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.


