1. Name: _______________________________________________________ Ms. Winfield
Date: ________________________________________________________ English
Notes: Making Text Connections
Text to Self Sample Sentence Starters:
You are connecting the
This reminds me of…
story to your own life,
experiences, and I understand how the character feels because…
feelings.
The setting makes me think about another place…
I experienced this myself…
Text to Text Sample Sentence Starters:
You are connecting the
The character in this story is like the character in…
characters, setting, and
events from one story The setting in this story is the same as the setting in…
to another.
This event is like the event in…
These two stories are alike…
Text to World Sample Sentence Starters:
You are connecting the
This happened in real life…
story to world history
and events. This is like something I heard on the news…
This happened when…
This story is similar to…