Making Connections in Reading

What is making connections in reading?

• The process of relating what you read to your own personal experiences or background knowledge.

• The ability to summarize the main ideas of a text.

• The technique of predicting what will happen next in a story.

• The skill of identifying the author's purpose in writing.

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Text to world

• Connections are larger connections that the reader makes between a text and their knowledge of history, current events, and how the world works.

• Connections are personal reflections that a reader makes about their own life experiences.

• Connections are the similarities between different texts that readers identify.

• Connections are the emotional responses that readers have to a text.

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

How many common types of connections do readers make?

• One common type.

• Two common types.

• Three common types.

• Four common types.

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Text to self

• Connections are personal connections that the reader makes between a text and his or her own thoughts, feelings, and experiences.

• Connections are the relationships between different texts.

• Connections are the themes that are common across various literary works.

• Connections are the historical context surrounding a text.

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Text to text

• Connections that the reader makes between a text and ideas in other texts he or she has read.

• A comparison between two different texts that share a common theme.

• The process of summarizing a text in one's own words.

• An analysis of the author's writing style in a specific text.

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8