MAKING CONNECTION
SHARE OR TELL YOUR
EXPERIENCE ONCE YOU
SEE THE PICTURE
WHAT DOES THIS REMIND ME OF IN MY LIFE?
HAS SOMETHING LIKE THIS
EVER HAPPENED TO ME?
HAVE I READ ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE?
HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM THINGS
HAPPENING IN REAL WORLD?
WHAT DOES THIS REMIND ME OF IN THE REAL WORLD?
SCHEMA
• YOUR BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCES
ACTUALLY HELP YOU MAKE SENSE AND MEANING OF THE
MATERIAL YOU ARE EXPOSED TO. LEARNING HOW TO
ACCESS THESE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCES,
EMOTIONS, AND OPINIONS CAN HELP YOU MAKE A
CONNECTION TO THE TEXT TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND
CONCEPTS BETTER.
KEENE AND ZIMMERMAN (1997, AS CITED
IN KARDASH, 2004)
• HE CONCLUDED THAT STUDENTS LIKE YOU
COMPREHEND BETTER WHEN YOU MAKE DIFFERENT
KINDS OF CONNECTIONS. THESE THREE (3)
CONNECTIONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1. TEXT-TO-SELF,
2. TEXT-TO-TEXT, AND
3. TEXT-TO-WORLD.
TYPES OF CONNECTION QUESTIONS
Text-to-self connections are What does this remind me of in
actually personal my life?
connections that you make How is this similar to my
life?
between yourself and the How is this different from my
selection you are dealing life?
with. Previous experiences, Has something like this ever
emotions, or opinions may happened to me?
be similar to the ones How does this relate to my
present in the material. life?
What were my feelings
when I read this?
TYPES OF CONNECTION QUESTION
Text-to-text connections are What does this remind me
connections where you of in another book I have
relate one material to read?
another that you have read How is this text similar to
or have already come other things I have read?
across. Texts might be from How is this different from
a similar author, same other books I have read?
theme or topic, same Have I read about
genre, and the like. something like this before?
TYPES OF CONNECTION QUESTIONS
Text-to-world connections are What does this remind me of in
the larger connections that a the real world?
reader brings to a reading How is this text similar to
situation including our things happening in real world?
perception of the world which How is this different from
might vary since we have things happening in real world?
various sources of learning How does this part relate to
things beyond personal the world around me?
experiences (e.g. television,
radio, magazines, articles,
movies, etc.)
PERFORMANCE TASK 1
FIND AN ARTICLE THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOU, AN ARTICLE THAT
CHANGES YOUR PERSPECTIVE OR INFLUENCE YOUR WAY OF THINKING. THEN
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.
FIND BOOKS THAT ARE RELATABLE OR POEMS THAT HAVE THE SAME THEME.
AND CITE THEIR SIMILARITIES
FIND A NEWS ARTICLE THAT GIVES YOU AN INFORMATIVES NEWS OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING AROUND THE GLOBE. THEN FIND PURPOSE IN READING IT.