Inference and Deduction

The Reading Paper is worth a lot of marks - a possible fifty! Good readers, pupils who are good enough to make Level 5 are able to read between the lines - draw hidden things out of texts - make deductions upon the basis of evidence. Look at the picture below. It was taken somewhere on our planet. What do you deduce about this place? Make at least six bullet points. You may work with partners on this if you wish.

Below there is your second picture. What do you deduce from this photograph? Remember deductions must be based on evidence! Make three bullet pointed deductions based upon what you can see in the picture. Then using your imagination make three suggestions about these people. When using imagination we are not really directly drawing from evidence - we are simply pursuing hunches or flights of fancy:-

NOTE :- If you want to look more closely at either picture you will have to copy it and paste it onto a Word page then expand it - sorry!