Making Connections

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

• visualizing

• summarizing

• making connections

• determining importance

I read a story about a boy who visited a magical land with witches and wizards. It reminded me of the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

• text to self

• text to text

• text to world

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

Making connections is important for understanding texts. Which of the following is an example of making a connection?

• Comparing the theme of a story to a real-life event.

• Identifying the main idea of a paragraph.

• Listing the characters in a story.

• Finding the definition of a difficult word.

Text-to-Text Connections

• The ideas that you study require making connections between the ideas, or figuring out how they are related.

• The connections we make between our personal experiences and the text.

• The connections are connections we make between the text and what we know about the world.

• The connections we make between the text that we are reading and other texts that we have read.

Which of the following connections is most relevant when reading a story about a character who learns to overcome fears by facing them?

• Connecting to a time when you learned a new skill

• Remembering a moment when you overcame a personal fear

• Thinking about a book you read on a similar topic

• Reflecting on a historical figure who showed bravery

What can we infer about the importance of sharing traditions between generations from the story?

• It is not important

• It helps preserve family history

• It is only for old people

• It is too difficult to do

A connection between the book and events in real life.

• 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