Then, in the second column, they should record their reaction. Explain to students that, in the first column, they should choose a quote or situation from the text that they can react to. Display a blank copy of the Double-Entry Journal and demonstrate how to use this technique.

Text-to-world connection: This makes me think about.ĭemonstrate the strategy.

Text-to-self connection: This reminds me of when I.

Text-to-text connection: This reminds me of something else that I read.

Use the making connections posters while discussing each type with your students. Explain to students that there are three main types of connections that we make while reading texts. Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.Įxplain the strategy. Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.ġ1. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources (e.g., print and nonprint texts, artifacts, people) to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience.Ĩ. Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).ħ. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of human experience.ģ.

Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.Ģ. Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world to acquire new information to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace and for personal fulfillment.

Harvesting Hope by Kathleen Krull