Making Connections Between Texts

When you make a connection you...

• try to understand the passage.

• see a picture in my head

• form a link between what is happening in the text.

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Relate what you are reading to something that you already know about a topic is called?

• questioning

• summarizing

• connecting

• visualizing

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is it called when you relate what you are reading to the world, yourself or other texts?

• Making Predictions

• Making Connections

• Asking Questions

• Visualizing

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What might a good sentence starter for making connections be?

• This reminds me of...

• I predict...

• My opinion about this is...

• I like how the author...

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CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

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

• True

• False

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CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Camille 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. Camille is making a:

• text-to-self connection

• text-to-text connection

• text-to-world connection

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

One technique we can practice to help us with connecting is to

• Look up words we are unsure of

• Make an assumption about what we read

• Connect what we read to our current lives

• Draw out what we picture

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Relating what you are reading to the world, yourself or other texts

• Making Predictions

• Making Connections

• Asking Questions

• Visualizing

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

A sentence starter for making connections is

• This reminds me of

• I predict

• My opinion about this is

• I like how the author

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 making text-to-text connections?

• To summarize the text

• To relate the text to other texts

• To identify the main idea

• To find the author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8