Cross Text Connections

Connecting what I have read to an event in the world, past, present or in the future---

• text to self

• text to world

• text to media

• text to text

Connecting what I have read to something similar in my life-

• text to world

• text to text

• text to media

• text to self

Connecting what I have read to something else I have read-

• text to text

• text to self

• text to world

• text to media

Connecting what I have read to something in the media (TV, radio, internet)-

• text to text

• text to self

• text to world

• text to media

"The text I just read reminds me of a time when I did something" is an example of what connection?

• text to world

• text to self

• text to media

• text to text

The text I just read "reminds me about a historical event" is an example of what connection?

• text to text

• text to self

• text to world

• text to media

The text I just read "reminds me of a character from another book" is an example of what connection?

• text to self

• text to text

• text to world

• text to media

The text I just read "reminds me of a song I heard on the radio" is an example of what connection?

• text to world

• text to media

• text to self

• text to text

The character in the book Dragonwings reminds me of a character in the book Number the Stars. Both characters are brave.

• text to text

• text to self

• text to world

• text to media

Making text connections deepens our understanding of the text and helps us become better readers.

• True

• False