Making Text Connections: Self, Text, and World

This video tutorial explains how to make connections while reading by relating the text to personal experiences, other texts, and world events. It covers three types of connections: text to self, text to text, and text to world, providing examples for each to help viewers understand and apply these concepts in their reading practice.

What is the main purpose of making connections while reading?

• To write a summary

• To memorize the text

• To relate the text to personal experiences, other texts, and the world

• To improve vocabulary

Which type of connection involves relating the text to your own life?

• Text-to-Author

• Text-to-Text

• Text-to-World

• Text-to-Self

In the example given, what did the narrator want but was not allowed to have?

• A book

• A toy

• A bicycle

• Cookies

What is a text-to-text connection?

• Relating the text to your own life

• Relating the text to the author's life

• Relating the text to another text you have read

• Relating the text to the world

Which story is mentioned as an example of a text-to-text connection?

• Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

• Green Eggs and Ham

• Goodnight Moon

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar

What is a text-to-world connection?

• Relating the text to your own life

• Relating the text to another text

• Relating the text to events in the community or world

• Relating the text to the author's life

In the example given, what current event is related to the story?

• People reading books

• Farmers using electric blankets

• Bus drivers wearing masks

• Children going to school

Which type of connection involves relating the text to something happening in the news?

• Text-to-Self

• Text-to-Text

• Text-to-World

• Text-to-Author

What is the final thought shared by the narrator about making connections?

• It is difficult

• It is fun

• It is time-consuming

• It is not useful

How many types of connections are discussed in the video?

• Four

• Three

• Two

• Five