Chapter 35.1
Connect Your Reading to Your Life and World
You will learn to make meaningful connections between stories and your personal experiences, creating deeper understanding and more engaging reading.
What You'll Learn
You connect reading to personal experiences for deeper understanding
You link different texts together to find common themes
You relate stories to real world events and issues
You develop empathy and character perspective through meaningful connections
What You'll Practice
1
You identify text-to-self connections using your personal life experiences
2
You recognize text-to-text connections between different stories and poems
3
You make text-to-world connections linking reading to current events
Why This Matters
Making connections through experience helps you become a more engaged reader who can relate stories to your life and understand the world around you better.
This Unit Includes
Practice exercises
Learning resources
Skills
Text Connections
Reading Comprehension
Personal Insights
Character Perspective
Critical Thinking
ON Curriculum Aligned
