Paired Selection Making Connections

This comprehension strategy means to use what you know to understand what you are reading

• visualizing
• summarizing
• making connections
• determining importance

A connection between the book and your life experiences

• text-to-text
• text-to-self
• text-to-world
• text-to-media

A connection between the book and another book you have read

• text-to-text
• text-to-self
• text-to-world
• text-to-media

A connection between the book and events in real life

• text-to-text
• text-to-self
• text-to-world
• text-to-media

A connection between the book and something you have seen on TV, the internet, or in a song

• text-to-text
• text-to-self
• text-to-world
• text-to-media

_{Something similar happened to me when I was little}
This is an example of which type of connection?

• text-to-text
• text-to-self
• text-to-world
• text-to-media

_{This book reminds me of the Harry Potter books because...}
This is an example of which type of connection?

• text-to-text
• text-to-self
• text-to-world
• text-to-media

_{This book reminds me of World War II because...}
This is an example of which type of connection?

• text-to-text
• text-to-self
• text-to-world
• text-to-media

_{This book reminds me of The Simpson's because...}
This is an example of which type of connection?

• text-to-text
• text-to-self
• text-to-world
• text-to-media