Infer feelings and motives
Work out how characters feel and why they act, from clues.
Taught in Primary 4 in Nigeria (NERDC), Year 3 in United Kingdom (National Curriculum), Grade 4 in Canada (Ontario).
Nigeria (NERDC)
Primary 4
- Strand
- Reading Comprehension
- Called
- Infer feelings and motives
- How it's taught
- Passage read (often aloud), then literal and inferential questions answered in full sentences.
United Kingdom (National Curriculum)
Year 3
- Strand
- Reading Comprehension
- Called
- Infer feelings and motives
- How it's taught
- Content domains: retrieve, infer, predict, summarise; evidence from the text expected in answers.
Canada (Ontario)
Grade 4
- Strand
- Comprehension
- Called
- Infer feelings and motives
- How it's taught
- Comprehension strategies made explicit (predicting, inferring, synthesising); critical questions about purpose and audience.