Inferring Reading Strategy Lesson Plan (Inferencing)
Inferring is more than simply reading between the lines.
Use this lesson to help students develop stronger inferences by showing them HOW to come up with an inference, and HOW to check their inference to make it stronger.
How to Infer – 4 PRO TIPS
1. Figure out what the text is really saying even though it doesn’t say it like this. (Evidence from the Text + Your Thinking = an Inference)
2. Your inference cannot be directly in the text. It has to be something new that you figured out based on the text.
3. Use Somebody Wanted But So to think about the text and make inferences.
4. Use It says, I say, And so to explain your inference.