Tom angrily stormed out of a locker room after his sports team lost or disappointed him, leaving his teammates in stunned silence. Hannah, a young girl around 3 or 4, was ecstatically tearing into her birthday present with giggles and squeals of delight in front of her family. An elderly man named Fred became sad while paying for chocolate, as he noticed a picture of his late wife Molly in his wallet and remembered her while facing another lonely night at home watching TV.

1. Inference detectives: Looking for clues
Read the excerpts and write your inferences in the box below.
Think about . . .
• Who the character might be (old, young, sporty, brainy etc) •
• What kind of person the character is (kind, thoughtful, nasty, selfish, etc) •
• How the character is feeling at that moment and why
• Where and when this action is taking place
•
1 Tom clenched his fists until the knuckles were white. He sighed deeply, stood up and
stormed toward the door without saying another word. He opened the door and slammed it behind
him. His ten team mates sat staring at each other in stunned silence.
I think Tom is a year 5 and is a sporty kid.
He is miserable and disappointed because his team might of let if down or done something
wrong to hurt his feelings. It took place in the boy’s locker room and that when he stormed
out from the pitch.
2 Hannah’s eyes grew as big as saucers and she began to clap her tiny hands together. As
soon as the present was within reach, she grabbed it and began ripping off the paper. She was
giggling and squealing with delight.
I can see that there is a little girl about 3 or 4 and it is her birthday today and her family is
all there waiting for her in the lounge and just waiting to say surprise. And she just woke
up and now just sitting on her Mum’s bed ready for her first present ever.
3 Fred hobbled toward the counter. He reached into his pocket and with a shaking hand pulled
out his old leather wallet. As he got his money out, he noticed the picture of his wife Molly. All of a
sudden his eyes became sad and after paying for his chocolate he quickly put his wallet back into
his pocket. Thanking the shop assistant he left the shop and headed home for a lonely night in
front of the television.
Fred is really old and is properly lost his wife awhile ago and he could properly got back
the memories of his wife.