Making Inferences

Making Inferences

11th Grade · ELA · 45 min

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Learning Objective

I can make inferences based on textual evidence and explain my reasoning.

  • 1

    When you use clues to make an educated guess, you are inferring.

  • 2

    To infer while reading, use clues from the text and combine them with things you already know.

  • 3

    Inferences help us gain a better understanding of the texts we read.