James's Reading

This week in my reading group we have been learning how to use inferences and answer inferences.



Inferences Worksheet 1

Directions: Read each passage and then respond to the questions.  Each question will ask you to make a logical inference based on textual details.  Explain your answer by referencing the text.

Every day after work Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch.  Alice would have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat.  He then took off his dusty overalls and threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alice left a new garbage bag tied to the porch railing for him every morning.  On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag off at the washing machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was instructed.  He would eat dinner with her after he was “presentable,” as Alice had often said.  

1.  What type of job does Paul do? _He is a farmer ___________________________________________________

How do you know this?   He has a job is a farm,I know this because hee has muddy boots.

2.  Describe Alice: ___________________________________________________________________

What in the text supports your description? I know that is his wife because she set the table when he get home.bossy and a clean person.

3.  What relationship do Paul and Alice have? Brother and sister _____________________________________________

Why do you feel this way?  Because she looks after him.