Inference from pictures

Inference from Cartoons

Students need to have practice in simple parts of inferring. This is part of a series of lessons that assists students in inferring from reading passages.

The student will learn to infer the situation that led to the current picture and will learn to infer what will happen after the picture.

Activities

1. Introduce the students to the activity.
2. Give the students the required materials (second picture, worksheet).
3. Ask the students to describe the current picture in terms of the people and the situation.
4. Have the students complete the worksheet by making inferences.
5. Pass out (or show on the overhead) the first and third pictures.
6. Ask students to write an explanation of why the pictures make sense and what caused them to make the inferences they did.

Web version (coming soon):

Put each student at a computer.
Go to the website.
Each question will have a series of responses. These responses will guide students toward the correct inferences.
Have the student print out the follow up page.

Cartoon Inference Worksheet

What do you see in the picture?

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What is happening in the picture?

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What happened right before this picture?

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How do you know?

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What will happen in picture 3?

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How do you know?

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What would you name this comic strip?

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Write a story paragraph describing picture #2. Your paragraph should help others infer what happened before and what is going to happen next.

Created at NCCAT on August 23, 2000 by teachers from Lee County Schools - Vicki Haislip, Kim Collazo, Christi Patterson, Callie Hammond, Beth Strickland and Chris Cobitz Ph.D. (NC A&T State University)
copyright 2000 Lee County Schools