Explain the connections!
Name that type of connection
BONUS!
Name that connection!
random
100
What are the 3 types of connections you can make?
Text-text , Text-self , Text-world
100

When I was in second grade, I moved to a new school like the character Shirley did. I remember feeling like everyone ignored me and missing my home, so I can relate to what she’s going through.

Text-self

100

Why is it important for us to make connections when we read? 

To understand what we are reading on a deeper level

100

When you relate something to yourself: 

Text to SELF

100

what is the holiday Monday?

truth and reconciliation day 

200
What is a Text-To-World connection?
Text-to-world connections are when we connect the text to something that is happening in the world right now or an event that has happened in the past.
200

Percy Jackson reminds me a lot of Harry Potter. He was an outcast that didn't really belong in the beginning of the story who found out that he was different and special in some way.

Text-text

200

What is a noun?

person, place, or thing

200
When you relate something to the world around you

Text to WORLD

200

when is the first half day of the school year 

tomorrow

300
What is a Text-To-Text connection?
When you connect the characters or situations from the book you are reading to another book or other form of media
300

When Sam was reading A Wrinkle in Time she remembered that the characters in The Lightning Thief also go on an adventure to defeat or accuse a presence of evil.What kind of connection is this?

Text-text

300
Make a text to self connection with a book you are reading. 

Answers will vary

300

When you relate something to another book you've read

TEXT TO TEXT

300

who won the Stanley cup last year?

Florida panthers

400
What is a Text-To-Self connection?
Text-to-self connections are highly personal connections that a reader makes between a piece of reading material and the reader’s own experiences or life.
400

Kayla read the Breadwinner and remembered learning about Afghanistan in Social Studies. The main character goes through problems that many children in Afghanistan go through everyday.What kind of connection did Kayla make?

Text-world

400

9 x 6 = ? 

54!! 

400

avoid _____________ when making connections

surface connections

400

what grade does Mr. Dill teach on Thursday and Fridays and what teacher does he job share with?

grade 7/Mrs. Hartley

500
What is the different between a "surface" connection and a "deep" connection?
A deep connection helps you understand a character or a scene better while a surface connection is something that you or another might just have in common with the story.
500

Carlos read Stargirl and is in a situation like Stargirl. People want him to change because he is different compared to everyone else, but he likes himself the way he is. What kind of connection is Carlos making.

Text-self

500

what does Mr. Dill grow on his family farm? 

pumpkins

500

make _______ connections!

deep

500

what are mr.dills three favorite sports?

Golf, Hockey, Tennis

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