Making Connections

Making connections is a reading strategy that involves text to text, text to self, and text to world. These help you make connections.

Text to self is comparing a character or text to yourself. An example of text to self is the horse carries all the food. He does this because he is doing his job. My job is to help carry the groceries.

Text to text is comparing a text to another text. An example of text to text is the horse to lets the highway rat ride him. He did this because he wants to help him. In the story little red riding hood she helps her grandma by bringing food to her.

Text to world is comparing a text or character to someting that happens around the world. An example of text to world is the horse to lets the highway rat steal his food. He did this because he doesn't want to fight. People let other people bully them because they don’t want to fight.

Making connectiosn can help people understand Text to Self, Text to Text and Text to world