English Reading Comprehension Procedural 7–10 yrs

Inferring Characters' Feelings and Motives

推断人物情感与动机

Description

Draw inferences from independently-read texts, such as inferring characters' feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence from the text

Mastery Evidence
  • Infer a character's feelings or motives from their actions and dialogue (e.g. 'She slammed the door — how is she feeling?')
  • Justify an inference by quoting or pointing to specific evidence in the text
  • Distinguish between what is explicitly stated and what must be inferred from clues in the text
Assessment Prompt

After your child reads a chapter of a novel, can they explain how a character was feeling and why — pointing to something the character said or did as their evidence?