Making Connections

Which question should you ask to make connections to the world around you?

• Have I read something like this before?

• Have I experienced something similar at home?

• What do I remember about world news report when I read this?

• What have I read before that I remember when I look at this?

What connection are you making to a text when you ask, “Which news report remind me of this?”

• text-to-world

• text-to-self

• text-to-text

• all three

Which connection DOES NOT show a text-to-self connection?

• What does this remind me in the real world?

• How is this different to what is happening to me?

• Has something like this happened to me before?

• What are my feelings when I look at the information?

After reading a text about how a family sustained their needs by planting fruits and vegetable in the garden, you recalled how our ancestors used to do the same. What kind of connection was made?

• text-to-text

• text-to-world

• text-to-self

• no connection made

While reading, Hakeem notices that the main character in the story is tough, just like the main character in the book he read yesterday.

• text-to-self

• text-to-text

• text-to-world

Lisa is reading a science fiction story. In the story, she thinks that what happens to the characters could also happen on Earth if people don't start recycling more.

• text-to-self

• text-to-text

• text-to-world

Eddie is reading a book where a character visits a loved one in the hospital. It reminds Eddie of when he visited his grandmother in the hospital.

• text-to-self

• text-to-text

• text-to-world

Marshall is reading a book and notices that the main character's aunt is very similar to his Aunt Maria.

• text-to-self

• text-to-text

• text-to-world

Carly is reading a non-fiction book about the Civil War. She thinks that the author of the book would disagree with a point another author made about the Civil War.

• text-to-self

• text-to-text

• text-to-world

What are the different ways a learner can connect to a text?

• text-to-self

• text-to-text

• text-to-world

• all three