There are four ways to make connection.

The more connections you can make, the more meaningful the reading will be.

Text to world is relating the author’s writing directly to your own life, or to someone you know personally.

Text to world is relating the piece to something outside your own life. It can be real life events, new stories, movies and etc.

Text to text is relating the piece to something you have read somewhere else likely at another time.

Making connections is the comprehension strategy means to use what you know to understand what you are reading.

A connection between the book and your life experiences

A connection between the book and another book you have read

A connection between the book and events in real life