Text to Text Connections

What does text to text connection means?

• A connection between the text and your life.

• A connection between the text and another text you have read.

• A connection between the text and your environment.

Making text connections deepens our understanding of the text and helps us become better readers.

• True

• False

I read a story about a boy who visited a magical land with witches and wizards. It reminded me of the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

This is an example of text to text connection.

• True

• False

If I compare 2 characters in different stories, am I making text to text connections?

• Yes

• No

Which of these questions I can ask myself when making text to text connections?

• What does this remind me of in the real world?

• What is the title of the texts?

• How is this text similar to other things I have read?

I read a story about a boy who loved to eat cheese for breakfast.

It reminded me of the time we ran out of cereal and my mom made me a cheese sandwich for breakfast.

This is an example of text to text connections.

• True

• False