Making Connections Practice

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What is a connection we make between a text and current events called?

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Text to World

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What type of connection is made when connecting something I have read to something else I have read?

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Text to Text

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What type of connection is this: I read a story about a boy who loved to eat cheese for breakfast, and it reminded me of the time we ran out of cereal and my mom made me a cheese sandwich for breakfast.

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Text to Self

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What type of connection is this: I read a story about what life was like before electricity, and 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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Text to Self

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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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Text to World

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Define 'Text to Self' connection.

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A connection made between a text and the reader's own personal experiences.

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Define 'Text to Text' connection.

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A connection made between two different texts that the reader has read.

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Define 'Text to World' connection.

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A connection made between a text and global events or issues.

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Give an example of a 'Text to Self' connection.

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Reading a story about a family vacation and recalling your own family vacation.

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Give an example of a 'Text to Text' connection.

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Reading a book about friendship and relating it to another book about friendship.