Inferring

To introduce inferring, I started with a lesson involving the contents of a ridiculously large bag I lug back and forth to school every day. To begin, I showed the students my bag and began to pull out its contents. I explained that they were going to make assumptions about me based on what was inside the bag. 

I divided them into groups of two and they had to decide what they could conclude about me based on the items. 

Here is a summary of what they came up with.