EXTENDING COMPREHENSION ELICITING ENCOURAGING ELABORATING INFERERENCE SKILLS

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INFERENCE IS

• THE PROCESS OF CREATING A PERSONAL MEANING
• COMBINING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE NEW INFORMATION
  TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS INTERPRET
• CREATING A MEANING NOT STATED EXPLICITLY
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• 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

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 INFERENCE HELPS STUDENTS

• ACHIEVE ON ITEMS WHERE THE ANSWER IS BUILT RATHER
  THAN FOUND.
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• 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
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• HAVE REFLECTIVE RESPONSES TO WHAT THEY READ

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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
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GETTING STARTED

•                             ENGAGING THE STUDENT
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•                                     RELATIONSHIP
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•                                     RELEVANCE
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•                                     RIGOR     
                 

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                           I  CUES

•                             INQUIRY
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•                             INTERACTION
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•                             IMAGINATION
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•                             INTUITION
•                             INTER-RELATION
  IDENTIFICATION
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•                             ILLUSTRATION
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•                             INTERPRETATION
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•                             INTEGRATION 
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