Making Connections
Ashley Brown
Westwood Elementary, 2005
What are Connections?
• Connections are links that readers
can make between what they are
reading and things they already know
about.
Why should we make
connections?
• Good readers make connections to
better understand what they are
reading.
How do readers make
connections?
• Good readers use their own
background knowledge and prior
experiences to make connections.
• There are 3 different ways that a
reader can make connections …
~ Types of Connections ~
• Text – to – Self
• Text – to - Text
• Text – to - World
Connection:
Text – to - Self
• These are connections that readers
make between the text (what you are
reading) and their own past
experiences and/or background
knowledge.
Connection:
Text – to - Text
• These are connections that readers make
between the text they are reading and
other texts the reader has read before.
• Other kinds of texts might include books,
poems, scripts, songs, or anything written.
• You could even include movies or television
shows that you have seen before.
Connection:
Text – to - World
• These are connections that readers make
between the text and the bigger issues,
events, or concerns of society.
• To make these types of connections the
reader must think about what is going on in
the world around them.
Response Options for
Sharing Connections …
• Verbal Reponses –
The reader would discuss the connections
they made with a text aloud with others in
a group.
• Written Responses –
The reader would write the connections
they could make with a text down on a
sheet of paper or in a response journal.
Ways to Start your
Connections …
“That reminds me of … “
“Remember when … “
“This is like … “
“This character makes me
think of …”
“This setting reminds me of … “
~ Let’s Practice ~
Our Text:
Sammie’s Soccer Dream
My Connections
• Text to Self
• Wanting to play soccer when I was younger but my dad
saying no.
• Training hard to a game knowing if we worked hard we could
win the grand final.
• Text to Text
• Toad Rage – Limpy defying his family in order to achieve his
goal of understanding why humans hate cane toads.
• Bend it like Beckham – a movie about a young girl who
wanted to play soccer but her family wouldn’t allow it.
• Text to World
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After watching the Champions League Final on the
weekend it is obvious that it takes plenty of practice in
order to become a professional soccer player.