Making connection

Making connections allows people to connect with themselves, other text, and the world. There are 3 different kinds of connections and they are: text to self, text to text, and text to world.

Text to self is when writing a text from the book and think of something the same as what the text is.

For example The duck had a party with her friends from the village. The duck’s friends had a party because the highway rat stole was gone. The self to text for it is I have parties when something important or exciting happens. These can connect because both celebrate something important.  

Text to text is when getting a text and find a book that is kind of the same. For example the duck tricks the rat saying she has a sister. The duck was trying to avoid the rat from being eaten. The text to the text of this is the mouse in the Gruffalo tells the snake, fox and owl that he has a friend called the Gruffalo. So he won’t be eaten by them. These can connect because they both used trickery.

Text to world is when taking a text and finding something bad that's happening in the world that is kind of

the same as the text. For example the duck went to retrieve the food to the villagers. The duck had to find a way to return the villagers food back. The text to the world is that people are making food for homeless people around the world. These can connect because they both give food out to people.

Making connections is a way to help understand the text, to other texts, to yourself and the world.

LI-To identify and describe connections