How to Make an Inference Chart

Question Chart

• 1

  Create vertical columns.

• 2

  Label the columns "Question," "It says," "I say" and "And so...," moving from left to right.

• 3

  Write a key question related to the text in the first column.

• 4

  Write a paraphrase of what the text says concerning the question in the second column.

• 5

  Write what you know about the subject of the question in the third column.

• 6

  Write your conclusions in the fourth column. Base conclusions on the combination of textual knowledge and personal knowledge.

Prediction Inferences

• 7

  Create two columns.

• 8

  Label the first column, "Prediction" and the second column "Reasons."

• 9

  Write predictions concerning the text in the first column.

• 10

  Write details from the text that support your predictions in the second column.