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• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo lwoo, t
• Leerjaar 4

Reading strategies

Inference 

Lesson goals

after this lesson you will ...

• know at least 3 reading strategies and how and when to use them
• know what context clues are and what 'making inferences is'
• have practised these strategies within a time limit
• know on which strategies you need to focus when preparing for the reading test in the testweek.

What we are going to do today:

If you were here in the morning you'll start by finishing the worksheet. Are you done? Workbook

1. Take a look at different reading strategies.

2. INFERENCE speaking activity 

3. Listening exercise 

4. Reading worksheet

Reading strategies:

• summarizing: determine what is important and what isn't
• asking questions: what do I  know? (predicting)
• visualizing: create a picture in your head
• scanning: to read a text quickly in order to find specific information e.g.: figures, names or numbers can be contrasted with 

• skimming: reading quickly to get a general idea of meaning

Reading strategies:

• Inferences: a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have:
• Context-Clues: context clues are hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word. The clue may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers, or it may follow in a preceding sentence.

INFERENCE

We use inferences already in our daily life. 

Just look at instagram: 

What can we say based on the photo evidence about this person?

Ask the students what they can notice about this person from the photo? What are her interests?

ONLY based on the evidence.

She likes make up, chocolate, food, fashion...

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Inference

Inference is a technique where you draw conclusions based on the information presented in the text.

Explain to the students how to use inference to draw conclusions and gain a deeper understanding of the text.

Let's Practice Inference

• I will hand out a worksheet
• You have 15 minutes to complete the assignment
• Do this individually

Reflection