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In order to understand a text a good reader continuously makes inferences and predictions by connecting the text to their own experiences. This process requires that the reader takes risks while reading by intellectually venturing beyond the texts literal meaning. As teachers we must educate our students that this risk is a necessary part of reading, and that inferences and predictions will build comprehension even if they are not always correct. The following is a list of mini-lessons aimed and getting students to make inferences and predictions while reading. = Fall =

1. Cause and Effect Timeline*

 * Students determine the sequence of events while also establishing the causes.

2. Character Report Card*

 * Students grade characters in the text based on certain traits or qualities

3. Dialogue Comic Strip*

 * Students summarize dialogue in the text and determine its importance.

4. Image Inferences and Predictions*

 * Students use visuals to make inferences and predictions about the text.

= Winter =

1.Inference Advertisements*

 * Demonstrates through advertisements how authors expect readers to make inferences.

2. Prediction Basketball*

 * Incorporates movement and activity into making predictions about a text.

3. Prediction Chart*

 * Breaks down the process of making predictions and inferences.

4. Prediction Path*

 * Students focus on initial text cues to predict a working/evolving main idea.

= Spring =

1. Prediction Signals*

 * Teacher points out signals in the text to make them obvious to readers.

2. Quotation Cafe*

 * Students are presented with important pieces of a text before reading it and are asked to make predictions with peers.

3. Sticky Symbols and Drawings*

 * Students create symbols and drawings on sticky notes to remind them of textual instances.

4. T+B=I Inference Machines*

 * Visual example of how the brain makes inferences.

Inferences and Predictions Assessment Checklist

 * Zwiers, Jeff. //Building Reading Comprehension Habits in Grades 6-12//. 2nd. Newark, DE: Intl Reading Assn, 2010. Print.