Reading Strategies

What does it mean to make a text connection?

• To use background knowledge to relate to the text

• To use evidence to make an educated guess

• To create a short paragraph of the main ideas of a text

Which of the following is not one of the 4 types of connections we covered in class?

• Text to self

• Text to TV

• Text to media

• Text to text

If you relate what you are reading to a news story you saw on the television you are making a...

• Text to text connection

• Text to self connection

• Text to media connection

If the main character of a story moves schools and you can relate because you also have moved schools, you are making a...

• Text to media connection

• Text to self connection

• Text to text connection

What is the correct format for a text connection?

• I can make a _____ connection because _____

• I can make a ______

• My connection is______

You ask questions about the text

• Before reading

• During reading

• After reading

• All of the answers are correct

Which type of question requires the least amount of thinking?

• Literal

• Interpretive

• Evaluative

Which type of question asks if you agree or disagree with the author?

• Literal

• Interpretive

• Evaluative

Which type of question asks you to make an inference about the text?

• Literal

• Interpretive

• Evaluative

"Where does the story take place?" is a...

• Literal question

• Interpretive question

• Evaluative question