Text to Self
What is Text to Self?
Text to Self is when you compare an event, or an important part in a story to an event in your life.
What is Text to Text?
Comparing one book to another that has similar events.
What is Text to World?
When you compare a book to something that happened in the community or somewhere in the world.
Is this a Text to Self connection?
Cassandra loves to go camping, be outdoors, and spend time with her friends and family. I love all of those things, too.
Yes, because it is comparing things Cassandra likes to things I like, too.
Is this a Text to Text connection?
I was reading Harry Potter, and it reminded me of another book I read called Wizards. Both talked about magic and amazing adventures.
Yes, this is a Text to Text connection.
Is the followig sentence a Text to World connection?
The book "Divergent" is similar to our world today because there are very judgmental people in both places.
Yes, there are judgemental people in the book and also in real life.
Is this a correct Text to Self connection?
Katie is homeless, and she is trying to find a job and a house. My family and I are moving to a another country because my dad got promoted in his job.
No, my family's situation is different from Katie's.
Is the following sentence a Text to Text connection?
The character on this story is really similar to the character in the story we read in class last year. Both are brave boys and they confront bullies at school.
Yes, this is a great example of a Text to Text connection.
Is the following sentence a Text to World connection?
Tris is like some of my friends in school because they are also very daring and independent.
Yes, this is a Text to World connection. The character in the book acts similarly as people I know in real life.
Is this a deep connection?
The character on this book likes pizza, and I like food.
No, this is not a deep and meaningful connection. This is just comparing two kind of similar things, not comparting any events or important things.
Is this a correct Text to Text connection?
The book Divergent is like the book Cat in the Hat because they are both made up or fantasy stories.
No, most of the stories we read are fantasy stories. You need to make a connection to events that happen in the story.
What is Text to Media?
When you compare what you are reading to something you saw in social media or in the news.
When do you use text to self?
When you are trying to understand the character, his/her actions, his/her thoughts, etc.
Is this Text to Text connection?
The character of this book I am reading, reminds me of myself and how I've overcome some difficult situations in my life.
No, this is a Text to Self connection.
Is this a Text to Media connection?
I read an article about endangered species in the world, and it reminded me of a time when I was watching the news with my dad, and they mentioned that the polar bears are suffering from global warming.
Yes, you are comparting what you read with something you heard in the news.