Making Inferences by Morgan McKeller

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Making Inferences

Published on Apr 14, 2019

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Making Inferences

April 14, 2019

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What is an inference?

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Take what you
already know
and make a guess

Draw personal meanings from text or pictures

Use clues to come to your own conclusion

What is a "schema"?

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what you already know about a topic

Your schema is like a "file folder" in your mind

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Now let's practice!

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John F. Kennedy in 1963 said “And this nation, for all its hopes and boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.”

Inference: Is he referencing the freeing of Mexican-Americans or African-Americans?

Piggly Wiggly grocery store was the first store where shoppers could get their own packaged foods. Before that the clerk had to weigh and package each item.

Inference: Did the customers like this change?

Radio became the most common communication medium in 1920. Three decades later television came along.

Inference: What would you infer about the sale of radios in the 1950’s? Increase or decline?

Morgan McKeller