Inference VIPER progression of skills
Year 1
Infer on the basis of what is said and done.
Year 2
Infer on the basis of what is said and done.
Year 3
Draw inferences such as characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify with evidence from the text or life experience.
Year 4
Draw inferences such as characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify with evidence from the text or life experience.
Year 5
To make inferences drawn from across and between texts and justify with evidence. To use PEE (Point, Evidence & Explain) to give detail to my answers.
Year 6
To make inferences drawn from across and between texts and justify with evidence. To use PEE (Point, Evidence & Explain) to give detail to my answers.
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