Making Connections

Lets Make Connections!

• Text-to-Self:

  Where have I seen this in my own life? What does this remind me of?

• Text-to-Text:

  What book or text does this remind me of?

• Text-to-World:

  What does this remind you of in the world?

• It reminds me of the book...

• It reminds me of a time when...

​Text-to-Self

Make a Connection to The Couch Potato

​Text-to-Text

​Text-to-World

• It reminds me of something in the world like...

• This is like something I heard on the news...

Multiple Choice

With which statement would the authors of both texts most likely agree?

• Dr. Seuss was a good role model for children.

• Dr. Suess wrote about important topics.

• Dr. Suess was an interesting man.

• Dr. Suess wrote funny stories.

Multiple Choice

Read this sentence from paragraph 3 of "Have a Hat!"

"You never know...that hat may be based on one that Suess owned"

Which sentence from "More than Meets the Eye" also suggests that the reader might be surprised by Dr. Suess?

• Dr. Suess is known for writing amusing children's books. (paragraph 1)

• The Sneetches teaches children that people should not be divided based on appearance. (paragraph 1)

• The name Dr. Suess itself is not what it seems. (paragraph 2)

• Dr. Suess was born Theodor Seuss Geisel. (paragraph 2)

Multiple Choice

One difference between the texts is that---

• "Have a Hat!" focuses on one part of Dr. Seuss's life

• "Have a Hat!" describes how people remember Dr. Suess

• "More Than Meets the Eye" describes Dr. Seuss's family

• "More Than Meets the Eye" focuses on Dr. Seuss's writing style