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Less

Your learner has identified so

designed to introduce your le

comprehension – drawing inf 

your knowledge and underst

“reading between the lines”.

explanation from the facts yo

Information on preparing forREAD Saskatoon’s website (h

includes more tips.

Essential Skills practiced

•   Reading

•  Writing

•  Oral Communication

•  Thinking

Learning Objectives

•   To understand inferen

•   To make inferences usi

•   To make inferences by 

•   To use the cloze techni

Ask

Ques

n Plan – Reading: Inferences

me learning goals around reading. This le

rner to one of the tasks involved in readin

erences. Inference refers to drawing concl

nding of the text you are reading. It is oft

Making inferences means choosing the mo

u know.

your lesson can be found in your Tutor Traitp://www.readsaskatoon.com/volunteers/

in this lesson

es as a tool to enhance reading comprehe

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reasoning (reading between the lines) 

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Reading

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Essential Skills

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Sample Lesson Plan

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Essential Skills

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Essential Skills

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Essential Skills

2.  Making Inferences

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many people dress up in ____

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costumes (such as a ________

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Essential Skills

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Fill in the missing words.

Last night my sister and I we

white _____________ with me

likes to greet all ____________

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__ in a spooky way, with pretend ghosts,

ires, ________________ cats, and other sca

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