This document discusses different types of connections readers can make including text-to-self, text-to-world, and connections between parts of the text. Text-to-self connections involve linking the reading to one's own experiences. Text-to-world connections relate the reading to events in the real world. Making connections helps readers by giving them insights into characters' feelings and actions, keeping them engaged by visualizing the text, preventing boredom, and maintaining a reading purpose and focus.

3. CONNECTIONS
It is the action of linking or
connecting one person or one thing
with another

8. TEXT-TO-SELF CONNECTION
It is a highly personal connections
that a reader makes between a
piece of reading material and the
reader’s own experiences or life

10. TEXT-TO-WORLD CONNECTION
It is the larger connections that a
reader brings to a reading situation

12. HOW TEXT CONNECTIONS HELPS THE
READERS
 It helps readers understand how characters
feel and the motivation behind their actions.
 It helps readers have a clearer picture in
their head as they read thus making the
reader more engaged.
 It keeps the reader from becoming bored
while reading.
 It sets a purpose for reading and keeps the
reader focused.