C is for Connect

• Good readers are constantly using their schema (prior knowledge) to make connections.

• Text-to-Self – How does this remind me of my own life experiences?

• Text-to-Text – Does this book remind me of another book I’ve read, or TV show or movie I have seen?

• Text-to-World – How does this book relate the world around me? (Reading must tap into knowledge of history, current events, other cultures, etc.)