Reading Strategies—Making Connections

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e0125

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reading-strategies-making-connections

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Reading Strategies

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Secondary I

Secondary II

Secondary III

Secondary IV

Secondary V

Topic

English Language Arts

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Making connections is relating the text to your own experience, knowledge and ideas.

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3 columns

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33% / 33% / 33%

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When to do it

While reading the text
After reading the text

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Reading intention

Find deeper meaning
Read between the lines

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Outcome

Better understanding
Author's intention

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2 columns

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50% / 50%

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Generally speaking, 3 types of connections are made.

Text to yourself
Text to text
Text to world

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A target with the self in the middle, a text on the middle ring and the planet Earth on the outer ring.

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Making Connections Between the Text and Yourself

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making-connections-between-the-text-and-yourself

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Find the links between the text and yourself by using your:

personal experiences
feelings
opinions
ideas
beliefs
knowledge

Asking yourself questions is a good way to find the links.

Question examples	Follow-up questions	Works best with
Is the topic familiar to me?	What do I know about it?	• informational texts • opinion texts
Have I ever been in a situation like this?	How similar/different was it? How did it feel? How did I react? What would I have done differently/the same?	• narrative texts
What does this situation/character/event remind me of?	Why does it remind me of it?	• informational texts • opinion texts • narrative texts
How interesting is it to me?	What makes it interesting/not interesting to me?	• informational texts • opinion texts • narrative texts
What is my opinion or stance on the topic?	How similar/different is it from the author’s? How does it affect my reading goals? What makes my opinion the same/different?	• narrative texts

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Making Connections Between the Text and Other Texts

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making-connections-between-the-text-and-other-texts

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Compare similarities and differences between the text and previously read texts.

Looking at general elements common to many texts can provide easy connections.

Examples of elements to look for	Works best with
topic	• informational texts • opinion texts
themes	• narrative texts. • opinion texts
purpose	• informational texts • opinion texts • narrative texts
characters	• narrative texts
setting	• narrative texts
events	• narrative texts

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Making Connections Between the Text and the World

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making-connections-between-the-text-and-the-world

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Find how the text relates to the real world.

Looking beyond a text’s concepts, ideas, events and topics in the grand scheme of things.

Real world topics	Examples of specific real-world elements	Works best with
Current events	• news • trends • global issues	most types of texts when adjusted to a given purpose
Historical events	• historical context • cause & effect • consequences & results
Culture & society	• norms & standards values • change & uniformity

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Reading Strategies At a Glance

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reading-strategies-at-a-glance

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To learn more about a strategy, click its name.

Previewing	Skimming & Scanning	Questioning
Get an overview of the text.	Quickly search & find information	Ask yourself questions
Visualizing	Making Connections	Inferring
Create mental pictures	Relate to the text	Read between the lines
Annotating	Decoding	Summarizing
Write down notes & comments	Understand challenging words	Sum up main idea & key elements
Synthesizing	Evaluating	Analyzing
Explore sources to come up with new perspectives	Form an opinion on the quality of the text	Look at the structure and techniques used

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