Reading | Making Connections

Connections are similar ideas between the reader's experiences and the text being read. The three types of connections are text to self, text to text and text to world.

To make a text to self connection, the reader takes an idea or event that has happened in a story and compares it to something similar that has happened to the themselves. For example, the mouse is fearful. A connection the reader could make is a time the reader had also been fearful.

To make a text to text connection, the reader takes an idea or event in a story and compares it to a similar idea in a different text. For example, the mouse is easily distracted when following a butterfly. A connection the reader could make is a time the reader had also been easily distracted.

To make a text to world connection, the reader takes an idea that has happened in a story and compares it to a similar event that has happened among the world. For example, the fox is gullible. A connection the reader could make is a time the reader was also be gullible.

Making connections is a helpful tool in reading because it allows the reader to connect their experiences with a text and use prior knowledge to link similar ideas.

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