Text-to-self connections
Synonyms
100

In Amazing Grace, Grace feels proud of herself for getting the role of Peter. Can you make a connection to when you felt similar?

answers vary 

100

enormous 

Huge, big, giant, etc. 

200

Is this a text-to-self connection? 

EX. In Amazing Grace, Grace loves to act out stories, it reminds me of how my mom would make up bedtime stories and tell them to me because I always valued hearing them just like Grace!

Yes. 

200

Frighten

scare, startle, alarm, terrify, etc. 

300

Why is it important to make connections tot he text we read?

It helps readers to better understand the story. 

300

Clever

smart, witty, bright, intelligent, etc. 

400

In Amazing Grace, Grace is told she can't be Peter Pan because she is a girl and she is black. Write one text-to-self connection. (Hint: When is a time you were told you can't do something?)

answers vary

400

Weird

Odd, strange, bizarre, etc. 

500

What is a text-to-self connection?

When something from the text reminds you of a personal experience or feeling from your life.

500

Invent

create, design, etc. 

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