| Text Connections | |
|---|---|
| Text to Text | Connection that reminds you of something in another book or story |
| Text to Self | Connection that reminds you of something in your life. |
| Text to World | Connection that reminds you of something happening in the world. |
Making connections is a very important skill to acquire and perfect. A Medieval Feast is a great story for students to connect to on many different levels. In this activity, students will be making text to text, text to self, and text to world connections. Students should choose which connection they want to make first and then write a narrative for that. Once all three connections have been made, students can work on their illustrations.
TEXT TO TEXT
The feast in A Medieval Feast reminds me of the dinner that Harry Potter has on his first night at Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
TEXT TO SELF
The story mentions a peacock that they cooked for the feast. This reminds me of the time when I saw a peacock at the zoo.
TEXT TO WORLD
The story reminded me of a news program that I watched that was about life during Medieval times.
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Student Instructions
Create a storyboard that shows connections you have made with A Medieval Feast. Include a connection for text to text, text to world, and text to self.
Invite students to share what they know about medieval times or feasts. Activating prior knowledge helps students make deeper connections as they read and work on the activity.
Read a short section from A Medieval Feast and demonstrate how you connect it to another book, your own life, or something in the world. Thinking aloud shows students how to approach the task.
Offer prompts like, "This reminds me of..." or "I remember when..." for each connection type. Structured supports make it easier for all students to participate and succeed.
Have students talk about their text, self, and world connections with partners or groups. Peer sharing builds understanding and helps students see new perspectives.
Remind students to include characters, settings, and key items in their storyboard images. Detailed visuals help them express and remember their connections more vividly.
Text to text connections link ideas from one story to another. Text to self connections relate parts of the text to your own life. Text to world connections compare the story to real-world events or issues. Making all three helps students understand and engage with what they read.
Students can make connections in 'A Medieval Feast' by thinking about how events or details in the story remind them of other books (text to text), their own experiences (text to self), or things happening in the world (text to world). This deepens comprehension and makes reading more meaningful.
An example of a text to text connection for 'A Medieval Feast' is comparing the grand feast in the book to the big dinner scene in 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone' at Hogwarts. Both stories feature large, magical meals that bring people together.
Making connections helps elementary students understand stories better by relating them to their lives, other texts, and real-world events. This skill builds comprehension, engagement, and critical thinking.
Have students create a storyboard with images and descriptions showing one text to text, one text to self, and one text to world connection from 'A Medieval Feast'. This visual activity helps reinforce the different types of connections.