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Reading between the lines

Inference. Part of reading and writing.

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Reading between the lines

Inference · Alberta Grade 6 · maddyhelps.com

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Read the passage. None of the answers are said straight out — find the clues, and write the clue down as well as the answer.

Lena checked the weather app for the fourth time since breakfast. Minus thirty-one. She pulled on a second pair of socks, then a third, and stared at the skates by the door.

Her brother was already outside, his breath hanging in clouds. “Coming?” he called.

Lena looked at the skates, then at the couch, then at the skates again. Finally, she grabbed her mitts.

How does Lena feel about going outside? Which clue tells you?

What does “looked at the skates, then at the couch” show?

What did she decide? Which sentence tells you?

Why might the writer say she checked “for the fourth time”?

For the grown-up

Reading between the lines

She is reluctant, even nervous — checking the app again and again and adding socks. The back-and-forth look shows she is torn between staying in and going. She decides to go: she grabbed her mitts. “The fourth time” shows how much she was hoping the temperature would change, without the writer having to say so.

Inference is most of the reading test: questions like “what does this detail suggest?” Asking for the clue as well as the answer is the habit that gets those questions right.

Why this matters is on the reading and writing page. More sheets