Text Connections and Evidence

What are the three ways that a reader can make a connection to a text?

• text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world

• text-to-myself, text-to-America, text-to-book

• text, book, world

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Which example best explains a Text-to-Text connection?

• "I read a book last year about how some lizards can be dangerous, and in the book Holes we read about a dangerous yellow spotted lizard that could potentially harm the people at Camp Green Lake."

• both a and d

• "This text reminds me of the time I went to Las Vegas to see a live show."

• "I read another book about spiders that explained that spirders have venom and in this book I am learning about the top 10 dangerous spiders in the world."

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Why do good readers make connections with what they read?

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Which example best explains a Text-to-World connection?

• "I saw a program on television that talked about how to get a college scholarship."

• "I read a book last year that talked about how to receive scholarships before entering college."

• both a and b

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

What is this question asking about?

Which quotation provides the best evidence that the new house didn’t meet the narrator’s expectations?

• vocabulary + context clues

• summary

• text evidence

• inferencing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is this question asking about?

What quotation from the selection best supports the answer to Part A?

• theme

• author's purpose

• text evidence

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is this question asking about?

Both the narrator in “The House on Mango Street” and Gregg from “Homeless in America” ​​​​​ —

• making connections across texts

• summary

• text evidence

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

Which of the following is an example of a Text-to-Self connection?

• A) This book reminds me of another book I read about friendship.

• B) This story reminds me of my own experience moving to a new city.

• C) This article is similar to a documentary I watched about climate change.

• D) This poem is like another poem I studied in class.

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

What is the primary purpose of using text evidence in literary analysis?

• A) To summarize the text

• B) To support interpretations and arguments

• C) To list all characters

• D) To describe the setting

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which sentence best demonstrates correct use of textual evidence?

• A) The author says, 'The sky was blue.'

• B) I think the sky is blue.

• C) Blue is a color mentioned in the text.

• D) The text is about the sky.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1