EXTENDING COMPREHENSION

ELICITINGENCOURAGINGELABORATING

INFERERENCE SKILLS

INFERENCE IS:

• THE PROCESS OF CREATING A PERSONAL MEANING

• COMBINING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE & NEW INFORMATION TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS & INTERPRET

• CREATING A MEANING NOT STATED EXPLICITLY • GOING BEYOND LITERAL INTERPRETATION TO OPEN A

WORLD OF MEANING CONNECTED TO OUR LIVES• USING OUR OWN EXPERIENCES & OBSERVATIONS TO

MAKE SENSE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT

• TO UNDERSTAND AN IDEA OR PIECE OF INFORMATION BY USING OTHER INFORMATION

 INFERENCE HELPS STUDENTS

• ACHIEVE ON ITEMS WHERE THE ANSWER IS BUILT RATHER THAN FOUND.

 • DRAW CONCLUSIONS & INTERPRET FACTS• MAKE CONNECTIONS WITHIN FUND OF KNOWLEDGE

• MAKE CRITICAL OR ANALYTICAL JUDGMENTS

• MAKE REASONABLE PREDICTIONS AS THEY READ

• REMEMBER, REVISE & REAPPLY WHAT THEY LEARN • HAVE REFLECTIVE RESPONSES TO WHAT THEY READ

INFERENCE SKILLS ACTIVITIES

        ACTIVITIES   CAUSE / EFFECT   STORY RETELLING   ILLUSTRATE   ACT OUT   DRAW CONCLUSIONS   MAKE JUDGMENTS   STORY MAP   WORD WEBS   CONTEXT CLUES   TIME & ORDER   COMPARE / CONTRAST   CLASSIFY / CATEGORIZE   BRAINSTORM

       STRATEGIES    INQUIRING      PREDICTING    PARAPHRASING    EVALUATING    CONDENSING    ORGANIZING    SUMMARIZING    SEQUENCING    INTERNALIZING    MAKING CONNECTIONS    CLARIFYING    THINK ALOUD /  EXPLAIN    STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS     

GETTING STARTED

                            ENGAGING THE STUDENT                                       RELATIONSHIP                                      RELEVANCE                                      RIGOR                     

                           I  CUES                            INQUIRY                             INTERACTION                             IMAGINATION                             INTUITION

                            INTER-RELATION IDENTIFICATION                             ILLUSTRATION                             INTERPRETATION                             INTEGRATION