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		MINI-LESSON: Inferences Students will make inferences when reading an interview. Additional resources available at www.timeforkids.com

• Inferring How and Why Characters Change
  In this lesson, a think-aloud procedure is used to model how to infer character traits and recognize a character's growth across a text.
  http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=858
• Author Study: Improving Reading Comprehension Using Inference and Comparison
  In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students review several texts by one illustrator/author, practice making inferences about that author, and then check their inferences against the author's biography.
  http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=906
• School Space: An Analysis of Map Perceptions
  In this lesson, students analyze sketch maps produced by different people on the basis of their mental maps. Students then draw inferences about the factors that influence perceptions of places.
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/02/g68/space.html
• A Museum as Time Capsule
  Through this activity, students will be able to develop visual literacy skills and specifically make defensible inferences based on observation of perceived evidence.
  http://www.askasia.org/teachers/lessons/plan.php?no=55
• Making an Inference
  This lesson illustrates that making an inference is the ability to connect what is in a text with what's in your mind to create educated assumptions about meaning.
  http://www.pegasuscharter.org/teacherwebs/cprofitt/humanities/LanguageArts/Inference.htm
• Science on Screen: Evidence and Inference
  In this lesson, students explore the relationship between evidence and inference, and learn how scientific research informs the development of a science-based film.
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g68/smsciscreen.html

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