1. CURRENT EVENTS CONNECTING NEWS SOURCES AND THE NEWS TO YOUR WORLD

2. DIRECTIONS Use the handout to make connections between articles you read in any news source and your own life, other texts and the world around you.

3. PROCEDURE Headline of article Date

4. CONT. “Text-to-Self” Connection How does this story remind me of my own life and experiences?

5. CONT. “Text-to-Text” Connection What have I read before that might connect to this article? What books, stories, poems or other newspaper or magazine articles does this remind me of? Why?

6. CONT. “Text-to-World” Connection How does the content of this article, relate to the real world around me? What connections can I make between what I’ve read here and other events or issues in the world today or in history?

7. EXAMPLE Headline of article: __________________________________________________ ________________________ Date: ____________________________

8. Headline of article: Erratic Tropical Storm Brings Heavy Rain to Parts of Gulf Date: Sept. 3, 2011

9. TEXT-TO-SELF CONNECTION How does this story remind me of my own life experiences?

10. TEXT-TO-TEXT CONNECTION What have I read before that might connect to this article? What books, stories, poems or other newspaper or magazine articles does this remind me of ? Why?

11. TEXT-TO-WORLD CONNECTION How does the content of this article, relate to the real world around me? What connections can I make between what I’ve read here and other event or issues in the world today or in history?

12. QUESTIONS????? How many current events articles am I responsible for? When will these articles be due? How will the articles be presented?

13. ANSWERS You are responsible for 5 articles for the first marking period. Due dates: Sept. 16, Sept. 23, Oct. 7, Oct. 14, and Oct. 21

14. CONT. On each due date you will be given a color card. I will call out two colors and those students with the corresponding color cards will be asked to share their articles orally with the class. All students will submit the “Connecting News Sources and the News to Your World” sheets in writing on the due dates.