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

ELA21.4.15c

Make an inference about a character’s behavior, the setting, and/or specific events, using explicit details from the story.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Making an inference requires using observation and background knowledge to reach a logical conclusion.
  • Inferences can be drawn by using information from the text.

Skills

  • Use explicit details from a story to support inferences about a character's behavior, the story's setting, and/or specific events.

Understanding

  • Making an inference requires them to use information from the text and their background knowledge to draw conclusions about characters, settings, and events in a story.

Vocabulary

  • Inference
  • Character
  • Behavior
  • Setting
  • Specific events
  • Explicit details
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