Tom became angrily stormed out of a meeting with his sports team after clenching his fists tightly, leaving his stunned teammates behind. Hannah was excitedly ripping open a present with glee and giggling. Fred felt sad looking at a picture of his late wife in his wallet while buying chocolate, and was headed home for a lonely night alone 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.
*Tom was angery because he clenched his fists
*His team mates were shocked because just left the team
*Tom played sport because he had team mates
*Tom was at a rugby stadum
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.
: Hannah was excited because she ripped up the wrapping paper
: Hannah is squealing with excitment
- It was chistmas because she opened a present.
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 felt sad because his wife died.
- His hand was shaking because of his wife because he misses her.
- He was going to have a lonely night because he lives by himself.
- Fred was going to buy a choclate bar, he is at the shop.