Making Connections

Making connections is when you take an idea from a book and think of the similarities to something else.

There are 3 different connections to make when reading.

Text to self means comparing the text to yourself. For example, in the text I inferred the duck returned the food to the villages. He did the right thing and did not eat it all. My connection is when my friend sleep over and for got to get her t-shirt and then I gave it back on monday. These connect because me and the duck gave the things back to the. 

Text to text means comparing the text to the text. For example, in the text I inferred the duck fooled the rat that she has a sister that lived in the cave. The duck did that because she wanted the rat to get lost in the cave. My connection is that I fooled my friend that I have another brother in myanmar. These connections bewteen be and the duck is we lied that we had a sibling.

Text to world means comparing the text to the world. For example, in the text I inferred the duck took the horse down the mountain. The duck did that because she wanted the horse to walk more better. My connection is when I took my cousin to his friends house. These connect because the duck and I took the animals or the person to the places.

Making connections is a reading strategy to help build understandings.