Making Text Connections

Good readers _____  _________ when they read.

• make silly voices

• make up things

• make connections

Which of the following is NOT an example of a text-to-self connection?

• Something happened in this story that I have experienced, too!

• This character reminds me so much of my grandma!

• This is just like that book, Stargirl!

• The house in this book is just like my cousin's house in California!

Which of these is an example of a text-to-self connection, based on this passage?

• This reminds me of Piggy and Gerald when Gerald drops his ice cream.  Someone will probably share with him

• This reminds me of when I had saved my allowance to go out with my friends for sno-cones, but mine fell.  My friend helped me buy another one, so maybe someone will do that for Henry too.

• I think Henry is a good grandson to spend so much time with his grandma.

In a text-to-text connection, you draw connections between the _________ of two different stories.

• characters

• setting

• plot/events

• theme

• all of the above

How did Donny remind the reader of Julia?

• because of their shared character trait, being kind

• because the drawings and the text on the page are so similar

• because Donny and Julia both dropped their ice cream

Text-to-world connections can relate something from the book to...

• a famous person, like Taylor Swift

• a time in history, like the American Revolution

• something happening in society today, like the Hawaiian Fires 

• all of the above

Making connections is important because...

• it's another strategy to help the reader understand what they read.

• it is important to constantly stop and think as you read things to make sure you aren't distracted.