Making Connections

Making connections is connecting a text to text, a text to ourselves, and text to world.

Text to text is linking to another book. For example: The Horse lets the Rat ride on him. The Horse did that because he is a helping friend. The connection is: In the story of Little Red Riding Hood, the girl gave food to her grandma because she is caring. These two connect because these two characters are generous.

Text to Self is linking about yourself. For example: The Horse carry’s all the food. The Horse did that because he is just doing his job. The connection is: kids always carry the groceries for my mum because they are respectful. These connect because we both carried all the food.

Text to world is linking to something that happens in the outside world. For example: The Horse lets the Rat steal his food. The Horse did that because the Horse didn't want conflict. The connection is: Country’s let other country’s take thier belongings because they don’t want war. These connect because they don’t want conflict.

Making connections can help people understand the connections about another text, about ourselves, and about the world.