May 12, 2020 · Use text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world comparisons to help students connect ideas in a text to their own lives, current events, and history.

In this strategy guide, you will learn how to model text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections for your students so that they may begin to make personal connections to a text on their own.

Learn how to connect stories to the world around you! Explore history, current events, and personal experiences through interactive activities like scrapbooks, news reports, and graphic organizers. …

A text-to-world connection is a reading comprehension strategy where a reader relates the content of a text they are currently reading to broader events, concepts, or issues in the real world or society at …

Text-to-text connections occur when something in the text reminds the reader of a previously-read text. Students make meaning connections to what they’ve already read or been exposed to. They …

Is it detailed? Does it mention a specific part of the plot, character, a picture, or a feeling? Do you think we can expand our thinking and create a deep thinking connection?

Text to world connections enable us to bridge the gap between fiction and reality. When we relate the events, issues, or themes in a book to the world we live in, we gain a broader perspective.

The text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world method helps learners develop the habit of making these connections as they read. When learners are given a purpose for their reading, they can …

These text to world connections can cause students to activate their background knowledge and can help keep them engaged with the text. The more students are active, metacognitive readers, the …

Making text-to-world connections allows readers to see the relevance of literature in understanding contemporary societal issues. This type of connection encourages critical thinking by prompting …