Connections are similiar ideas compared between the readers experiences or knowledge and the text being read. There are three differnent types of reading stratigies, they are: text to self, text to text, and text to world.
Text to self is like talking about a story that links to yourself. For example: The duck tells the rat she has a sister. The duck was trying not to get eaten. My conncetions: The first time I went to my cousin they asked if I had a sister and I said yes but I tricked them. These connect because we both tricked someone.
Text to text is talking about something that links to another text in a book. For example: The duck gave water to the horse. The duck saw the hores struggling. My connection: The fairy godmother saw Cinderella at hard working then the fairy godmother gave her what she wanted. These connect because one character helps other.
Text to world is talking about something that links to the world. For example: The duck took the horse back down the mountain. The duck didn't want the hores to stay with rat. My connection: In the world people lead others to the right place like at my school. Mr Ogilvie and Mr Wong leads us to learning. These connect because they both lead other people.
Making connections are an important way of understanding a meaning or a similarity. Connecting texts to other things or people can help you understand similairities.
