Making Text Connections

What are the three ways that a reader can make a connection to a text?

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Which example best explains a Text-to-Self connection?

• "This reminds me of a news broadcast about Harriet Tubman I saw on ABC news."

• "This reminds me of a Harry Potter book I read in 5th grade."

• "This story reminds me of a vacation that I took to the ocean, just like the main character."

• "This reminds me of an article I read on CNN.com."

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CCSS.RF.1.3A

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Which example best explains a Text-to-Text connection?

• "I read a book last year about how some lizards can be dangerous, and in the book Holes we read about a dangerous yellow spotted lizard that could potentially harm the people at Camp Green Lake."

• both a and d

• "This text reminds me of the time I went to Las Vegas to see a live show."

• "I read another book about spiders that explained that spirders have venom and in this book I am learning about the top 10 dangerous spiders in the world."

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Which example best explains a Text-to-World connection?

• "I saw a program on television that talked about how to get a college scholarship."

• "I read a book last year that talked about how to receive scholarships before entering college."

• both a and b

• none of the above

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What type of connection is this: I read a story about what life was like before electricity. It reminded me of a time I went camping with my family and we only had the light of our fire to see.

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A connection we make between a text and current events is called...

• Text to Self

• Text to Text

• Text to World

• Text to Media

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

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.2.3

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What type of connection is this: I read a story about a woman who was afraid of black cats and it made me think about how people do not adopt black cats from animal shelters all over the world because they believe they are bad luck.

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CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

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Connecting something I have read to something else I have read is what type of connection?

• Text to Self

• Text to World

• Text to Text

• Text to Media

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If I compare two characters from different stories, what kind of a text connection am I making?

• text-to-world

• text-to-text

• text-to-self

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CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8