Year 5 syllabus

Year 5 · English

Inference & deduction

Work out what a writer implies about character, mood and motive from the evidence.

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Inferring | Reading Strategies — EasyTeaching

What your child should be able to do

  • Infer character feelings and motives from actions
  • Justify an answer with textual evidence
  • Distinguish fact from opinion
  • Predict outcomes from clues in the text
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