| 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. The Treasure is a great story for students to connect to. The storyboard example below includes only one connection, but students will make three types of connections: text to text, text to world, and text to self.
TEXT TO SELF
Text: Isaac has a reoccurring dream where a voice tells him to go to the city and look for treasure.
Self: I once had a dream about finding treasure and becoming rich.
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Student Instructions
Create a storyboard that shows connections you have made with The Treasure. Include a connection for text to text, text to world, and text to self.
Encourage students to share their connections with the story by creating a safe space where every voice is valued. Use open-ended questions to prompt deeper thinking and help students relate the text to their lives, other stories, and the world.
Demonstrate how to connect the story to yourself, another text, or the world by thinking out loud. Show students your process so they see how connections are made and why they're meaningful.
Pair up students or organize small groups for sharing. Allowing students to discuss their connections in a supportive setting builds confidence and helps them learn from each other.
Provide sentence starters such as “This part reminds me of...”, or “I’ve read another book where...”. Scaffolding helps students who may struggle to express their ideas and encourages fuller participation.
Gather the class together to share highlights from their discussions. Reflecting as a group reinforces the value of making connections and helps students appreciate different perspectives.
Text to text connections link a story to another book or text; text to self connects the story to your own life; text to world relates the story to real-world events or issues. These connections help students understand and engage with what they read.
Have students identify parts of The Treasure that remind them of another book, their own experiences, or world events. Use a storyboard to show each type of connection—text to text, text to self, and text to world—with images and brief descriptions.
Making connections deepens comprehension, encourages critical thinking, and helps students relate stories to their own lives and the wider world, making reading more meaningful and memorable.
Ask students to create a storyboard showing one text to text, one text to self, and one text to world connection for a story like The Treasure. Let them use images and descriptions to explain each connection.
Explain that text to text is about other stories, text to self is about their own experiences, and text to world relates to events or issues outside their lives. Provide examples and practice with familiar stories.