Text-to-self connections
In Amazing Grace, Grace feels proud of herself for getting the role of Peter. Can you make a connection to when you felt similar?
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enormous
Huge, big, giant, etc.
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.
Frighten
scare, startle, alarm, terrify, etc.
Why is it important to make connections tot he text we read?
It helps readers to better understand the story.
Clever
smart, witty, bright, intelligent, etc.
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?)
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Weird
Odd, strange, bizarre, etc.
What is a text-to-self connection?
When something from the text reminds you of a personal experience or feeling from your life.
Invent
create, design, etc.