The document discusses prediction in stories and how it relates to inference. It defines prediction as an educated guess about what will happen in a story based on observation and past experiences, while inference uses clues and existing knowledge to make educated guesses. The document advises readers to look for clues, think about their experiences, and combine what they know with what they see or read to aid in making predictions about stories and understanding them.

1. Using Prediction to
Understand a Story
Learning the Skills

2. What Is Prediction?
O Making an educated guess about what is
going to happen in a story.
O Is based on good observation & inference.
O Prediction is based on what we observe
and also our past experiences.

3. What is Inference?
O A good guess about how something is
going to happen or what is going on.
O Inference is based on two things:
O Evidence
O Knowledge

4. How to Use Inference in
Making Predictions
O Look for clues in a picture or story –
Notice Details!
O Think about what your experience tells
you – What information can you add that
is not in the picture or the story?
O Combine what you know with what you
looked at or read

5. How Does Prediction Aid
Understanding?
OIt gets you in the “mind set” of a
story
OIt helps you focus on under-
standing a story so you can
determine if your prediction was
correct.

6. From Inference to Prediction
O Use what you saw or what you read.
O Add in what you know.
O Combine steps one and two
O Based on the above three steps – make a
prediction.