1. What do you see?
What do you already know when you look at this picture?
What can you infer?
2. I see a Pizza Delivery Car.
The girl is thinking of pizza. Pizza is food. You think of food when you’re hungry.
The girl is hungry. The girl wants to eat pizza. The girl wants her pizza delivered. The
girl wishes to make a delivery order.
3. What do you see?
What do you already know when you look at this picture?
What can you infer?
4. A man with a cap. The girl is giving something to the man. Both of them are holding on
to a square box. They look like they are exchanging something.
A Pizza Delivery Man always wears a cap. You have to pay for something you’ve
purchased/bought. Pizza comes in a square box.
The girl is paying money to the pizza delivery man for the pizza in the box.
5. Questions…
• Did you use picture
or written clues?
• What did you
already know that
helped you make
that inference?
6. What do you see?
What do you already know when you look at this picture?
What can you infer?
7. The girl is putting in pizza in her mouth. She doesn’t look too pleased.
Pizza comes in a triangular shape. Her eyes and facial expression in general doesn’t look
like someone who is pleased.
The pizza tasted horrible. The pizza tasted bland? She did not like the pizza.
8. What do you see?
What do you already know when you look at this picture?
What can you infer?
9. The girl is opening a fridge. The girl does not look happy.
When you open a fridge you will find bottles of condiments and drinks arranged neatly on
the insides of the door/ the back side of the door. You hold the fridge door so that it
will not be left open too wide.
The girl is looking for something from the fridge, a condiment perhaps?
10. Questions…
• Did the written clues …something was
help you to make a amiss.
better guess?
• What did you already
know that helped you
make that inference? It wasn’t spicy
enough.
What can you infer?
Jane likes chili sauce with her pizza.
12. Inference
• Take what you know and make a guess!
• Draw personal meaning from text (words)
or pictures.
• You use clues to come to your own
conclusion.
13. Ask yourself these questions…
• What clues can I use?
– Picture or written clues?
• What did I already know
that helped me make
that inference?
No cats allowed.
14. What do you see?
What do you already know when you look at this picture?
What can you infer?
15. A pair of feet. Overheard light/surgical lamp. Drills and machinery with dangling wires.
A dental clinic. You lie on the chair and get your teeth cleaned by the machine. The
dentist uses the light/lamp to check the insides of your mouth.
A child/man is lying down on a dental clinic chair, waiting to get his/her teeth cleaned.
16. Julin imagined herself performing on stage, in
front of a stadium filled with audience. Very
soon, people will want to ask for Julin’s
autograph and take pictures with her.
What I Read + What I already know = What I can infer
Julin imagined Singers/dancers Julin wants to be a
+ =
herself performing perform on stage singer/dancer.
on stage. for concerts or
festivals.
People will ask for Famous people Julin will become
Julin’s autograph sign autographs famous.
+
and take pictures and take pictures =
with her. with their fans.
17. Oh I had a balloon.
It was round, it was red.
Such a lovely balloon,
Almost as big as my head.
But I heard a loud noise,
And I looked around to see.
For I wondered just what,
Made that loud noise at me.
18. Oh I had a balloon.
It was round, it was red.
Such a lovely balloon,
Almost as big as my head.
But I heard a loud noise,
And I looked around to see.
For I wondered just what,
Made that loud noise at me.
What I Read + What I already know = What I can infer
The character + Children likes balloon = The character may
has a balloon be a child
The character + Balloon can burst = The character’s
heard a loud balloon burst
noise
19. If school were more like baseball we'd only have to play.
We'd hang out in the sunshine and run around all day.
We wouldn't have to study. We'd practice and we'd train.
And, best of all, they'd cancel whenever there was rain.
--Kenn Nesbitt
20. If school were more like baseball. We'd
practice and we'd train. Best of all, we would
cancel whenever there was rain.
What I Read + What I already know = What I can infer
If school were Baseball is a fun The writer wants
=
more like baseball. + game. school to be fun like
a baseball game.
Best of all, we We have to cancel
We cannot play in
would cancel school when it rains
+ the rain =
whenever there / There won’t be
was rain. school when it
rains.
What does this picture tell you? What do you already know that helps you make infer? Have you been to a dentist? Dental clinic? Who is in the picture? What else do you see? What do you already know? What can you infer? Who is in this picture? What can you infer from this picture? What do you already know that helped you guess?
What does this picture tell you? What do you already know that helps you make infer? Have you been to a dentist? Dental clinic? Who is in the picture? What else do you see? What do you already know? What can you infer? Who is in this picture? What can you infer from this picture? What do you already know that helped you guess?
The ride was scary at first because it was very dark. Suddenly, we were surrounded by huge fireballs, swarms of beetles and an army of warrior mummies. The rollercoaster was moving so fast but it was very exciting and fun! I do not mind going on the ride again.
