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Making Connections. A Reading Strategy. Making Connections. One of the ways we make sense of what we read is to connect new ideas we encounter in the things we read to things we already know. There are three types of connections: Text to self Text to text Text to world. TEXT.
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Making Connections A Reading Strategy
Making Connections • One of the ways we make sense of what we read is to connect new ideas we encounter in the things we read to things we already know. • There are three types of connections: • Text to self • Text to text • Text to world
TEXT A text is anything someone creates to communicate meaning to others- this includes books, magazines, websites, photos, paintings, art, tv and video, songs, etc.
Here’s an example from “The Wave” When I read this…. “All his life he had been befuddled by machinery – film projectors, cars, even the self service pump at the local gas station had driven him nuts.” This is what I thought of…I made a connection.