Basketball Inference

In this worksheet, students read a short narrative about a student named Marcus who struggles to join his middle school basketball team. Learners are guided to make text-based inferences about Marcus’s emotions, challenges, and motivations by analyzing his actions and dialogue. The worksheet includes comprehension questions that require students to support their inferences with direct evidence from the story. Through these responses, students strengthen their ability to interpret character behavior and emotional depth. This exercise enhances critical thinking and reading comprehension, helping students infer unstated meanings in literature.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Reading Comprehension and Textual Analysis

English Language Arts – Making Inferences Using Textual Evidence

English Language Arts – Character and Theme Interpretation

English Language Arts – Critical Reading and Literary Response

This worksheet is part of our Grade 7 Reading Comprehension collection.