Reading Skills_L8_Unit 10_Presentations

Unit 10 Presentation 1 Making Connections — Text to Self Level 8 Unit 10: Lesson 1 (c) Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd 1

What are text-to-self connections? A text-to-self connection involves relating a text to your previous experience as well as your own background knowledge. In literary texts, you can look for parts of the text that are personally significant to you. Level 8 Unit 10: Lesson 1 (c) Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd 2

Why make text-to-self connections? • To give the reader a deeper understanding of a text • To make reading more enjoyable by helping the reader to relate to the characters’ behavior and feelings • To improve the reader’s ability to retrieve information by building a network of connections Level 8 Unit 10: Lesson 1 (c) Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd 3

How to make text-to-self connections? As you read … • Pause regularly to think about what you have read. • Ask yourself questions to look for personal connections: – What parts of the text remind me of something in my own life? – How am I similar to the characters in the story? – How does the text connect to what I already know about a topic? • Explain the text-to-self connection that you made. Level 8 Unit 10: Lesson 1 (c) Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd 4

Statements for making text-to-self connections? • This reminds me of … • I can relate to … because … • I had a similar experience when … • I remember when … Level 8 Unit 10: Lesson 1 (c) Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd 5

Making connections — text to self Example from the Text My Personal Connections → → → → Level 8 → 6 Unit 10: Lesson 1 (c) Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd

Making connections — text to self Example from the Text → My Personal Connections → The snow fell in powder so fine that it This reminds me of a snow scene that I was almost imperceptible, ... saw on TV / a vacation to a place that was snowing. → → Level 8 → 7 Unit 10: Lesson 1 (c) Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd

Making connections — text to self Example from the Text → My Personal Connections The snow fell in powder so fine that it was This reminds me of a snow scene that I saw on almost imperceptible, ... TV / a vacation to a place that was snowing. A tearing, roaring, blighting wind was still → I can relate to this kind of weather because we blowing ... get strong winds near my home during storms. A strange, still, weird London. A white deserted → I remember when we had a major storm in my city with a hardy pedestrian here and there, ... hometown. Almost no one was going outside at that time, so it’s similar to the story. … the frost affected the gas so that evening → This reminds me of the time the power went saw London practically in darkness. out in our neighborhood. No one’s lights were working, and we all had to use candles. The price of bread quickly advanced, as did the → I remember reading about how the prices of price of meat, flour and other provisions. It necessities rose during war time when it was became difficult for most to afford the basics. hard to get supplies of some basic items. Level 8 Unit 10: Lesson 1 (c) Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd 8

Wrap up: Making connections — text to self Thinking about how what you read fits in with what you already know can help you make sense of what you read. As you read, ask yourself questions to make connections with the text: • What parts of the text remind me of something in my own life? • How am I similar to the characters in the story? • How does the text connect to what I already know about a topic? Level 8 Unit 10: Lesson 1 (c) Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd 9

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Unit 10 Presentation 2 Making Connections — Text to Self Level 8 Unit 10: Lesson 1 (c) Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd 11

Wrap up: Making connections — text to self Thinking about how what you read fits in with what you already know can help you make sense of what you read. As you read, ask yourself questions to make connections with the text: • What parts of the text remind me of something in my own life? • How am I similar to the characters in the story? • How does the text connect to what I already know about a topic? Level 8 Unit 10: Lesson 1 (c) Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd 12

Making connections — text to self Example from the Text My Personal Connections → → → → → This reminds me of … I can relate to … because … I had a similar experience when … I remember when … Level 8 Unit 10: Lesson 1 (c) Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd 13

Narrative Readers can make personal connections to your characters based on what the characters do and how they think. Be sure to include rich details in your narrative to make the writing more interesting and memorable. Remember that a narrative text should include the following parts: Orientation: The characters and setting are introduced. Complication: A problem or interesting situation is presented. The characters must deal with the problem/situation. Resolution: The problem is resolved or the situation is completed. Level 8 Unit 10: Lesson 1 (c) Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd 14

The original content in this presentation is copyrighted and used by permission of Scholastic Education International (Singapore) Pte Ltd. Scholastic Education International (Singapore) Pte Ltd will not be responsible for the accuracy of any modification to the original content. Level 8 Unit 10: Lesson 1 (c) Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd 15