Making Connections Grade 6

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

• True

• False

There are four ways to make connection.

• True

• False

The more connections you can make, the more meaningful the reading will be.

• True

• False

Text to world is relating the author’s writing directly to your own life, or to someone you know personally.

• True

• False

Text to world is relating the piece to something outside your own life. It can be real life events, new stories, movies and etc.

• True

• False

Text to text is relating the piece to something you have read somewhere else likely at another time.

• True

• False

Making connections is the comprehension strategy means to use what you know to understand what you are reading.

• True

• False

A connection between the book and your life experiences

• Text to text

• Text to self

• Text to media

• Text to world

A connection between the book and another book you have read

• Text to text

• Text to self

• Text to media

• Text to world

A connection between the book and events in real life

• Text to text

• Text to self

• Text to media

• Text to world