Unde rs tanding

Infe re nce

Presented by Angela Maiers

Angelamaiers.com
A Clo s e r Lo o k At:

INFERRING
Pre dic tio n:

Right or Wrong,
our “guess” will be confirmed
Infe re nc e :

Logical and Justifiable,

Able to ‘make a case’
– not a guess
What Make s
Mo s t S e ns e
Combine Draw From
Clues
+ Experience
= Logical
Conclusion

Content Schema Inference

•The clues are telling me that...

•When I see this, it makes me think that…

•I am noticing…

•This makes me conclude that…

•When the author said________, I thought…

•This clue is important because…

•This makes me wonder if…

•When I read this, I am reminded of…

•I think the author want me to…

•When I read this, I think…

•I believe this means______ because______

•_
•This part lead me to believe that…
Turn & Talk!
Combine Draw From
Clues
+ Experience
= Logical
Conclusion

Content Schema Inference

What’s Going Here?
Describe the Situation
 A red-faced child with tears in her
eyes sits on the sidewalk in front of
the house. She is wearing a
helmet. A small bike with broken
chain is lying on the grass in front
of her. Next to it is an unzipped
backpack. Some of the contents
from the backpack are lying on the
sidewalk.
I SEE I THINK I INFER
Text Clue I THINK I INFER
“ Uhm …
H o u s t o n …? ”
PROBLEM # 1

Ig no r ing

Inf o r mat io n
• Guessing
• Jumping to
Conclusions
• Ignoring Author’s
Signals
 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.
PROBLEM # 2

Is s ues
wit h
S c hema
• Lack of Schema
• Fragmented Schema
• Inaccurate Schema
Problem Two: Issues With Schema
A young man and his father were driving
home from school. Their car was
involved in a serious crash. The young
man, who had been badly injured in a car
accident was rushed to a nearby
hospital’s emergency room. Accordingly,
the hospital’s brain surgeon is paged.
Upon seeing the patient, the surgeon
exclaims, “My God, my God, I can not
operate on this patient! He is my son!!”
Misinformed Schema
Author &
S
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H
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M
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PROBLEM # 3

Ident if ying
Tas k
• What Should the
Reader Do?
• 35 Types of
Ifferences
• Multiple Genre & Text
 YOU TRY IT!!!!!
He put down $10.00 at the
window. The woman behind
the window gave $4.00. The
person next to him gave $3.00,
but he gave it back to her. So,
when they went inside, she
bought him a large bag of
popcorn.
 Problem Three-Task Awareness:
What Are We Asking Readers to Do?

• Theme •Bias
•Outcomes
• Feelings/Emotion •Causations
•Pt. of View
• Traits •View Point
• Mood
• Location/Setting •Tone
• Conflict Problem •Relationship
•Data Analysis
• Motivation
•Agent/Instrument
• Attitudes
I NFERRING

What will you say now?