Making Connections to Personal Experiences, Ideas in Other Texts, and Society

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."

Why do good readers make connections with what they read?

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

• visualizing

• summarizing

• making connections

• determining importance

What is making connections?

• when what you read makes you think of something

• putting two things together

• when you read

• building

What do you do when you make a text-to-self connection?

• I remember about something from another book

• The picture/text reminds me of an experience ....

• This story reminds me of something that happened in the world...

What do you do when you make a text-to-world connection?

• I remember about something from another book

• The picture/text reminds me of an experience ....

• This story reminds me of something that happened in the world...

What type of connection is this?

• Text to self

• Text to world

• Text to text

what type of connection is this?

• Text to text

• text to self

• text to world

Joe is reading a book about a country in Africa. While he is reading, he thinks about a news story he just heard about that country.

• Text-to-self

• Text-to-text

• Text-to-world

What is the purpose of text to text connections?

• Gain information by thinking about information they are reading and connecting it to the world.

• Gain information during reading by thinking about information they are reading and connecting it to other familiar texts.

• Gain information by thinking about information they are reading and connecting it to their personal experiences.