Reading+Strategies+-+Predict

=Predicting & Inferring- Make predictions and draw conclusions = Inferring is the process of creating a personal meaning from text. It involves a mental process of combining what is read with relevant prior knowledge. The reader's unique interpretation of text is the product of this blending.

When proficient readers infer, they create a meaning that is not stated explicitly in the text. The process implies that readers actively search for or are aware of implicit meaning.

Inferring may cause the reader to slow his/her reading, reread sections, converse, draw or write to better understand content - inferences may be more thoroughly developed if the reader does pause to reflect and consider muliple interpretations and perspectives.

A wide variety of interpretations is appropriate for poetry and fiction; a narrower range of interpretation is typical for non-fiction text.Teachers should allow great latitude for inferences, provided the reader can defend his/her inferences with a description of relevant, prior knowledge and specific texts they have read.

TASK: ** Here is the strategy ........ [1|View this powerpoint] and discuss the ideas/views/strategies as they are covered.

Now for an Inferring game. Enter the student area using this code: **belmores00000** Drag the magnifying glass onto the book - and off you go!