1. Relate text to background knowledge to enhance comprehension and retain key ideas

2. Learned Knowledge vs. Experiential Knowledge Learned = Make a connection to something you learned in school or from a text (I know…) Experiential = Make a connection to a personal experience (This reminds me of…)

3. Type of Connection Viable = Connected information from students background knowledge that adds information to the text. Connection is NOT related to an important aspect of the text. Focused = Connected information from students background knowledge that adds information to the text. Connection IS related to an important aspect of the text. Its OK to abandon connections!

4. Making Connections Text-to-Text = Connect the text you are reading to a different text Text-to-Self = Connect the text you are reading to yourself Text-to-World = Connect the text you are reading to what happened or is currently happening in the world