Making Connections

Making connections to the text allows you to better understand what you read.

What is………….. Making Connections to your reading?

Making Connections Before Reading What do you know about the author? Do you know anything about the story/topic? What might you want to find out?

Making Connections During Reading What do you already know about this topic or subject? We call these text connections.

While Reading Students should make………

Text to text connections Connections that readers make between the text they are reading and another text, including books, poems, magazines, newspapers, scripts, songs, or anything that is written

Ask yourself….. What does this remind me of in another book I’ve read? How is this text similar to other things I’ve read? How is this different from other books I’ve read? Have I read about something like this before?

While Reading Students should make………

Text to self Connections Connections that readers make between the text and their past experiences or background knowledge

Ask yourself…. What does this remind me of in my life? What is this similar to in my life? How is this different from my life? Has something like this ever happened to me? How does this relate to my life? What were my feelings when I read this?

While Reading Students should make………

Text to world connections Connections that readers make between the text and the bigger issues, events, or concerns of society and the world at large

Ask yourself…. What does this remind me of in the real world? How is this text similar to things that happen in the real world? How is this different from things that happen in the real world? How did that part relate to the world around me?

Let’s look at an example Read through the excerpt

Alex was suddenly aware that something had changed. It took him a few seconds to realize what it was and at once he felt the hairs on the back of his neck bristle and stand on end. What he had taken to be a tiger-skin rug had just stood up. It was a tiger, alive and angry. A white Siberian tiger…..an animal that had, for centuries, inspired dread across three continents. ‘Scorpia’ Anthony Horowitz (5 th Alex Rider)

Let’s share….Who Made… Text to self (T-S) connections? Text to text (T-T) connections? Text to world (T-W) connections?

Making connections to the text both before you read and after you read allows you to better understand what you read

During Reading While you are reading your novel this week, use a ‘ThinkMark’ to record any text connections you make. Keep your novel and ThinkMark with you this week so we may share Hand in your completed ThinkMark on Monday with an example of each connection type. Be specific and use details and/or examples.

THINKMARK Text Connections Name:____________________________ Title: _____________________________ Author: ___________________________ Text to text (t-t) connection: Page _______ The author says: __________________________________ This reminds me of: __________________________________ Text to self (t-s) connection: Page _______ The author says: __________________________________ This reminds me of: __________________________________ Text to world (t-w) connection: Page _______ The author says: ________________________________ This reminds me of: __________________________________