Meaning is not delivered to us on silver platters. We must be equipped as readers, writers, viewer, listeners, investigators to excavate it...dig it out. The cornerstone tool in our metacognitive arsenal is the ability to make inferences.

1. Understanding Inference Presented by Angela Maiers Angelamaiers.com

5. A Closer Look At: INFERRING

7. Prediction: Right or Wrong, our “guess” will be confirmed

8. Inference: Logical and Justifiable, Able to ‘make a case’ – not a guess

9. What Makes Most Sense

10. Combine Clues Draw From Experience Logical Conclusion + = Content Schema Inference

14. Turn & Talk!

15. Combine Clues Draw From Experience Logical Conclusion + = Content Schema Inference

16. What’s Going Here?

17. Describe the Situation

19. I SEE I THINK I INFER

20. Text Clue I THINK I INFER

21. “ Uhm…Houston…?”

23. He pulled his reindeer coat around his shoulders. He was glad to have his sealskin boots and his heavy trousers to guard him against the stinging wind. He snapped the whip and the dogsled took off with a jolt.

26. Misinformed Schema

27. Author S C H E M A &

32. I NFERRING What will you say now?