1. Making Connections Good readers make connections that are: Text to selfText to textText to world

2. Text to self Connections that readers make between text and their past experiences or background knowledge. Example: This story reminds me of a vacation we took to my grandfather’s farm.

3. Text to text Connections that readers make between the text they are reading and another text, including books, authors, poems, scripts, songs and even movies. Example: This character has the same problem that I read about in a story last year.

4. Text to world Connections that readers make between the text and the bigger issues, events, or concerns of society and the world at large. Example: I saw a program on television that talked about things described in this article.

5. Text to self Questions: 1. What does this remind me of in my life? 2. What is this similar to in my life? 3. How is this different from my life? 4. Has something like this ever happened to me? 5. How does this relate to my life? 6. What were my feelings when I read this?

6. Text to text Questions: 1. What does this remind me of in another book I’ve read? 2. How is this text similar to other things (poems, songs, movies) I’ve encountered? 3. How is this different from other books I’ve read? 4. Have I read about something like this before?

7. Text to world Questions: 1. What does this remind me of in the real world? 2. How is this text similar to things that happen in the real world? 3. How is this different from things that happen in the real world? 4. How did that part relate to the world or events around me?

8. Making Connections Good readers make connections that are:

9. Text to _______ Connections that readers make between text and their past experiences or background knowledge. Example: This story reminds me of a vacation we took to my grandfather’s farm.

10. Text to _____ Connections that readers make between the text they are reading and another text, including books, authors, poems, scripts, songs and even movies. Example: This character has the same problem that I read about in a story last year.

11. Text to ______ Connections that readers make between the text and the bigger issues, events, or concerns of society and the world at large. Example: I saw a program on television that talked about things described in this article.

12. Text to self Questions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

13. Text to text Questions: 1. 2. 3. 4.

14. Text to world Questions: 1. 2. 3. 4.