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Making Inferences

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Title:

 Making Inferences

URL:

 https://www.roomrecess.com/Lessons/MakingInferences/Video.html

Content Source:

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Room Recess
Type: Audio/Video

Overview:

This classroom resource provides a teaching video on making interferences. The video teaches the students to use their own life experiences with the information the author gives them to make an inference. This classroom resource includes a game to help with understanding.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 4
15. Analyze in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.

a. Identify and explain attitudes and influences of multiple characters within a text.

b. Explain how the main character changes throughout the story, using explicit evidence from the text.

c. Make an inference about a character's behavior, the setting, and/or specific events, using explicit details from the story.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
15.
  • Analyze
  • Character
  • Setting
  • Event
  • Story
  • Drama
  • Specific details
15a.
  • Attitude
  • Influence
  • Characters
15b.
  • Main character
  • Explicit evidence
15c.
  • Inference
  • Character
  • Behavior
  • Setting
  • Specific events
  • Explicit details
Knowledge:
15. Students know:
  • Characters are any person, animal, or figure that affect the events of the story.
  • Setting is when and where a story takes place.
  • Events are situations that are described in the story.
  • A drama is a story with dialogue that can be read by different people.
  • Details in the text provide information about the characters, setting, and events.
15a.
  • Characters are any person, animal, or figure that affect the events of the story.
  • Characters in text are described as having certain attributes, like attitude.
  • Characters in text can be influenced by other characters or events in the text.
15b.
  • The main character is the focus of the plot and often displays changes in attitude or beliefs during the story.
  • Explicit evidence refers to direct quotations from the text.
15c.
  • Making an inference requires using observation and background knowledge to reach a logical conclusion.
  • Inferences can be drawn by using information from the text.
Skills:
15. Students are able to:
  • Use specific details from the text to explain attributes of the characters, setting, or event in a story or drama.
15a.
  • Identify attitudes and influences of multiple characters within a text.
  • Explain the reasoning behind characters' attitudes and influences.
15b.
  • Identify the main character in a story.
  • Use explicit evidence from text to explain how the main character changed in the story.
15c.
  • Use explicit details from a story to support inferences about a character's behavior, the story's setting, and/or specific events.
Understanding:
15. Students understand that:
  • They can explain details about characters, settings, and events in a story or drama by using evidence from the text.
15a.
  • There are influences that affect characters' behavior and attitude in a text.
15b.
  • A story usually focuses on one main character who changes throughout the text.
  • Their explanations can be supported with direct quotations from the text.
15c.
  • Making an inference requires them to use information from the text and their background knowledge to draw conclusions about characters, settings, and events in a story.
Tags: inferences, life experiences, making inferences
License Type: Public Domain
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