Making Inferences Worksheet – Reading Practice

Infer an unstated event or destination from situational and dialogue clues in a short text

State a text-based prediction in a complete written response

Translate a textual inference into a visual representation through drawing

Read the story aloud first and ask students to name the two clues (the heat, the towel) before they write, since the whole task depends on noticing both details.

Have students share their drawings and compare predictions, since the passage supports more than one reasonable inference.

Reading inference — students use situational and dialogue clues in the Josh story to determine an event the text never states directly.

Evidence-based prediction — students write a short response naming where they think the pair is headed.

Visual comprehension — students draw the destination they inferred, translating a textual conclusion into an image.