June 9 2025 District Reading Assessment - Fortnite - might be free to play, but it still earns billions of dollars.

District Reading Assessment 

Topic: Fortnite - might be free to play, but it still earns billions of dollars. 

The Inference Formula 

Inference = What the text says (clues) + What I know (my brain) = Smart guess

Q 1: Inference - 4-5 sentences. Paragraph.

Steps To Assessing Inference: (Question 1 on your Assessment) 

• The author gives clues in the text.

• You use your own experience and thinking.

• You combine both to figure out what’s really going on.

Q 2: Evidence - 2-3 sentences.

• A quote or detail from the text that supports your inference.

• You can use sentence starters like:

  • “This shows…”

  • “We can tell because the text says…”

  • “A clue is when the author writes…”

Q 3: Open Ended Question . 1-2 sentences.  

Open-ended questions:

• Don’t have a simple yes/no answer

• Begin with Why, How, Should, What if, To what extent…

• Invite discussion or deeper thinking

• Often connect the specific situation in the text to a bigger issue in the world

Open Ended Question Prompt:

Based on what you read and inferred, what’s a bigger question this situation makes you wonder about?
Try starting with:

• Why do…

• How should…

• What does this mean for…

• Should people be concerned about…