Making+Connections

=Connections=

Connections are made when you relate what you are reading to something else you know. There are three kinds of connections that you can make.

1. Text-to-Self
This connection is made when you compare what goes on in the book to something that happened in your life. For example: When reading the book Faithful Elephants, you might make the connection to a time that you visited a zoo.

2. Text-to-Text
This connection is made when you compare what goes on in the book to another book. For example : The book you are reading might have the same story structure as the story of Cinderella.

3. Text-to-World
This connection is made when you compare what goes on in the book to the world and the issues in the news. For example: When reading Faithful Elephants, you might make a connection to current Japanese news. In the story, they kill the elephants because they are afraid a bomb might destroy the zoo and the animals might get loose during a war. Currently there are nuclear reactors overheating (March 2011). One might connect the two situations and wonder how the zoo animals might be affected in this situation.

In addition, respond to someone else's connection in the discussion group.
Grades Next