Proficient readers make text to text, text to self, and text to world connections to understand what they are reading. Text to text connections relate the current text to other texts previously read. Text to self connections relate the text to the reader's own experiences and understanding. Text to world connections see relationships between the text and historical or current events to make meaning. Making these connections allows readers to discover new ideas and insights, determine importance, and make inferences about why the text matters.

1. Proficient Reader
Strategies
Text to text, text to self, and text to world connections to
make meaning as you read.
English 4, Module 3: British Women

2. Making
connections
Proficient readers make
connections to process and
make meaning of what they
read.

3. Text to Text
 Proficient readers
make connections
between the text
they are currently
reading and texts
read previously.
 Note that “text” here
is not limited to
written text, but it
can also include TV
shows, movies, and
other forms of
communication.

4. Text to Self
 Proficient readers
also make text to
self connections.
 Relating a text to
yourself, your
experience, your
thinking, and your
own understanding
is a great way to
make meaning!

5. Text to World
 Additionally,
proficient readers
make connections
between what they
are reading and the
world…specifically
historical and
current events…in
order to see
relationships and
make meaning.

6. What does it mean? Why does it
matter?
What does it mean? Why does it matter
 Making connections
between other texts,
yourself, and the
world allows you as
the reader to make
meaning and discover
new ideas, insights,
and relationships.
 Making connections
also allows you to
determine importance
and make inferences,
which will help you as
the reader explain
why the text under
discussion matters.

7. Analysis of
Elizabeth II’s
speech
As you analyze Elizabeth II’s
speech on the death of
Princess Diana, you will have
to select specific text from the
speech and determine why it
matters as well as why it is
important.
Remember to make meaning
from your text to text, text to
self, and text to world
connections!
This will help you be
successful.