1. Starter: What can you tell me about
this shoe?
What might
the owner
have spent
time doing?
How old
might it be?
Who might it
have
belonged to?
Where might
it have been
found?

2. Learning Objective
To be able to make inferences from a
text, selecting appropriate supporting
evidence
proof
or
reasons
guesses or
assumptions
suitable

3. Learning Outcomes
Before... Today... Next...
Understanding
the rules of
dystopian fiction.
Chapter 1.
1. Know what
‘inference’ means
2. Understand how
to make
inferences
3. To be able to
use appropriate
evidence to
support your own
inferences
Exploring how the
author makes the
reader feel.
Chapter 2.

4. Success Criteria
To gain a
level 5,
across a range
of reading:
 I can explain inferred meanings using more than one
piece of evidence from the text – I can read between
the lines.
 I can infer meaning, clearly using a range of
evidence from the text.
To gain a
level 4,
across a range
of reading:
 I can infer /guess meanings using evidence from
different parts of a text, for example, saying how a
character feels.
 Often I can infer meaning and I try to use evidence
from the text.
To gain a
level 3,
in most reading:
 I can infer (work out) the basic meaning of a text and
show the part of the text that gave me the clues.
 I can explain what I mean but often repeat the quote.

5. Inference
When you infer, you use clues to
come to your own conclusions.
Good Readers are ‘detectives’ who
are always looking out for clues to
help them better understand stories
and pictures.

6. How do you make an inference?
Story clues
(what you
have read or
seen)
What you
already KNOW
(prior
knowledge and
personal
experience)
Your
INFERENCE
(conclusion,
prediction,
judgment)
Character
Events
Setting
Plot

7. What did you tell me about this
shoe? Why?
What might
the owner
have spent
time doing?
How old
might it be?
Who might it
have
belonged to?
Where might
it have been
found?

8. Spot the inference...
If a sign outside a house says “FOR SALE”, you can infer that:
a) The house is no good to live in.
b) The house comes with furniture inside.
c) The house is brand new.
d) The owners of the house want to move somewhere else.
If a cat is standing by its food bowl, you can infer that:
a) The cat loves you.
b) The cat is sick.
c) The cat is hungry.
d) The cat needs to use the bathroom.
D
C

9. Learning Objective: To be able to make inferences
from a text, selecting appropriate supporting evidence
1. Know what
‘inference’
means.
3. To be able to use
appropriate
evidence to support
your inferences
2. To understand
how to make
inferences
Steps to Success

10. Tonight. After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate. And a
lot of people do, out of relief that their children have been spared for
another year. But at least two families will pull their shutters, lock
their doors, and try to figure out how they will survive the painful
weeks to come.
Story clue What we already know We might infer...
“At least two
families...try to figure
out how they will survive
the painful weeks to
come”.
Other parents at the
reaping are relieved
that their children have
survived.
“Pull their shutters, lock
their doors”
People often hide away
when they are upset, as
they don’t want to talk
about it.

11. We walk toward the Seam in silence. I
don’t like that Gale took a dig at Madge,
but he’s right, of course. The reaping
system is unfair, with the poor getting
the worst of it.
On other days, deep in the
woods, I’ve listened to him rant about
how the tesserae are just another tool
to cause misery in our district. A way
to plant hatred between the starving
workers of the Seam and those who can
generally count on supper and thereby
ensure we will never trust one another.
“It’s to the Capitol’s advantage to have
us divided among ourselves,” he might
say if there were no ears to hear but
mine.
I let him yell though. Better
he does it in the woods than in the
district.
I know that people
walk in silence when...
Therefore I can infer
that...
I know that people rant
when...
Therefore I can infer
that...
I know that people
worry about people
overhearing them if...
Therefore I can infer
that...
Challenge:

12. Come up with questions you could ask to
help a primary school pupil make
inferences from this picture.
Extension

13. Learning Objective: To be able to make inferences
from a text, selecting appropriate supporting evidence
1. Know what
‘inference’
means.
3. To be able to use
appropriate
evidence to support
your inferences
2. To understand
how to make
inferences
Steps to Success

14. A tub of warm water waits for me. I scrub off the dirt and sweat from the
woods and even wash my hair. To my surprise, my mother has laid out one of
her own lovely dresses for me. A soft blue thing with matching shoes.
“Are you sure?” I ask. I’m trying to get past rejecting offers of help from her.
For a while, I was so angry, I wouldn’t allow her to do anything for me. And this
is something special. Her clothes from her past are very precious to her.
The writer suggests.................................................................
when she says “..........................................................................
....................................................................................................”
This makes the reader think .................................................
.......................................................................................................
The word .................................... makes me think of ............
.......................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................

15. Self-assessment
Making Inferences Literacy
In my writing, I have:
Used capital letters to start sentences
and for proper nouns (names, places).
Used full stops to end sentences.
Used connectives to link my ideas and
sentences together.
Used the correct tense (past, present,
future).
Checked the spelling of key words.
In my writing, I have:
Made an inference:
Explained my inference:
Used evidence from the text
to help me to explain:
Picked one key word and
explained why it is important:
I get it! I’m getting there! I need more help!

16. Create your own piece of writing that might lead
someone to make these inferences:
- Katniss loves her sister, Prim.
- Katniss doesn’t know what will happen to her
when she joins the Hunger Games
- Katniss’ mother is worried about her daughter.
Remember; you must make the reader think these
things, rather than just telling them.
Extension

17. Learning Objective: To be able to make inferences
from a text, selecting appropriate supporting evidence
1. Know what
‘inference’
means.
3. To be able to use
appropriate
evidence to support
your inferences
2. To understand
how to make
inferences
Steps to Success

18. Review
What are the key
learning points from
today’s lesson?
What questions do you
have about today’s
learning?