Analyzing Connections in Informational Text

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.

• Text to World

• Text to Self

• Text to Text

• Text to Media

What type of connection is this : I read a story about a boy who visited a magic land with witches and wizards. It reminded me of the book Harry Potter.

• Text to Self

• Text to World

• Text to Text

• Text to Media

A connection that is made between a text and our own personal life and experience is called?

• Text to Text

• Text to World

• Text to Self

• Text to Media

A connection we make between a text and the real world and current events is called?

• Text to Self

• Text to Text

• Text to World

• Text to Media

A connection we make between one text and another text is called?

• Text to Text

• Text to Self

• Text to World

• Text to Media

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

• True

• False

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 (which is not true!!).

• Text to Text

• Text to Self

• Text to World

• Text to Media

Connecting something I have read to something similar I have experienced in my life is called?

• Text to World

• Text to Self

• Text to Text

• Text to Media

Connecting something I have read to something that I have seen in the media (TV, radio, internet, social media) is called?

• Text to Text

• Text to Self

• Text to World

• Text to Media

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