Stage 3 reading - Inference
Learning focus
Students learn to use background information, predictions, clues in the text and understanding of character to make inferences.
Syllabus outcome
- EN3-3A: uses an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies
- EN3-5B: discusses how language is used to achieve a widening range of purposes for a widening range of audiences and contexts.
National Literacy Learning Progression
Understanding texts
- UnT8: poses and answers inferential questions (comprehension); reads and views some moderately complex tests - see text complexity (comprehension)
- UnT9: justifies an opinion or response by citing evidence from a text (comprehension); uses processes such as predicting, confirming prediction, monitoring and connecting relevant elements of the text to build or repair meaning (process)
NAPLAN item descriptors
The relevant NAPLAN item descriptors are included in the resource, available for download on this page.
Task outline
Full task descriptions are included in the resource, available for download on this page.
Task 1: What is inference?
Students use clues and background knowledge to learn about inference (five activities).
Task 2: Using pictures to infer
Students make predictions and connections using a range of images (four activities).
Task 3: Analysing texts
Students connect evidence, background knowledge and text clues with an inference (five activities).
Task 4: Inference in poetry
Students use various strategies to determine the overall message in poems (two activities).
