Preview Making Connections 8.5e

When reading a story you realize that you have read another story that is a lot like this one and you explain what they have in common or what is missing, you are making what type of connection?

• Text to Self

• Text to Text

• Text to World

• Text to Speech

What is it called when you explain that an article you are reading is similar to an event that happened in the news?

• Text to Self

• Text to Text

• Text to World

• Text to Speech

What type of connection is it when a reader is able to find something they have in common with the story or article they are reading?

• Text to Self

• Text to Text

• Text to World

• Text to Speech

When reading an article about The Civil Rights Movement in the United States and you realize it has a lot in common with the Anti-Aparthied Movement in South Africa you have made wat type of connection?

• Text to Self

• Text to Text

• Text to World

• Text to Speech

Molly was reading the book The Red Badge of Courage in her English class when she remembered a book she read in elementary school called Pink and Say. Both books talk about the Civil War so in her paper Molly talked about how both books discuss what children experienced during this time. This type of connection is called?

• Text to Self

• Text to Text

• Text to World

• Text to Speech

When Suzie was reading the book, Esperanza Rising, she couldn't help but think of the things she had in common with the main character by doing this Suzie is making what type of connection?

• Text to Self

• Text to Text

• Text to World

• Text to Speech

What is the purpose of the text-to-text comparison in the following writing example?

In both The Red Badge of Courage and Pink and Say the main characters are children who are volunteering to fight in the Civil War. Even though these books were written almost 100 years apart they both explain what physical and emotional experiences young soldiers would have gone through as a result of the Civil War. While The Red Badge of Courage focuses on the thoughts and actions of one main character, Pink and Say focuses on two main characters which does make a difference for the reader. Both of these books can help a student know what someone close to their age might have experienced in the past.

• The comparison makes it confusing to know which book is being talked about so the student is more likely to go back and read the book.

• The comparisons show that the reader can find two books that are alike but they don't understand why that is important.

• The comparisons show that the reader was able to find both similarities and differences between two texts in order to show what he or she understood about the work.

• The comparison is used in order to show that the reader understands the similarities between the two texts and why they matter.