Making what?!

Hello everyone! Welcome to another post, today I will be explaining the importance of 'Making Connections to Prior Learning'. Making connections is when we make connections to what we already know and the story/text. There are three kinds of connections we can make. This is what our learning outcome is.

Making Connections

1. Text to self

This is when we connect the text/story to our own experiences. 

 Example: 'This part makes me think about when I lost the necklace, my Nan gave me. I know what it feels like to lose something precious.' 

What the person is doing is connecting what happened in the story to what she has experienced.

     2. Text to World

This is when we connect what we are reading to things that really happen in the outside world. 

Example: 'The boy in this story is running for school president. He is promising to organize lots of fun activities for students at lunchtime. This reminds of how politicians try to influence people to vote for the. 

What the person is doing is connecting what she reading about to what is happening to the world. 

     3. Text to Text
This is when we compare the text we are reading to similar texts. These texts could be books or visual texts such as a movie or a TV program.
Example: 'This character reminds me of Harry Potter. They are both boys who were orphans and got brought up by an aunt and uncle who were mean to them.'