Scholastic
Scholastic: Nonfiction Comprehension: Making Personal and Textual Connections
This is a lesson plan to help elementary young scholars connect to nonfiction text as they read.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Reading Comprehension: Context Clues and Inferences
[Free Registration/Login Required] This reading comprehension flipchart uses Activote and a puzzle to review context clues and inferences. It is intended to review for the FCAT or other state assessment exams.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Dear Character
In this lesson plan students will demonstrate reading comprehension and writing skills by writing a letter to a character in a story. Lesson plan indicated for 3rd grade and above, but could be adapted for younger grades.
Other
Laflemm.com: Reading Resources: Inference
This page has reading tips and exercises that explain inferences. There is an answer key for students to check their work. RL.9-10.1, RL.11-12.1, RI.9-10.1 & RL.11-12.1 textual evidence and inferences
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Reading Guides
Reading Guides help students navigate reading material, especially difficult textbook chapters or technical reading. Students respond to a teacher-created written guide of prompts as they read an assigned text. Reading Guides help...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Make an Inference [Pdf]
Students can use this graphic organizer to help them make inferences about the information in a text and then explain the rationale for each.
Other
Prezi: Prove It! (Using Textual Evidence)
Slideshow explains textual evidence and how to use the I.C.E. method when citing it.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 8th Grade Evidence/inference Test
Reading strategy terms are included on this vocabulary test. This test assesses the following words: analysis, evidence, explicit, imply, and inferences. Five multiple choice questions are provided on this assessment.
Quizlet
Quizlet: Explicit, Implicit, Imply, Infer, Inferences Match
This interactive game of "Match" assesses students' knowledge of definitions associated with names of reading strategies. Students will match the correct reading strategy [explicit, implicit, imply, infer, inferences] to their...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Finding the Main Idea & Inferences
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will help student find the main idea in writing as well as make inferences while reading. There are 2 web quests embedded that has numerous exercises with sound. There is an Activote...
Quizlet
Quizlet: Explicit, Implicit, Imply, Infer, Inferences Flashcards
Reading strategy terms are included in this review exercise. Interactive vocabulary flashcards are provided for the following words: explicit, implicit, imply, infer, and inferences.