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Inferring

Readers use text content as well as background knowledge to come to conclusions that are not stated explicitly in the text.

Student:
"When the story doesn't hand you the answer you have to infer."

Teacher:
"The author doesn't explicitly tell us how Portia is feeling. What words in the text help us to infer her feelings?"

See Effective Literacy Practice Y1–4 p. 132
Effective Literacy Practice Y5–8 p. 146
Duffy pp. 102–108
Harvey and Goudvis pp. 105–116
Miller pp. 105–121

It is important to remember that the reading strategies work together, and do not operate discretely. However, for examples of assessment resources with a particular focus on inferring, see WL4046 and WL2544.
To model making inferences, see WL2546
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