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Unlocking Inference
Before using this resource, we recommend you watch our short series of training videos in which Lindsay Pickton and Christine Chen, who devised the ‘Unlocking Inference’ approach, explain the research behind it, and demonstrate delivery in a classroom setting. The Unlocking Inference CPD videos are available as part of our online training on the website.
This unit, focused on The Listeners, a poem by Walter de la Mare, is designed to support you in your teaching of inference and vocabulary, and is based on a carefully scaffolded whole-class reading approach, including multiple iterations, enabling all pupils to access even relatively challenging texts.
The extract has been annotated with running questions to help you check that children are creating accurate images in their minds, and to clarify their literal understanding (including of key vocabulary) – an essential step towards them making reasoned inferences as they read.
The running questions are largely retrieval-based; it is the combination of literal retrievals which allows inferences to be made and develop comprehension of the text.
By taking children through these clarification questions, they will be much better prepared to tackle ‘bigger’ inference questions that require the bringing together of details drawn from across the text.
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