Inferencing

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Inferencing

• Hunting for Clues to Solve a Puzzle

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What is Inferencing?

• Finding clues
• Putting them together
• Solving the problem
• Like a jigsaw puzzle

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Here are some Synonyms

• deduce
• figure out
• guess
• interpretation
• read between the lines
• understand
• reason
• drawing conclusions

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Daily Inferencing

• Jigsaw puzzles
• Answering Riddles
• Problem Solving (backtracking)
• Answering questions
• Reading
• Math word problems
• Conversing with people

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Finding Clues

• What Should We Look For?
• PLACES
• TIME
• COLORS
• TEXTURES
• BODY LANGUAGE
• ACTIONS
• SITUATIONS OR CONTEXT

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Visual Clues

• What clues do you see?
• What do we know about the product?
• What do we know about the company?
• What do we know about the person who drank the
  drink?

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Situational Clues

• What do we know about this picture?
• What clues do you see?
• What can we infer from the clues?

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Location Clues

• What do we know about the event in the photo?
• What is the mood of the event?
• What other activities may be occurring at the
  same time or later?

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Word Clues

• Its clear
• Its round
• Its made of glass, metal and plastic
• It has a handle
• It makes things look bigger
• What is it?

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Body Language Clues
Are they having the same conversation? How do
you know?
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Lets Practice

• What clues do you notice?
• Who are the people in the commercial and what do
  they represent?
• What emotions are you seeing from the people in
  the commercial?
• What can we infer from this commercial?

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Putting the Clues Together

• When we infer meaning we put together clues like
  a jigsaw puzzle.
• For example Look at our clues!
• The Captain traveled down the rough muddy road in
  his Jeep.
• What clues are presented ?
• What can we infer about The Captain?

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Lets Solve a Mystery

• On your computers go to the following web site
  http//kids.mysterynet.com/solveit/
• Read the story and lets discuss the clues you
  found before you solve the mystery

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Lets Recap...

• Inferencing means
• Finding clues
• Putting them together
• Solving the problem
• It is just like a jigsaw puzzle.

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Homework

• Choose a picture from anywhere (school
  appropriate) that shows the end of a possible
  story.
• Create a short story that tells what led up to
  this ending.
• You will be able to present your story to the
  class.