Well, this is really splitting hairs, but...it seems to me that if an inference is never confirmed, then a prediction which IS confirmed is indeed a prediction, whereas if there is never any evidence to confirm/reject, it remains an inference. Hmmmm. Aren't words/concepts fascinating? Too bad there isn't a great Webster Conceptionary to look it up! > > I thought that an inference is never confirmed in the story whereas a > > prediction always is.> Any thoughts?> Elisa> > Elisa Waingort> Grade 2 > > Spanish Bilingual> Dalhousie Elementary> Calgary, Canada> > > I often think > > of an inference as a conclusion drawn from text evidence (text> words) and > > the connections that the reader makes. Predictions are a special> type of > > inference where a reader draws a possible conclusion to a future> event. > > The prediction is confirmed or not as one reads. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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