Vocabulary
Making Connections
Making Connections
Making Predictions
Making Predictions
100
not afraid of anything, courageous 
brave
100
T-S
Text to Self 
100
T-T
Text to Text 
100
a guess about what might happen based on what you already know
prediction
100
Name 2 things you should LOOK AT and THINK about when making a prediction before reading.
cover, title, pictures, author and genre 
200

to be all by yourself; without other people


alone 
200
T-W
Text to World 
200
The way you start a T-S connection 
'I remember when' or 'It reminds me when' 
200
something that helps you make your guess 
clue 
200
What you already know 
Schema 
300
Peter lost his _______________ and felt sad. 
'shadow'
300
The way you start a T-T connection 
'In (Book 1)' __________________. 

'In (Book 2)' __________________.

Or 

'Book 1' and 'Book 2' are similar because...

300
The way you start a T-W connection 
In the book, _____________________.

In the real world, _________________.

300
The way you start a prediction 
'I think' or 'I believe' 
300
Name 1 thing you should THINK about when making a prediction DURING reading.
story elements -- character, setting, plot, conflict, solution 
400
'Tick, tock, tick, tock' --the crocodile is near.  Captain Hook is in __________.  The crocodile wants to eat him!  
danger 
400
Give an example of a 'shallow' or 'surface' T-S connection from any of the books you have read. 

Think about it:

A shallow T-S connection doesn't really help us understand the character better. Maybe we learn about the 'outside' of the character, like the character's hair style.

400

Give an example of a 'shallow' or 'surface' T-T connection from any of the books you have read. 

Think about it:

A shallow T-T connection doesn't really help us understand the story better. Maybe we learn about the 'genre', like 'it's a fiction book, but we don't understand story elements better.
400
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400
The word you use to explain your clue
because 
500
The pirates _____________ the Lost Boys, Wendy, John and Michael.  The children are scared and they are tied up.  They are ____________.  Who will __________ them? 
captured; prisoners; protect
500

Give an example of a 'deep' T-S connection from any of the books you have read. 

Think about it:

A deep T-S connection really helps us understand the character better. Maybe we learn about the 'inside' of the character, like how the character feels.
500

Give an example of a 'deep' T-T connection from any of the books you have read. 

Think about it:

A deep T-T connection really help us understand the story better. Maybe we learn about the 'story elements', like the ways the character solves the problem.
500
The verb tense you need to use in your prediction
future tense - 'will _____' 
500
Make a prediction about the book your teacher shows you. 
I predict or I think + future action (will) + because + clue 
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