Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Making Inferences

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

4

Overview

This classroom resource provides a teaching video on making interferences. The video teaches the students to use their own life experiences with the information the author gives them to make an inference. This classroom resource includes a game to help with understanding.

    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

    ELA21.4.15

    Analyze in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:ELA21.4.15

    Vocabulary

    • Analyze
    • Character
    • Setting
    • Event
    • Story
    • Drama
    • Specific details

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Characters are any person, animal, or figure that affect the events of the story.
    • Setting is when and where a story takes place.
    • Events are situations that are described in the story.
    • A drama is a story with dialogue that can be read by different people.
    • Details in the text provide information about the characters, setting, and events.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Use specific details from the text to explain attributes of the characters, setting, or event in a story or drama.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • They can explain details about characters, settings, and events in a story or drama by using evidence from the text.
    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Audio/Video

    Resource Provider

    Room Recess
    Accessibility
    License

    License Type

    Public Domain
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