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Connections – How they help us understand better when we read


 * __Help__ us understand character’s emotions and feelings
 * __Help__ us understand character’s actions
 * __Help__ us visualize people, places, events
 * __Help__ us understand how and why events happen
 * __Help__ us understand big concepts or ideas
 * __Help__ us understand words or phrases
 * __Help__ us understand structures of texts
 * __Help__ us understand author’s __message__ and theme

__ //**Stems to Use When Modeling Making Connections**// __
**Text-to-self**:

Text-to-text: Text-to-world:
 * What does this remind me of in my life?
 * What is this similar to in my life?
 * How is this different from my life?
 * Has something like this ever happened to me?
 * How does this relate to my life?
 * What were my feelings when I read this?
 * What does this remind me of in another book I’ve read?
 * How is this text similar to other things I’ve read?
 * How is this different from other books I’ve read?
 * Have I read about something like this before?
 * What does this remind me of in the real world?
 * How is this text similar to things that happen in the real world?
 * How is this different from things that happen in the real world?
 * How did that part relate to the world around me?

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Technology: [|www.primarywall.com] Virtual bulletin board for posting connections to text.
**A__ssessment:__**

connections with the text || Talks about what text reminds them of, but cannot explain or relate clearly to the text || Relates background knowledge/ experience to text, || Uses background knowledge to enhance comprehension and Interpretation Makes text-to-text and text-to-self connections; uses author schema with familiar text to make predictions ||
 * MakingConnections || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 ||
 * || Does not make

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