorts or skiing locations in recent years. The skiing industry is paying the price for artificial snow by giving roughly $1 Billion dollars and losing 27,000 jobs.

The reader can infer that-----

• skiing will no longer continue to be a sport

• global waring is negatively impacting the ski industry

• snowfall will improve over the next ten years.

• climate change is not real.

Coral reefs provide shelter, a place to hide, for little fish. That many small fish in one place attracts big fish, which in turn attracts BIG predators like sharks. Bigger predators cannot invade the coral, however, they wait along the edges for fish to leave to attack. The reef also provides a place for algae and sponges to grow safely. They provide food for sea turtles and other sea life. If coral were to become extinct so would the turtles and other ocean creatures that rely on them for protection and food.

The reader can infer that----

• many types of ocean life rely on coral reef to survive

• coral reef are mainly occupied by predators

• sea turtles will not be able to survive without coral

• a variety of ocean life is becoming endangered

To infer is to ..

• use clues in text and what you know

• neglect, misunderstand, divide

refers to information that is implied or inferred. This means that the information is never clearly stated. Writers often tell you more than they say directly.

• drawing conclusions

• finding context clues

• making inferences

• finding the main ideas

What is an Inference?

• A conclusion or judgement based on evidences and our background knowledge.

• Is what the story is about.

• In when you find the similarity between two or more things.

• Is when you compare two or more things using the words like or as.

Using clues from the story,

plus what you already know,

to figure out what is not

being said

• Cause

• Inference

• Synonym

• Dialogue

Coral reefs provide shelter, a place to hide, for little fish. That many small fish in one place attracts big fish, which in turn attracts BIG predators like sharks. Bigger predators cannot invade the coral, however, they wait along the edges for fish to leave to attack. The reef also provides a place for algae and sponges to grow safely. They provide food for sea turtles and other sea life. If coral were to become extinct so would the turtles and other ocean creatures that rely on them for protection and food. Which detail supports the inference that many types of ocean life rely on the coral reefs to survive?

• The reef also provides a place for algae and sponges to grow safely.

• If coral reefs were to become extinct so would the turtles and other ocean creatures that rely on them for protection and food.

• Bigger predators cannot invade the coral

Daylight Savings time refers to the practice of setting our clocks an hour forward in the spring and back in the fall to maximize the amount of sunshine during our waking hours. Ben Franklin came up with the plan to "save" daylight by turning the clocks an hour ahead, thus bring our waking hours into closer harmony with daylight.
What may the read conclude about Ben Franklin?

• He liked to make people sleepy.

• He is hated for his daylight savings idea.

• He wanted people to increase their productivity.

• He owned many clocks.